TheBreakdown
Full time12 March 2016
Spain
39–7
Portugal
Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain · European Nations Cup Men's 2016Head-to-head

Spain won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater3–0
  2. 7’TSpain try · Ignacio Contardi8–0
  3. 9’CSpain conversion · Bradley Linklater10–0
  4. 17’TSpain try · Julen Goia Iriberri15–0
  5. 32’TPortugal try · Jose Vareta15–5
  6. 33’CPortugal conversion · Nuno Sousa Guedes15–7
  7. 42’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater18–7
  8. 51’TSpain try · Benat Auzqui23–7
  9. 53’CSpain conversion · Bradley Linklater25–7
  10. 57’TSpain try · Benat Auzqui30–7
  11. 58’CSpain conversion · Bradley Linklater32–7
  12. 80’TSpain try · Gregory Maiquez37–7
  13. 82’CSpain conversion · Bradley Linklater39–7

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Fernando Martin LopezProp
  2. 2Benat AuzquiHooker
  3. 3Xerom CivilProp
  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. 11Ignacio ContardiWing
  12. 12Thibaut AlvarezCentre
  13. 13Bradley LinklaterCentre
  14. 14Julen Goia IriberriWing
  15. 15Sergi AubanellFull-back
  16. 16Ion InsaustiBench
  17. 17Joe HutchinsonBench
  18. 18Francisco Javier SanzBench
  19. 19Manuel MoraBench
  20. 20Adam NewtonBench
  21. 21Pablo GillBench
  22. 22Gareth GriffithsBench
  23. 23Pablo FontesBench

Portugal

  1. 1Bruno MedeirosProp
  2. 2Duarte DinizHooker
  3. 3Joao AlmeidaProp
  4. 4Luis CerquinhoSecond row
  5. 5Salvador Vassalo SantosSecond row
  6. 6Maxime VazFlanker
  7. 7Miguel MacedoFlanker
  8. 8Joao Manuel LinoNumber 8
  9. 9Francisco MagalhaesScrum-half
  10. 10Tomas AppletonFly-half
  11. 11Bernardo CardosoWing
  12. 12Manuel PereiraCentre
  13. 13Pedro BettencourtCentre
  14. 14Jose VaretaWing
  15. 15Nuno Sousa GuedesFull-back
  16. 16Joao Corte-RealBench
  17. 17Jose CondeBench
  18. 18Bruno RochaBench
  19. 19Diogo ToornBench
  20. 20Luis MoraisBench
  21. 21Sebastiao VillaxBench
  22. 22Francisco VieiraBench
  23. 23Tomas NoronhaBench

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Context

All-time, Spain 27–14 Portugal, 2 drawn in 43 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Spain going in
Portugal 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.