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Netherlands face off against Portugal in REC Championship on Fri 9th July 2021 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 01:00. In South Africa it’s at 02:00 SAST, 12:00 NZST in New Zealand, 10:00 AEST in Australia and 17:00 EST in the US.
Portugal won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Portugal sits at 20 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Netherlands holds 26.
The two sides are separated by 6 places in the rankings with Netherlands in position 26 and Portugal in position 20 as such Portugal are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Netherlands vs Portugal will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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