The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby Divisão de Honra (more commonly known as the Divisão de Honra) is Portugal's top-level professional men's rugby union competition. The Divisão de Honra Championships are organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (Portuguese Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 teams. The last placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (Portugal's second level of men's rugby union) with one team from the second-tier competition promoted to the Divisão de Honra.
Format The championship is divided into two phases: Regular season Final season
Regular season The Divisão de Honra will be disputed by 12 (twelve) teams: 11 teams from the Divisão de Honra of the time 2024/2025; 1 team promoted from the national championship of the 1st division. The Regular season of Divisão de Honra will be played by three groups of four (4) teams (Group A, Group B and Group C), which play in the system of all against all. At the end of the regular season, the top 2 teams of each group will take part in the championship group that will determine the champion, while the bottom 2 teams will play in "Plate Cup" group.
+Group AGroup BGroup CBelenensesCascaisDireitoBenficaCDULSão MiguelAgronomiaCDUPTécnicoRC SantarémRC MontemorAcadémica
Final season The final season will be disputed by two groups: Title Group - integrated by the first two classified teams of each group of the regular season. Relegation Group - integrated by teams classified in 3rd and 4th places of each group of the regular season. The final classification of each group will define the champions and the final positions at the time 2025/26. The national champion of the 2025/2026 Divisão de Honra will be the first classified of the title group. The bottom team of "Relegation" group will be relegated to the lower division.
Teams Team Manager Captain Stadium Capacity Académica Lodie Van Staden Matheus Wolf Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição 2500 Agronomia Luís Pissarra Francisco Cabral Tapada da Ajuda 500 Belenenses João Mirra Tomás Sequeira Belém Rugby Park 500 Benfica António Aguilar Hayden Hann Campo nº2 - Lisbon University 1500 Cascais Gabriel Ascárate António Vidinha Campo da Guia 1000 CDUL Kane Hancy Tomás Appleton Estádio Universitário de Lisboa 8000 CDUP Francisco Vareta Tomás Marrana Estádio Universitário do Porto 1500 Direito Gonçalo Malheiro João Granate Complexo Desportivo Miguel Nobre Ferreira 2500 RC Montemor Rodrigo Costa Pereira José Pinto Gouveia Parque Desportivo Municipal 500 RC Santarém Escola Prática de Cavalaria 500 São Miguel João Uva Bader Pretorius Bulldog Rugby Park 800 C. R. Técnico Marco Caputo Rodrigo Bento Campo das Olaias 800
Regular season
Group Stage
Group A Group A TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints Diff.Try BonusLosing BonusPoints1Benfica650124310014330232Belenenses650122010911120223Agronomia6204162125 3723134RC Santarém600674365 -291000Green background (rows 1 and 2) advance to "Champion" group.Red background (rows 3 and 4) advance to "Relegation" group. Updated: 29 January 2025
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Group B Group B TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints Diff.Try BonusLosing BonusPoints1Cascais66004015234950292CDUL64022418215930193CDUP6204132247 -1151094RC Montemor600636429 -393000Green background (rows 1 and 2) advance to "Champion" group.Red background (rows 3 and 4) advance to "Relegation" group. Updated: 29 January 2025
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Group C Group C TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints Diff.Try BonusLosing BonusPoints1Direito66002758618950292São Miguel64021761661010173Técnico6204137197 -6011104Académica600699238 -139011Green background (rows 1 and 2) advance to "Champion" group.Red background (rows 3 and 4) advance to "Relegation" group. Updated: 29 January 2025
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Final Phase
Champion Group Champion Group TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints Diff.Try BonusLosing BonusPoints1Benfica107122591758431342Cascais1070333918215741333Direito107032681798941334Belenenses10406223234 -1132215CDUL104152582411721216São Miguel100010120456 -336000Green background (rows 1) crowned champion. Updated: 11 June 2026
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Leading scorers
Most points
Rank Player Club Points 1 Santiago Jara Cascais 239 2 Hugo Trigueiro Técnico 169 3 Joaquin Mihura Direito 153 4 Francisco Sanchis Bouzas RC Santarém 124 5 Francisco Menéres Belenenses 106 6 Hugo de Franq Agronomia 105 7 Bader Pretorius São Miguel 99 8 Jorge Abecasis CDUL 98 9 Charles Williams Académica 88 10 Juan Pablo Castro Benfica 87
Most tries
Rank Player Club Tries 1 Rodrigo Bento Técnico 14 2 Elliott Ryan Benfica 12 Alfredo Almeida Cascais 4 Ignacio Migliore Belenenses 11 Manuel Cardoso Pinto Agronomia 6 João Vaz Antunes Direito 10 7 Ciarian Roberts Agronomia 9 Francisco Cabral Agronomia Pisi Leilua Técnico
Player of year At the end of the season, "Linha de Ensaio" publishes the Oval d'Ouro for the Top12. This award, voted on by the coaches and team captains of the teams that competed in the competition, rewards the best player in the championship.
