C. R. Técnico

Técnico
Full name	Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico
Founded	1963; 61 years ago
Ground(s)	Campo das Olaias
Coach(es)	António Manzoni de Sequeira (2024/2025)
League(s)	Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock
2020–21	1st
	Team kit
	Team kit

Clube de Rugby do Técnico or C.R. Técnico is a Portuguese rugby union club.

Técnico has won 3 Championships and 4 Portuguese Cup's. It was founded in 1963, by four rugby union players and students of Técnico, Alfredo Santos, José Luis Steiger, José Metelo and Pedro Sousa Ribeiro.

In the late eighties, it set out to build his own field in Olaias, leaving Estádio Universitário de Lisboa where it used to play.^[1]^[2]

C.R Técnico has all age groups teams, from Under 8 to Veterans, including 2 senior teams, women's side and also Touch Rugby.

Honours

Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock:
- Winner (3): 1981, 1998, 2021
Taça de Portugal de Rugby:
- Winner (4): 1969, 1971, 1973, 1994

Current squad


The CR Técnico squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props André Arrojado Diogo Teixeira Gonçalo Costa Vasco Tavares João Lobo Hookers Rodrigo Bento Afonso Cirilo Manuel Barral Locks Guilherme Costa Estevão Baltazar Alexandre Rosário Silva	Backrow José Guillen Tomas Suárez Agustin Arburua Caio Almeida Léon L'Huillier Francisco Silva João D'Orey Pedro Nunes Diogo Teixeira Scrum-halves Pedro Lucas Francisco Pedro Fly-halves Conor Van Eden Hugo Trigueiro	Centres Alexis Delprat Miguel Rosa António Cardoso Wingers Rodrigo Henriques Francisco Lacerda Henrique Lacerda Fullbacks Manuel Vallêra Francisco Vallêra Nuno Fradinho

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

References

^ "Rugby". Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEIST). (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^ "BREVE HISTÓRIA DO RUGBY NO TÉCNICO". Técnico-Rugby.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2012.