Raffaele Costa Storti (born 19 December 2000) is a Portuguese

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player, who plays for

Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...

in the French

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Club career

Having played for CR Técnico until 2019, Storti then joined the new

Peñarol Rugby Peñarol is a Uruguay, Uruguayan professional rugby union team based in Montevideo. The team was founded in 2019 to compete in Súper Liga Americana de Rugby and is the rugby section of the Peñarol sports club. With its participation, Peñarol be ...

franchise in

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. But just after he made his debut in the Súper Liga Americana, the league was quickly brought to a halt because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the young Portuguese returned to his former club in his home country, to compete in the 2020-2021 season. On the 31 August 2021, he signed for the

side

International career

A standout player at the 2019 under-20 Trophy with

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, scoring the most tries in the competition, Storti quickly became part of the senior team, appearing to be one of rugby union most promising prospects outside of Tier 1 nations. On September 23, 2023, Storti scored two tries against Georgia which ended in an 18-18 draw. This result gave Portugal their first ever points in a Rugby World Cup. In the last pool stage game of the

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he scored the first try in the country’s first ever win in the competition against

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