The Wolves of Portugal beat the Lions of Spain 21-18 at Estadio Universitário in Lisbon in the opening weekend of the European Nations Cup.
It is, in a sense, a good result for Spain for Portugal are on a roll after two RWC qualifier victories over Morocco and the possibility of another qualifying round with Uruguay. Spain have had much less intense preparations with recently on a match with France Amateur which they lost 47-0.
Spain, a well-organised rugby nation, are just back in the European Nations Cup after being relegated. Portugal are well established and in fact won the title the tournament before last.
There was not much between the two sides who each scored two tries. In fact had Cesare Sempere goaled a penalty in injury time, Spain would have drawn the match.
At half-time Spain led 13-10. But by then they had lost their experienced flyhalf Estaban Roqué, who was replaced by Ignacio Gutiérrez.
Scorers:
For Portugal:
Tries: Diogo Mateus, Vasco Uva
Con: Cardoso Pinto
Pens: Cardoso Pinto 3
For Spain:
Tries: Cidre 2
Con: Roqué
Pens: Roqué 2
Teams:
Portugal: 15 Pedro Cabral, 14 Francisco Mira, 13 Miguel Morais, 12 Diogo Mateus, 11 Pedro Carvalho, 10 Duarte Cardoso Pinto, 9 Luis Pissarra, 8 Vasco Uva, 7 Joao Uva, 6 Juan Severino, 5 Gonçalo Uva, 4 Pedro Vieira, 3 Joaquim Ferreira, 2 Joao Correira,1 Rui Cordeiro
Replacements: 16 Duarte Gustavo, 17 Rodrigo Aguilar, 18 Diogo Coutinho, 19 Salvador Palha, 20 Filipe Saldanha, 21 José Pinto, 22 Hugo Melo
Spain: 15 Pedro Martín, 14 Juan Cano, 13 César Sempere, 12 Manuel Mazo, 11 Rafael Álvarez, 10 Esteban Roqué, 9 Pablo Feijóo, 8 Iván Criado, 7 Alfonso Mata, 6 Cyril Hijar, 5 Sergio Souto, 4 Guillermo Bárcena, 3 Javier Salazar, 2 Mathieu Cidre, 1 Jon Insausti
Replacements: 16 Diego Zarzosa, 17 Luís Cano, 18 Manuel Serrano, 19 David Hernández, 20 Igor Mirones, 21 Juan González, 22 Ignacio Gutiérrez
Referee: Hervé Dubes (France)
Touch judges: Didier Mene, Vincent Azoulay (both France)
Commissioner: Alan Mansell (England)
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