Ohio’s St. Edward school team is in Portugal at a youth rugby festival and has been busy in the opening days.

They lost two close games against Henley of England, 7-3, and 8-0, and also lost 8-0 to Biarritz, the tournament’s defending champions. 

Then Portuguese team Beleneses shut out St. Edward 12-0, but the Ohio team bounced back to defeat Cascais 19-0. 

On Monday, St. Edward played Cascais again, but it turned out to be the Cascais U23 team. The Cascais U23s won 20-19 on the final play of the game.

Next up for St. Edward is a visit to the US Embassy in Lisbon, and a game against Beleneses.