Clube de Rugby do Técnico or C.R. Técnico is a Portuguese rugby union club.

Técnico
Full nameAssociação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Ground(s)Campo das Olaias
Coach(es)António Manzoni de Sequeira (2024/2025)
League(s)Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock
2020–211st
Team kit

Técnico has won 3 Championships and 4 Portuguese Cup's. It was founded in 1963, by four rugby union players and students of Técnico, Alfredo Santos, José Luis Steiger, José Metelo and Pedro Sousa Ribeiro.

In the late eighties, it set out to build his own field in Olaias, leaving Estádio Universitário de Lisboa where it used to play.[1][2]

C.R Técnico has all age groups teams, from Under 8 to Veterans, including 2 senior teams, women's side and also Touch Rugby.

Honours

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Current squad

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The CR Técnico squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props
  •   André Arrojado
  •   Diogo Teixeira
  •   Gonçalo Costa
  •   Vasco Tavares
  •   João Lobo

Hookers

  •   Rodrigo Bento
  •   Afonso Cirilo
  •   Manuel Barral

Locks

  •   Guilherme Costa
  •   Estevão Baltazar
  •   Alexandre Rosário Silva
Backrow
  •   José Guillen
  •   Tomas Suárez
  •   Agustin Arburua
  •   Caio Almeida
  •   Léon L'Huillier
  •   Francisco Silva
  •   João D'Orey
  •   Pedro Nunes
  •   Diogo Teixeira

Scrum-halves

  •   Pedro Lucas
  •   Francisco Pedro

Fly-halves

  •   Conor Van Eden
  •   Hugo Trigueiro
Centres
  •   Alexis Delprat
  •   Miguel Rosa
  •   António Cardoso

Wingers

  •   Rodrigo Henriques
  •   Francisco Lacerda
  •   Henrique Lacerda

Fullbacks

  •   Manuel Vallêra
  •   Francisco Vallêra
  •   Nuno Fradinho
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

* denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby". Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEIST). (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. ^ "BREVE HISTÓRIA DO RUGBY NO TÉCNICO". Técnico-Rugby.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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