José Pinto (rugby union) to an Italian team soon after joining Benetton Treviso for the remainder of the 2007/2008 season. He joined Rugby Roma Olimpic in the off-season for the 2008/2009 season. José Pinto has 57 caps for Portugal, since 2001, with 3 tries, 2 conversion and 1 penalty, 20 points in aggregate. José Pinto (rugby union) José Manuel Duarte Pinto Neves (born 5 February 1981, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half and fullback. He's graduated in Medicine. José Pinto was a leading name for Direito, from 1999/2000 until 2006/2007. After the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals
Rugby union in England rugby at least once a week. Rugby union has often been considered, somewhat pejoratively, a 'posh' game. This may be historically linked to the split between Northern teams and the rest of the rugby fraternity over 'broken time payments', i.e. professionalism. This split led to the development of the separate sport of rugby league. The amateur ethos made it difficult for players who could not afford to take time off work to play away games or to go on tour - an integral part of the rugby tradition. Rugby union in many parts of England is associated with fee-paying independent