The greatest youth rugby tournament in Europe!
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Welcome!
The Portugal Rugby Youth Festival is the greatest European rugby tournament for youth teams (clubs, schools, and academies).
This event gives your team an unforgettable experience both on and off the pitch. Rugby matches against international opponents, exciting leisure time activities, and great entertainment – all in Lisbon, one of Europe's safest and most exciting cities, with its warm weather climate and white sandy beaches.
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Age Groups
Boys Competition
U13 U15 U17 U19
Girls Competition
U15 U19
Passion for the sport
What makes this event unique, when compared to existing rugby tournaments, is the excellent standard of play, from facilities to event organisation, from entertainment to accommodation options, from the high standards of security to the special experiences the city has to offer.
The tournament venue is located in the beautiful University Stadium complex in Lisbon, featuring excellent grass pitches and an emblematic and historic honour stadium.
Portugal Rugby Youth Festival in numbers
8
Rugby Pitches
17
Countries
1500
Portuguese Players
40
Referees
300
Rugby Matches
1650
Foreign Players
118
Teams
A world rugby party
Previous tournament editions featured massive participation from Portuguese clubs and also from squads coming from all five continents (100+ teams), including teams from countries such as Spain, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, USA, Argentina, Australia, amongst others.
Teams from all around the world
Italy
Spain
Gibraltar
Malta
Zimbabwe
Namibia
South Africa
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Sri Lanka
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
USA
Brazil
Argentina
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
Sweden
Belgium
Luxemburg
France
Ready to register your team for The Portugal Rugby Youth Festival?
save the date 2025: April 12 & 13
Portugal Rugby Youth Festival not working for you?
Drop us a line
If this festival edition dates do not suit you but you still wish to go on tour with your club, school or academy, please contact us.
We'll put together a memorable rugby tour to Portugal or Spain tailored to your needs and arrange friendly fixtures against local opposition teams.
At Move Sports we have a deep passion for rugby. In addition to the Portugal Rugby Youth Festival, which is now a reference in Europe, we are also involved in the organization of Seven's tournaments and women’s rugby at all levels.
We also take care of European, American, Australian and South African teams that turn to us for sports tours and training camps in Portugal, the best travel destination in the world, and also Spain. Keeping with the rugby tradition, we provide a wide range of social events for all the clubs and teams that travel with us.
Testimonials
It's on the field that you develop admiration and respect for both your team and the opposing players.
It's off the field that you build friendships that last a lifetime.
For most participants, the Portugal Rugby Youth Festival is a moment that lasts forever.
Fantastic Tournament, it’s possibly one of the best we’ve been to, if not the best one we’ve been to. It’s very well organized, everything is on time, the referees are very fair and the quality of rugby is really, really good. I’m very impressed!
Garreth Jordan, Coach
Harrodian School Rugby Union Teams, England
What we've seen so far is fantastic, a lot of good run and rugby, which is what the “kiwi” guys like to play. The weather’s turned out perfect. We’ve just come from the UK which was very cold, so the boys got to put some shorts for training which is great. It looks like there is a very good level of rugby here.
Kevin Parslow, Coach
Longbay College, New Zealand
It was marvelous, the fields are in great condition and the weather is always pretty good here! The facilities are great and the people have been very hospitable to us, we are really enjoying ourselves.
Xavier Rush, Coach
Crawshays RFC, Wales
It’s a very important tournament. For the players it’s a European Cup... more than that, it’s the most important tournament of the year. We hope that we can come next year, and maybe win!
Santiago Martín, Coach
VRAC, Spain
It’s fantastic, very well organized, very well run. A really world-class event! Beautiful facilities and people have been great as well. We will absolutely return!
Richard Primsore, Coach
St. Michael’s University, Canada
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Mark the dates on your calendar for 2025, April 12 & 13 and, meanwhile, download the brochure from the last edition. The next edition brochure (2025) will be available soon!
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