The Portugal Rugby Youth Festival is a popular annual rugby tournament that has been held in Lisbon since 2009. It is one of the largest youth rugby events in Europe, attracting teams from all over the world to compete in a friendly, competitive atmosphere. In this article, we'll take a look at the history of the festival, from its humble beginnings to its current status as a major international sporting event.
The 2023 edition of the Portugal Rugby Youth Festival is a very special one: we are celebrating our 15th anniversary! So those who are coming to Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on April 1 & 2 may expect a truly memorable sports event.
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This past April 9-10, one of our major yearly events took place: the Dove Men+Care Portugal Rugby Youth Festival (PRYF), the undisputed greatest youth rugby tournament in Europe, with teams (clubs, schools, and academies) from all over the world travelling to compete in the welcoming city of Lisbon.
The 14th Edition of the greatest youth rugby tournament is just around the corner!
This year, nearly 100 teams will compete in hundreds of matches until we find our champions on the Sunday finals!
But for now, here are Saturday's pool stage matches:
The matches for both the poll and knock-out stages have now been revealed:
Join us live at the Lisbon University Stadium or on social media!
What a great event!
In total, there were more than 130 rugby matches in the 13th edition of the Portugal Rugby Youth Festival, played in five fields at the Lisbon University Stadium. For António Cunha, Move Sports' CEO and the event's director, “this was a very important edition of PRYF, which we have been organising for 13 consecutive years. Having a full-fledged PRYF is very positive for Portuguese rugby and paves the way for the return of all international teams in 2022, which presence contributes decisively to raising the level of our rugby and giving valuable international experience to our young players”.
The Portugal Rugby Youth Festival (PRYF), the greatest youth rugby tournament in Europe, ended this past Sunday afternoon with all the categories' finals.
Now that the pandemic is slowing down by the day - or so it seems -, restrictions are easing and events are coming back.
Sports events, because of their highly physical contact nature, suffered a heavy hit, and in 2020 were forced to adapt, as was the case with the Portugal Rugby Youth Festival (PRYF). But it wasn't always like this, and it won't be like this year either. In 2021, on October 23 and 24, the greatest youth rugby international tournament is back, and back in person!
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