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Full time27 October 2002
Spain
3–36
Russia
Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003Head-to-head

Russia won by 33 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TRussia try · Vyacheslav Grachev0–5
  2. 27’PSpain penalty · Marc Ventura Miranda3–5
  3. 27’TRussia try · Werner Pieterse3–10
  4. 28’CRussia conversion · Vladimir Simonov3–12
  5. 37’TRussia try · Vladimir Simonov3–17
  6. 47’CRussia conversion · Vladimir Simonov3–19
  7. 47’TRussia try · Werner Pieterse3–24
  8. 55’TRussia try · Werner Pieterse3–29
  9. 79’CRussia conversion · Vladimir Simonov3–31
  10. 79’TRussia try · Sergey Sergeev3–36

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Marcos Mella FogoProp
  2. 2David MonrealHooker
  3. 3Jose Ignacio Zapatero FerrerasProp
  4. 4Steve Tuineau IloaSecond row
  5. 5Carlos Souto VidalSecond row
  6. 6Iván Criado GarachanaFlanker
  7. 7Alfonso Mata SuarezFlanker
  8. 8Javier CastanoNumber 8
  9. 9Jorge de Urquiza TorresScrum-half
  10. 10Marc Ventura MirandaFly-half
  11. 11David Martin CifuentesWing
  12. 12Antonio LoboCentre
  13. 13Alvar Enciso Fernandez ValderramaCentre
  14. 14Jose Inchausti BravoWing
  15. 15Victor Barrio GonzalesFull-back
  16. 16Diego Zarzosa PenaBench
  17. 17Daniel NunezBench
  18. 18Leandro Fernandez-AramburuBench
  19. 19Ignacio De La MazaBench
  20. 20Antonio Beltrán RodríguezBench
  21. 21Dario Bernal ZunigaBench
  22. 22Jorge PrietoBench

Russia

  1. 1Alexander KhrokinProp
  2. 2Igor NikolaychukHooker
  3. 3Johan HendriksProp
  4. 4Valery FedchenkoSecond row
  5. 5Sergey SergeevSecond row
  6. 6Renier 'Bloues' VolschenkFlanker
  7. 7Vyacheslav GrachevFlanker
  8. 8Vyacheslav ZykovNumber 8
  9. 9Alexander IaniushkinScrum-half
  10. 10Werner PieterseFly-half
  11. 11Andrey KuzinWing
  12. 12Alexey SergeevCentre
  13. 13Alexey KorobeynikovCentre
  14. 14Vladimir SimonovWing
  15. 15Alexander ZakarlyukFull-back
  16. 16Roman RomakBench
  17. 17Oleg ShukaylovBench
  18. 18Rashid BikbovBench
  19. 19Oleg AzarenkoBench
  20. 20Sergey KuzmenkoBench
  21. 21Alexey SarychevBench

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Context

All-time, Spain 9–16 Russia in 25 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Spain going in
Russia 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.