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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Netherdale Stadium, Galashiels · 2 October 1999Head-to-head
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Uruguay won by 12 points.Half-time 6–10 · Tries 0–4

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Tacklesmademissed
ESP6415
URU4216
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ESP0/05/50
URU2/21/10
← Uruguay attack · Spain attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
24′UruguayTry, Diego Ormaechea, converted3–8
65′UruguayTry, converted12–15
78′UruguayTry, Alfonso Cardoso15–22
81′UruguayTry, Juan Menchaca15–27
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
24′Diego Ormaechea65′URU78′Alfonso Cardoso81′Juan Menchaca
ESP

Team stats

URU
0%Possession100%
69Carries88
425Metres gained420
11Clean breaks12
16Defenders beaten15
74Passes81
6Offloads9
64Tackles made42
15Tackles missed16
35/36Rucks won47/55
3/9Lineouts won8/9
7/14Scrums won20/21
2/4Mauls won7/7
17Penalties conceded13
26Kicks from hand31
Goal kicking
ESP conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5 · URU conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Jordi Camps RibaProp
  2. 2Fernando de la Calle PozoHooker
  3. 3Jose Ignacio Zapatero FerrerasProp
  4. 4Miguel Villau CabezaSecond row
  5. 5Sergio Souto VidalSecond row
  6. 6Jose DiazFlanker
  7. 7Carlos Souto VidalFlanker
  8. 8Alberto Malo NavioNumber 8
  9. 9Jaime Alonso-Lasheras RiveroScrum-half
  10. 10Andrey KovalencoFly-half
  11. 11Rafael Bastide GutierresWing
  12. 12Sebastien LoubsensCentre
  13. 13Alvar Enciso Fernandez ValderramaCentre
  14. 14Oriol Ripol FortunyWing
  15. 15Miguel Frechilla ManriqueFull-back
  16. 16Aitor Etxeberria de la RosaBench
  17. 17Victor Torres FunesBench
  18. 18Francisco Puertas SotoBench
  19. 19Alfonso Mata SuarezBench
  20. 20Oscar Astarloa UriarteBench
  21. 21Aratz Gallastegui SodupeBench
  22. 22Diego Zarzosa PenaBench

Uruguay

  1. 1Rodrigo SanchezProp
  2. 2Diego LamelasHooker
  3. 3Pablo LemoineProp
  4. 4Juan Carlos BadoSecond row
  5. 5Mario LameSecond row
  6. 6Nicolás BrignoniFlanker
  7. 7Martin PanizzaFlanker
  8. 8Diego OrmaecheaNumber 8
  9. 9Federico SciarraScrum-half
  10. 10Diego AguirreFly-half
  11. 11Pablo CostábileWing
  12. 12Martin MendaroCentre
  13. 13Pedro VecinoCentre
  14. 14Martin FerresWing
  15. 15Alfonso CardosoFull-back
  16. 16Juan MenchacaBench
  17. 17Fernando Sosa DiazBench
  18. 18Nicolás GrilléBench
  19. 19Augustin Ponce de LeonBench
  20. 20Juan AlzuetaBench
  21. 21Guillermo StoraceBench
  22. 22Francisco de los SantosBench

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Context

All-time, Spain 8–7 Uruguay in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Spain going in
Uruguay going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.