TheBreakdown
Full time13 February 2016
Spain
18–21
Romania
Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain · European Nations Cup Men's 2016Head-to-head

Romania won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PRomania penalty · Florin Vlaicu0–3
  2. 12’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater3–3
  3. 22’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater6–3
  4. 28’TRomania try · Mihai Macovei6–8
  5. 37’TSpain try · Sebastien Ascarat11–8
  6. 38’CSpain conversion · Bradley Linklater13–8
  7. 45’TRomania try · Valentin Poparlan13–13
  8. 46’CRomania conversion · Florin Vlaicu13–15
  9. 49’PRomania penalty · Florin Vlaicu13–18
  10. 60’TSpain try · Sebastien Ascarat18–18
  11. 67’PRomania penalty · Florin Vlaicu18–21

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Fernando Martin LopezProp
  2. 2Marco PintoHooker
  3. 3Jesus Moreno RodriguezProp
  4. 4David BarreraSecond row
  5. 5Jesus RecuerdaSecond row
  6. 6Pierre BarthereFlanker
  7. 7Gautier GibouinFlanker
  8. 8Jaime NavaNumber 8
  9. 9Gregory MaiquezScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel SneeFly-half
  11. 11Sebastien AscaratWing
  12. 12Mathieu BelieCentre
  13. 13Bradley LinklaterCentre
  14. 14Ignacio ContardiWing
  15. 15Charlie MalieFull-back
  16. 16Francisco BlancoBench
  17. 17Juan AnayaBench
  18. 18Jonathan GarciaBench
  19. 19Anibal BonanBench
  20. 20Mathieu RocaBench
  21. 21Thibaut AlvarezBench
  22. 22Julen Goia IriberriBench
  23. 23Sergi AubanellBench

Romania

  1. 1Constantin PristavitaProp
  2. 2Otar TurashviliHooker
  3. 3Paul RusuProp
  4. 4Johannes van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Valentin PoparlanSecond row
  6. 6Vlad NistorFlanker
  7. 7Mihai MacoveiFlanker
  8. 8Stelian BurceaNumber 8
  9. 9Tudorel BratuScrum-half
  10. 10Florin VlaicuFly-half
  11. 11Stephen ShennanWing
  12. 12Florin IonitaCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Adrian ApostolWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Andrei RadoiBench
  17. 17Mihai DicoBench
  18. 18Silviu VasiliuBench
  19. 19Marius AntonescuBench
  20. 20Andrei GorcioaiaBench
  21. 21Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  22. 22Ovidiu MelniciucBench
  23. 23Sabin StratilaBench

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Context

All-time, Spain 7–36 Romania in 43 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Spain going in
Romania going in

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