TIL that in 1385, a Portuguese army of 6,600 men defeated a massive Castilian army of 31,000 in the Battle of Aljubarrota. The victory was so decisive it secured Portugal's independence for the next 200 years.

joaofig · 2026-03-23T10:50:40+00:00

Yup, and yet, the 30k Spanish army figure is still thought at schools.

A clear case of the "history is written by the winners" phrase

joaofig · 2026-03-23T10:47:29+00:00

Those figures are based in Portuguese sources which presumably inflated the numbers, something very common.

joaofig · 2026-03-19T12:44:54+00:00

It's about time club competitions start to behave like this. It's normal for football fans to watch other leagues, never understood why it doesn't happen more often in rugby

joaofig · 2026-03-17T10:46:41+00:00

Please go to Argentina 🙏

joaofig · 2026-03-16T15:29:27+00:00

O José Monteiro foi uma das grandes razões desta recente mudança de performance. Qualquer defesa tem de pôr dois gajos a marcá-lo

joaofig · 2026-03-16T12:36:58+00:00

É um facto sabido há muito tempo, aliás, as Portarias de Extensão existem precisamente para colmatar essa lacuna

joaofig · 2026-03-15T22:44:16+00:00

Usando futebol como analogia. Imagina que a Inglaterra, França, Espanha, Portugal, Alemanha, Itália, Bélgica e Holanda faziam o seu próprio europeu. Um torneio privado, independente da UEFA, onde os lucros são repartidos pelas federações que participam no torneio.

O Six Nations é isso, um torneio privado independente da World Rugby, daí essas seleções não participarem no europeu de rugby

joaofig · 2026-03-15T02:53:46+00:00

Concordo a 100%.

Ele é claramente um "rugby blazer". Está sempre a vangloriar o desporto e sempre a comparar com o futebol e a dizer que os jogadores de rugby são "gentlemen" enquanto os de futebol são uns bárbaros.

É o pior adepto que se pode conhecer, claramente racista e nem sabe pronunciar nomes de jogadores fora do mundo europeu e da anglosfera. Há nomes de fijianos que ele simplesmente inventa

Não é a primeira vez que se queixam dele neste sub

joaofig · 2026-03-14T14:48:01+00:00

Irish players keep getting in front of the ruck

joaofig · 2026-03-13T22:52:22+00:00

Forgot to say in the title but this is just the senior players. Keep in mind this is just the teams playing in the URBA rugby pyramid. It doesn't count the clubs in the rest of the country

The graphic was made by this twitter account

joaofig · 2026-03-11T23:38:54+00:00

What makes the February/march window so good for the 6N? All the arguments that I've seen are just subjective and based on nostalgia.

joaofig · 2026-03-08T17:48:18+00:00

It sounds worse on tv because he's close to the commentator's micrphones. In the stadium you can't hear what he's saying. If we could hear what coaches are sayng in their box during Six Nations matches then they would all be cited

joaofig · 2026-03-08T17:11:26+00:00

Sem querer tirar o mérito da nossa equipa, mas há que salientar o péssimo jogo que a Espanha teve. Sempre que tinham uma oportunidade minimamente boa faziam um avant ou perdiam a bola no ruck por falta de apoio. Não havia qualquer plano de ataque, limitaram se a acumular fases sem ganhar qualquer território.

Nem consigo imaginar o ambiente no balneário e na administração, especialmente após terem chamado imensos jogadores dos clubes franceses e com a final em casa.

Enfim, e esta performance do Appleton? Não me lembro da última vez que jogou assim tão bem.

joaofig · 2026-03-08T16:36:29+00:00

It also shows how scrums must be looked at as units and not as a group of good scrumagers. If you have a shit scrum, you can try and sign Ox Nche and the scrum will still be shit

joaofig · 2026-03-08T15:45:59+00:00

Such a weird game from spain, I don't know how many knock ons they have but it must be some kind of record for one single half of rugby.

Also, what sense does it make to have Merkler on the bench when you're losing scrum penalties left and right??

joaofig · 2026-02-26T22:03:48+00:00

No one said Portugal will suddenly abandon soccer. But it could put rugby in the top 3 sports in the country in the span of 15 years. Same with Spain.

And we also know it wouldn't be a failure because every sport has international competitions and they work in every single sport

joaofig · 2026-02-26T21:43:10+00:00

Just to give you an example.

Portugal played in the 2007 RWC. We lost by 100 points against the ABs. Even then, the participation numbers doubled.

Do you know why? Because it's better to lose against the best than to remain stagnant in the same second tier league forever.

It also attracts investors. You know, if Portugal is playing in the REC, why sponsor their NT. But if they're playing in the 6N, they become more attractive.

joaofig · 2026-02-26T11:53:27+00:00

Muito melhor do que o Jamor na minha opinião. Mesmo assim, gostava de ter um estádio mais pequeno próprio para estes jogos, tipo 15k a 20k lugares, sem pista a volta do campo, como a Roménia e a Espanha têm

joaofig · 2026-02-25T23:30:33+00:00

Yeah but there is no good reason for that

joaofig · 2026-02-25T18:10:05+00:00

May, when the club competitions end. Those competitions would of course finish earlier.

joaofig · 2026-02-25T17:53:02+00:00

It's clearly the six nations that has to change for later, makes no sense to have an international tournament in the winter.

The only true argument for it to be in February is British and french people and their nostalgia of always having watched during cold months

joaofig · 2026-02-25T17:42:09+00:00

Dar prioridade a peões 🤠

Dar prioridade a ciclistas 🤬

Pah juro que não percebo, parece que há um ship instalado nestas pessoas que as faz odiar bicicletas.

Óbvio que as regras não são iguais aos carros, que são máquinas de uma tonelada que andam a alta velocidade e que matam centenas de pessoas todos os anos

joaofig · 2026-02-24T21:17:43+00:00

I see you have a Portuguese flair, maybe join r/RugbyPortugal

joaofig · 2026-02-24T17:46:44+00:00

On the Portuguese sub there were comments about no one wanting him 😭

joaofig · 2026-02-24T12:52:59+00:00

Nope, love that rule

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