Spain beat Uruguay in Montevideo

Spain won the second match of their South American tour in Montevideo on Saturday when they beat a young Uruguay side 18-10.  This comes after their victory over Chile earlier in the week.

The tour is a part of Spain's determination to maintain its place in Division 1 of the European Nations Cup.  After this they play in amateur tournament in France against England Counties and Belgium.  Then in November they face the Czech Republic in the second round of the two-year competition.

The Lions' victory was based on its defence against the higher-ranked -- by two places -- Teros.

Spain scored first when wing Juan Cano went over for a try.  Uruguay levelled the scores with a try by Juan Labat, Mahieu Gratton kicked a penalty goal and then the Labat got a second try for the Teros to lead 10-8 at the break.

The Teros were attacking for a long time in the second half when suddenly David Mota intercepted and ran some 80 metres to score under the posts.  Gratton converted and then kicked a penalty goal, which made the score 18-10 with 18 minutes to go.

In this time the Teros' experienced prop Pablo Lemoine, who plays for Montauban in France, and Spanish hooker José Maria Bohorquez were sent to the sin bin.

Scorers:

For Spain:
Tries:  Cano, Mota
Con:  Gratton
Pen:  Gratton

For Uruguay:
Tries:  Labat 2

Teams

Uruguay:  Santiago Carracedo, Manuel Martinez, Guzman Barreiro, Juan M Llovet, Matias Arocena, Andres Vazquez, Martin Espiga, Nicolas Klappembach, Gonzalo Peyrou, Pablo Bueno, Juan Alzueta, Francisco Bulanti, Nicolas Morales, Nicolas Grille, Juan Campomar, Joaquin Pastore, Martin Crosa, Ignacio Crosa, Agustin Perez Del Castillo, Rodrigo Sanchez, Federico Capo, Mario Sagario, Juan M Alvarez, Carlos Protasi, Ignacio Conti (captain), Juan Labat, Horacio Rivera, Pablo Lemoine
Coaches:  Passadore Alberico, Berrutti Francisco

Spain:  15 César Sempere, 14 Juan Cano, 13 Raúl Turrion, 12 Javier Canosa, 11 Rafael Álvarez, 10 Mathieu Gratton, 9 Mathieu López, 8 Iván Criado, 7 Martín Ignacio Aceña, 6 Rafael Camacho, 5 César Bernasconi, 4 Guillermo Barcena, 3 Igor Alberro, 2 José Maria Bohorquez, 1 Oscar Ferreras.
Replacements (from):  Manuel Mazo, César Caballero, Jon Insausti, Manuel Serrano, Sergio Souto, Manuel Olivares, Juan González, David Mota, Pablo Feijoo, Julien Tortoulou, Cyril Hijar, Juan

Referee:  Pablo Deluca (Argentina)