Australia 92 Spain 10

World champions Australia crushed Spain by a record score of 92-10 at Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid, comprehensively winning their 400th Test and the first against the Spaniards.

A total of 8,000 people turned up to see the world, Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup champions, and they were not disappointed.  The Wallabies scored 13 tries and conceded just one, late in the match.

The visitors led 57-3 at the break.

The result surpasses Australia's previous biggest Test win, 76-0 over England in 1998, and equals the record of 13 tries in a game against Korea in 1987.

Australia scored the first points of the game after just three minutes when fullback Matthew Burke slotted a penalty goal.  Ten conversions later he ended on 23 points.

Spain, who are fourth in the Six Nations B Championship, kept in touch when they levelled five minutes later through a penalty by scrumhalf Jaime Alonso.

But Joe Roff scored the first of the Wallabies' 13 tries soon after.  The Wallaby forwards drove their Spanish counterparts up the park before the experienced left wing crossed for the try.

Chris Latham, playing on the right wing, added the second try in the 17th minute as the side captained by George Gregan began to tighten its grip on the game.

Inside centre Nathan Grey, hooker Michael Foley, flank George Smith, and No.8 Toutai Kefu all touched down before the break.

Prop Nick Stiles and centre Daniel Herbert added their names to the scoresheet soon after the restart, and Burke took Australia past 76 points in the 53rd minute with his tenth conversion after Roff had scored the Wallabies' 11th try.

The Wallabies took their foot off the gas after that, and after 10 minutes of sustained pressure by the home side, lock Jose Miguel Villau scored Spain's only try in the 66th minute.

Replacements Graeme Bond and Matt Cockbain notched the Wallabies' final tries of the game in the closing minutes with Elton Flatley converting both kicks.

Australia's next game is against Oxford University on 4 November and their second Test, against England, follows six days later on 10 November.

The teams:

Australia:  1 Ben Darwin, 2 Michael Foley, 3 Nic Stiles, 4 David Giffin, 5 Justin Harrison, 6 Owen Finegan, 7 George Smith, 8 Toutai Kefu, 9 George Gregan (c), 10 Steve Larkham, 11 Chris Latham, 12 Nathan Grey, 13 Dan Herbert, 14 Joe Roff, 15 Matthew Burke
Reserves:  Brendan Cannon, Matt Cockbain, Elton Flatley, Rod Moore, Warwick Waugh, Chris Whitaker, Graeme Bond

Spain:  1 Javier Salazar Lizarraga, 2 Roger Ripol, 3 Jose Ignacio Zapatero Ferreras, 4 Sergio Souto Vidal, 5 Jose Miguel Villau Cabeza, 6 Alfonso Mata Suarez, 7 Carlos Souto Vidal, 8 Antonio Leon Justel (c), 9 Jaime Alonso Lasheras, 10 Marc Ventura Miranda, 11 Miguel Angel Frechilla Manrique, 12 Fernando Diez Molina, 13 Alberto Socias Olmos, 14 Noe Macias Gimeno, 15 Ferran Velazco Querol
Reserves:  Fernando De La Calle Pozo, Jorge De Urquiza, 3FO1, Marco Garcia Kristenson, Alfonso Martinez, Antonio Socias Olmos, Steve Tuineau Iloa

Attendance:  8000
Referee:  Jutge j.

Points Scorers:

Australia
Tries:  Cockbain M.J. 1, Foley M.A. 1, Grey N.P. 1, Herbert D.J. 1, Kefu R.S.T. 1, Latham C.E. 3, Roff J.W.C. 2, Bond G.S.C. 1, Smith G.B. 1, Stiles N.B. 1
Conv:  Burke M.C. 10, Flatley E.J. 2
Pen K.:  Burke M.C. 1

Spain
Tries:  Villau Cabeza J.M. 1
Conv:  Martinez A. 1
Pen K.:  Alonso Lasheras J. 1