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England Students, featuring former Head Boy Greg Nicholls, were within two minutes of victory over a Portugal side standing 21st in the official world rankings, until a try and conversion gave the home side a 21-18 win at the Estádio Universitário in Lisbon. 

The Students' toughest fixture of recent years saw the squad play adventurous rugby throughout and they led 18-6 with 15 minutes remaining. But Portugal, whose players have been in a training camp in preparation for Rugby World Cup qualifiers against Russia and Georgia over the next two weekends, hit back with a penalty and two tries. The side will now play matches against Irish Colleges and France Universities.

Posted by: M L Evans
Date: Friday 12/02/2010

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