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Full time6 February 2016
Russia
22–20
Spain
Central Stadium, Sochi, Russian Federation · European Nations Cup Men's 2016Head-to-head

Russia won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater0–3
  2. 13’TRussia try · Denis Simplikevich5–3
  3. 14’CRussia conversion · Yury Kushnarev7–3
  4. 29’TRussia try · Denis Simplikevich12–3
  5. 30’CRussia conversion · Yury Kushnarev14–3
  6. 41’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater14–6
  7. 51’PRussia penalty · Yury Kushnarev17–6
  8. 55’TSpain try · Ignacio Contardi17–11
  9. 56’CSpain conversion · Gareth Griffiths17–13
  10. 75’TSpain try17–18
  11. 76’CSpain conversion · Bradley Linklater17–20
  12. 77’TRussia try · Anton Rudoi22–20

Line-ups

Russia

  1. 1Alexey VolkovProp
  2. 2Stanislav SelskiiHooker
  3. 3Innokentiy ZykovProp
  4. 4Andrey GarbuzovSecond row
  5. 5Denis AntonovSecond row
  6. 6Viktor GresevFlanker
  7. 7Andrey TemnovFlanker
  8. 8Anton RudoiNumber 8
  9. 9Rushan IagudinScrum-half
  10. 10Yury KushnarevFly-half
  11. 11Vasily ArtemyevWing
  12. 12Vladimir RudenkoCentre
  13. 13Igor GalinovskiyCentre
  14. 14Denis SimplikevichWing
  15. 15Ramil GaisinFull-back
  16. 16Nazir GasanovBench
  17. 17Sergey SekisovBench
  18. 18Evgeny PronenkoBench
  19. 19Pavel ButenkoBench
  20. 20Dmitry KrotovBench
  21. 21Alexey ShcherbanBench
  22. 22Sergey IaniushkinBench
  23. 23Mikhail BabaevBench

Spain

  1. 1Fernando Martin LopezProp
  2. 2Juan AnayaHooker
  3. 3Jesus Moreno RodriguezProp
  4. 4Anibal BonanSecond row
  5. 5David GonzalezSecond row
  6. 6David BarreraFlanker
  7. 7Mathieu RocaFlanker
  8. 8Jaime NavaNumber 8
  9. 9Gregory MaiquezScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel SneeFly-half
  11. 11Sergi AubanellWing
  12. 12Mathieu BelieCentre
  13. 13Thibaut AlvarezCentre
  14. 14Julen Goia IriberriWing
  15. 15Bradley LinklaterFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan GarciaBench
  17. 17Francisco BlancoBench
  18. 18Xerom CivilBench
  19. 19Jesus RecuerdaBench
  20. 20Jose Luis Del ValleBench
  21. 21Gareth GriffithsBench
  22. 22Federico Casteglioni AlzorrizBench
  23. 23Ignacio ContardiBench

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Context

All-time, Russia 16–9 Spain in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Russia going in
Spain 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.