Rennes produced dominant performances in the two finals at the CUS Main Stadium in the Portuguese city.

Their women's side thrashed the University of Seville 41-0 in a one-sided gold medal encounter.

Yolaine Yengo was the star of the show for the French university, recording a superb individual haul of 26 points to spearhead her team to victory.

The bronze medal was secured by the University of Coimbra after they beat the University of Porto 15-0.

Rennes' men's team were made to work much harder for their triumph as they edged the University of Parma 10-5.

In the men's bronze medal match, San Jorge University overcame the Ecological University of Bucharest 14-7 in a closely-contested match.

Elsewhere at the event in Coimbra today, the Russian-based Smolensk State Academy of Physical Education Sport and Tourism secured their place in the final of the men's football tournament with a 2-1 win over Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University from Ukraine.

Their opponents in tomorrow's gold medal clash will be the University of Split from Croatia, who beat German-based University of Vechta by the same scoreline in the other semi-final clash.

The 2018 edition of the European Universities Games concludes tomorrow.