# Name Club Pts 1 Elliott Ryan Benfica 92 2 Santiago Jara Cascais 37 3 Guilherme Vasconcelos Benfica 11 4 Manuel Fati Benfica 10 4 Juan Pablo Castro Benfica 10 5 João Vaz Antunes Direito 8
Squads 2025/26 Squads are ordered by the last classification of the league. According to Portuguese Rugby Federation
+The Belenenses squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps Anthony Kent LUS Joaquin Dominguez Lucas Bordigoni Manuel Worm Frederico Simões Bernardo Veiga
Hookers Guillermo Lawrie Miguel Nunes LUS Diogo Norton
Locks Ignacio Dotti Salvador da Cunha LUS José Moreira Francisco Simões Tomás da Cunha Martim FerreiraBackrow Rafael Simões LUS David Wallis LUS Vasco Baptista LUS André Cunha LUS Manuel Pinto LUS Tomás Sequeira Sebastião da Cunha Diogo Raposo Pedro Cunha Lourenço Cunha
Scrum-halves Duarte Azevedo LUS Francisco Macedo João Menéres
Fly-halves Francisco Menéres LUS António Menéres Manuel MenéresThree-quarters José Paiva dos Santos LUS Duarte Moreira LUS Diogo Rodrigues LUS Owen Jenkins Jordan Paes Bacon* LUS Samuel Paes Bacon* LUS Alex Thrupp Ignacio Migliore Lourenço Pedras Gonçalo Santos Tomás Monteiro Francisco Galveias Tomás Reis João H. de Melo
Fullbacks Salvador da Cunha Jr. LUS Francisco Murta(c) denotes the team captain
+The Cascais squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps José Lavos LUS Nicolas Griffiths LUS José Martinez Ignácio Urueña Duarte Conde LUS
Hookers Santiago Lopes LUS Nuno Mascarenhas LUS
Locks Boaventura Almeida LUS Martim Belo LUS Alexandre Fonseca Rodrigues LUS Manuel Barros LUS Israel Parnas António Carvalho Martins Luis Graça Francisco Aranha MartinsBackrow Francisco Sousa Duarte Costa Campos Lourenço Durão LUS Sebastião Petronilho Francisco Martins Dinis Pitta Gonçalo Carvalho António Andrade Manuel Soares
Scrum-halves Noah Nash Rafael Iriarte Duarte Cardoso LUS Francisco Carmona Costa Tomás Martins
Fly-halves Santiago Jara Francisco PissarraThree-quarters António Vidinha LUS Francisco Vassalo Maximilien Coutts* LUS Vasco Durão LUS Francisco C. Campos José Villar Gomes António Sousa Luis Ferros Duarte Tavares
Fullbacks Vasco Correia LUS Alfredo Almeida LUS José Lopes Henrique Matias(c) denotes the team captain
+The São Miguel squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps Robert Delai Matias Bueso Ramiro Pennella Alexander Arroyo Tiago Quitério Afonso Loureiro Tomas Fernandes Campos
Hookers Jake Pope Thomas Goyochea
Locks Felipe Rosa Nicolas Bertoldi Pedro Oliveira Vicente Trancoso Duarte CarolinoBackrow Sabata Mokhachane* LUS Joseph Duffy Miguel Orrico Sebastião Petronilho Sebastião Coelho Bernardo Carrelo
Scrum-halves João Bandeira Tomás Trincheiras
Fly-halves Bader Pretorius (c) Agustin Altamirano Francisco Teixeira Tomás AquinoThree-quarters Nacho Huaier de la Vega Bright Matimba Allistair Mumba Evrard Blain José Pena Monteiro João Tavares Duarte Branquinho Ricardo Rosa Leandro Ceita Francisco Cardoso João Ruivo Jorge Anjinho Rafael Ferreira
Fullbacks Andrea Ragno* Miguel Martins Tiago Girão(c) denotes the team captain
