Teams

Portugal	Uruguay
Tries Aguilar, Canha, Hoffman	Tries Bado, Ormaechea, Sanchez
Cons Mourao 3	Cons D Aguirre, Sciarra 2
Pens Mourao	Pens D Aguirre, Sciarra 3
Team 15 FB Rohan Hoffman 14 W Rui Gomes 13 C Salvador Amaral (c) 12 C Nuno Mourao 11 W Abel Pinto 10 FH Goncalo Malheiro 9 SH Francisco Rocha 1 P Jose Canha 2 H Paulo Silva 3 P Nelio de Sa 4 L Marcelo d'Orey Branco 5 L Manuel Ribeiro 6 F Miguel Barbosa 7 F Joaquim Ferreira 8 N8 Jose Correia     Replacements 16 W Antonio Aguilar 17 R Miguel Moura 18 P Fernando Cardoso 19 R Joaquim Duarte 20 R Jose Lencastre 21 R Manuel Melo 22 SH Luis Pissarra	Team 15 FB Alfonso Cardoso 14 W Carlos Rodriguez 13 C Pedro Vecino 12 C Martin Mendaro 11 W Pablo Costabile 10 FH Diego Aguirre 9 SH Federico Sciarra 1 P Rodrigo Sanchez 2 H Diego Lamelas 3 P Guillermo Storace 4 L Juan Carlos Bado 5 L Mario Lame 6 F Martin Panizza 7 F Nicolas Grille 8 N8 Diego Ormaechea (c)     Replacements 16 P Eduardo Berruti 17 H Juan Machado 18 P Juan Alzueta 19 L Leonardo de Oliveira 20 F Agustin Ponce de Leon 21 C Fernando Paullier 22 FB Sebastian Aguirre

Notes

Result Uruguay won by a margin of 9 points

1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier points Uruguay 2, Portugal 0

Ground name Universitario Lisboa, Lisbon

Referee B Campsall (England)

Portugal Test debuts J Correia, JG Duarte, J Lencastre

Uruguay Test debuts JI Alzueta

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