TheBreakdown
Full time9 May 1998
Spain
33–22
Portugal
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Spain won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSpain conversion · Andrey Kovalenco2–0
  2. –PSpain penalty · Ferrán Velazco Querol5–0
  3. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco8–0
  4. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco11–0
  5. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco14–0
  6. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco17–0
  7. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco20–0
  8. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco23–0
  9. –TSpain try · Ferrán Velazco Querol28–0
  10. –TSpain try · Daniel Garcia del Prado33–0
  11. –CPortugal conversion · Nuno Mourão33–2
  12. –CPortugal conversion · Nuno Mourão33–4
  13. –PPortugal penalty · Nuno Mourão33–7
  14. –TPortugal try · Nuno Mourão33–12
  15. –TPortugal try · Miguel Portela33–17
  16. –TPortugal try · Marcello D'Orey33–22

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Victor Torres FunesProp
  2. 2Diego Zarzosa PenaHooker
  3. 3Asier Altuna IzaguirreProp
  4. 4Miguel Villau CabezaSecond row
  5. 5Luis Martinez VillanuevaSecond row
  6. 6Alberto Malo NavioFlanker
  7. 7Jose DiazFlanker
  8. 8Jaime Gutierrez MerellesNumber 8
  9. 9Aratz Gallastegui SodupeScrum-half
  10. 10Andrey KovalencoFly-half
  11. 11Daniel Garcia del PradoWing
  12. 12Fernando Diez MolinaCentre
  13. 13Alvar Enciso Fernandez ValderramaCentre
  14. 14Rafael Bastide GutierresWing
  15. 15Ferrán Velazco QuerolFull-back
  16. Fernando de la Calle PozoBench

Portugal

  1. 1Paulo MarquesProp
  2. 2Paulo SilvaHooker
  3. 3Joaquim FerreiraProp
  4. 4Pedro VieiraSecond row
  5. 5Manuel Sommer RibeiroSecond row
  6. 6Timothy KingFlanker
  7. 7Miguel PortelaFlanker
  8. 8Marcello D'OreyNumber 8
  9. 9Luis PissarraScrum-half
  10. 10Nuno MourãoFly-half
  11. 11Joao VarelaWing
  12. 12Sérgio AzevedoCentre
  13. 13Salvador Ferreira do AmaralCentre
  14. 14Filipe SaldanhaWing
  15. 15Rohan HoffmannFull-back
  16. António CláudioBench
  17. Pedro Melo e CastroBench
  18. Jorge CarvalhoBench

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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.