+The Direito squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps David Costa LUS António Prim LUS José Lupi Luis Lopes Afonso Tapadinhas Javier Corvalan Giovanni Ramallo André Bardziy LUS Lourenço Moita João Pissarra Leandro Nunes
Hookers Duarte Diniz LUS Fabian Contreras
Locks Duarte Torgal LUS Pedro Ferreira LUS Duarte Pedro Nunes LUS António Peixoto LUS Henrique Cortes Nuno PinaBackrow Manuel Picão LUS João Granate (c) LUS Pedro Afra Rosa Tomas Suárez João Vital Mateus Ferreira Miguel Romero Rodrigues António Mello Diogo Matos Luis Pina Frederico Castello Branco Guilherme Spratley
Scrum-halves João Dias LUS Afonso Castiñeira Salvador Seabra
Fly-halves Joaquin Mihura Martim Dias Bernardo NogueiraThree-quarters João Afra Rosa LUS Francisco Afra Rosa LUS Manuel Reis LUS Joaquin Bustos Francisco Nobre José Ferreira João Burnay Francisco Teixeira Tomás Cary Francisco Pinto Manuel Romero Rodrigues Hugo Miguel Cristóvão
Fullbacks Caetano Castelo Branco João Vaz Antunes Martim Dias Duarte Matos Frederico Roquette Francisco Perloiro(c) denotes the team captain
+The CDUL squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps Matheus Rocha Mariano Leiva Mariano Filomeno António Maltez José Almeida Gonçalo Alves António Carmona Vicente Almeida
Hookers Duarte Foro LUS Matias Secco Samuel Marques Manuel Magriço
Locks Francisco Almeida LUS Diogo D'Almeida LUS Guilherme Monteiro Domingos Gonçalves Flávio Carvalho Tobias RuffinoBackrow José Libano Monteiro LUS José Roque LUS Xavier Cerejo LUS Francisco Borges Francisco Pinto Rodrigo Oliveira Nuno Macedo Francisco Tavares David Gracioso Afonso Sousa Eduardo Queiróz Guilherme Rodrigues Martim Almeida Luis Moreira
Scrum-halves Francisco Magalhães LUS Vasco Félix António Duarte Cortes Martim Domingues Tiago Domingues
Fly-halves Jorge Abecasis LUS António Nuncio Faustino Gama José Cerejo Pedro NeivaThree-quarters Tomás Appleton LUS Martim Faro LUS Tomás Noronha Francisco Appleton Ignacio Albornoz Gonzalo Albornoz João Vieira LUS João Cardoso Afonso Alvarez Bernardo Canas Duarte Duarte Xavier Gama João Cardoso Hussein Sacoor Pedro Coito Salvador Silva Tomé Lobo Guilherme Oliveira
Fullbacks Shane Van Rooyen Pedro Roldão Manuel Salgado(c) denotes the team captain
+The Benfica squad for the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps Samuel Miller Juan David Henao Santiago Cagnone Oliver Adkins José Maria Pereira Serafim Djassi Gonçalo Jorge Tomás Boavida
Hookers Jason Cornelius LUS Pedro Gouveia Eduardo Gomes Isaías Camará
Locks Izzak Kelly Karl Hunger Giuseppe Piacenza Eurico Chichorro Afonso Boavida Vicente QuaresmaBackrow Frederico Couto LUS Manuel Fati LUS Frederico Silva Tomás Picado Pedro Ismael Tavares Rui Duarte João Ferreira
Scrum-halves António Campos LUS Elliott Ryan Luís Chança
Fly-halves João LimaThree-quarters José Lima LUS Guilherme Vasconcelos LUS Juan Pablo Castro Leopoldo Herrera Hayden Hann Kyle Alves* Rodrigo Urzay Soares Edgar Monteiro Harrison Stock Diego Caeiro Francisco Costa Rodrigo Sampaio Zé Miguel Carvalho Felisbelo Vieira*
Fullbacks José Rodrigues António Valadares