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Full time18 February 2018
Spain
22–10
Romania
Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2016Head-to-head

Spain won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TSpain try · Benat Auzqui5–0
  2. 8’TSpain try · Sebastien Ascarat10–0
  3. 13’PRomania penalty · Florin Vlaicu10–3
  4. 22’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater13–3
  5. 49’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater16–3
  6. 66’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater19–3
  7. 78’PSpain penalty · Bradley Linklater22–3
  8. 83’CRomania conversion · Valentin Calafeteanu22–5
  9. 83’TRomania try · Paula Kinikinilau22–10

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Benat AuzquiProp
  2. 2Marco PintoHooker
  3. 3Jesus Moreno RodriguezProp
  4. 4David BarreraSecond row
  5. 5Kalokalo GavidiSecond row
  6. 6Pierre BarthereFlanker
  7. 7Lucas GuillaumeFlanker
  8. 8Gautier GibouinNumber 8
  9. 9Guillaume RouetScrum-half
  10. 10Mathieu BelieFly-half
  11. 11Sebastien AscaratWing
  12. 12Daniel SneeCentre
  13. 13Fabien PerrinCentre
  14. 14Bradley LinklaterWing
  15. 15Charlie MalieFull-back
  16. 16Fernando Martin LopezBench
  17. 17Juan AnayaBench
  18. 18Anibal BonanBench
  19. 19Thibaut VisensangBench
  20. 20Sebastien RouetBench
  21. 21Ignacio ContardiBench
  22. 22Bastien FusterBench
  23. 23Xerom CivilBench

Romania

  1. 1Mihaita LazarProp
  2. 2Andrei RadoiHooker
  3. 3Andrei UrsacheProp
  4. 4Johannes van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Marius AntonescuSecond row
  6. 6Valentin UrsacheFlanker
  7. 7Mihai MacoveiFlanker
  8. 8Stelian BurceaNumber 8
  9. 9Florin SurugiuScrum-half
  10. 10Florin VlaicuFly-half
  11. 11Stephen ShennanWing
  12. 12Sione FakaosileaCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Fonovai TangimanaWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Marian CapatanaBench
  17. 17Ionel BadiuBench
  18. 18Alexandru TarusBench
  19. 19Valentin PoparlanBench
  20. 20Andrei GorcioaiaBench
  21. 21Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  22. 22Ionut DumitruBench
  23. 23Jack UmagaBench

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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.