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Full time2 December 1998
Spain
21–17
Portugal
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Spain won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco3–0
  2. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco6–0
  3. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco9–0
  4. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco12–0
  5. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco15–0
  6. –PSpain penalty · Andrey Kovalenco18–0
  7. –DSpain drop goal · Fernando Diez Molina21–0
  8. –CPortugal conversion · Thierry Teixeira21–2
  9. –CPortugal conversion · Nuno Mourão21–4
  10. –PPortugal penalty · Thierry Teixeira21–7
  11. –TPortugal try · Thierry Teixeira21–12
  12. –TPortugal try · Rohan Hoffmann21–17

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Jordi Camps RibaProp
  2. 2Diego Zarzosa PenaHooker
  3. 3Jose Ignacio Zapatero FerrerasProp
  4. 4Miguel Villau CabezaSecond row
  5. 5Luis Martinez VillanuevaSecond row
  6. 6Alberto Malo NavioFlanker
  7. 7Jose DiazFlanker
  8. 8Alfonso Mata SuarezNumber 8
  9. 9Javier Torres MoroteScrum-half
  10. 10Andrey KovalencoFly-half
  11. 11Rafael Bastide GutierresWing
  12. 12Fernando Diez MolinaCentre
  13. 13Alvar Enciso Fernandez ValderramaCentre
  14. 14Miguel Frechilla ManriqueWing
  15. 15Ferrán Velazco QuerolFull-back
  16. Fernando de la Calle PozoBench
  17. Victor Torres FunesBench
  18. Oscar Astarloa UriarteBench
  19. Carlos Souto VidalBench

Portugal

  1. 1Nélio SáProp
  2. 2Jorge CarvalhoHooker
  3. 3Joaquim FerreiraProp
  4. 4Pedro RogérioSecond row
  5. 5Manuel Sommer RibeiroSecond row
  6. 6Miguel BarbosaFlanker
  7. 7Pedro Melo e CastroFlanker
  8. 8Marcello D'OreyNumber 8
  9. 9Luis PissarraScrum-half
  10. 10Thierry TeixeiraFly-half
  11. 11Miguel PortelaWing
  12. 12João Diogo MotaCentre
  13. 13Salvador Ferreira do AmaralCentre
  14. 14Ricardo NunesWing
  15. 15Rohan HoffmannFull-back
  16. Nuno MourãoBench
  17. Rui GomesBench

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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.