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Saturday 10th March 2012, KO: 15:00 PORTUGAL Estádio Sergio Conceição Stadium SPAIN Coimbra Facts & Figures HEADLINES HEAD TO HEAD • Portugal go into this weekend’s game smarting from a 32-7 • Portugal and Spain have played each other on 31 occasions, defeat against Georgia in Tbilisi while Spain walloped winless with the latter winning 21 games. Portugal have won nine Ukraine 41-6 in Odessa. matches while there has been a single draw. • Portugal have lost their last five games in all competitions. • Spain have a far superior points scoring record over the Spain by contrast, have lost only one of their last five games, history of the fixture, scoring 657 to Portugal’s 453. being beaten 64-8 by Romania one year ago. • The most recent European Nations Cup clash between the • PEDRO LEAL needs just 14 more points to overtake José Maria sides saw Spain defeat Portugal 25-10 in Madrid this weekend Vilar Gomes’ 134 points and become Portugal’s fourth highest last year. points scorer in his country’s history. • Recent results between the two sides have been close, with • Spain have elected to put out an inexperienced starting XV, Portugal winning three of the last five games. with 11 of the starting XV with less than ten international • Portugal have been victorious in the last two games in Lisbon, caps. Captain César Sempere, with 40 caps, is Spain’s most winning 24-19 in 2009 and 21-18 in 2007. Of the two teams, experienced player. Portugal have been the more recent victors on the road, winning 33-15 in Madrid in 2010. • These sides’ first ever meeting in international rugby came STARTING LINE UPS back in 1935, the occasion being Portugal’s first ever international Test. A crowd of 7,000 turned up at Campo das • Portugal make six changes to the side that suffered a Amoreiras in Lisbon to see Spain beat the home side 6-5. disappointing 32-7 defeat away to Georgia. DAVID PENALVA moves from blindside flanker to lock, replacing DAVID DOS REIS of Nîmes, while RUI D’OREY and JUAN SEVERINO come TRYTIME into the backrow, replacing PENALVA and injured Clermont Auvergne flanker Julien Bardy respectively. • Portugal replacement back ANTONIO AGUILAR needs just • There is a recall for FRANCISCO MAGALHAES at scrumhalf, one more try to hit a century of points for his country (20 replacing PEDRO LEAL who moves to full back. There are tries). AGUILAR, who will win his 72th cap if he comes off changes on the wings too, with GONCALO FORO coming in the bench during the game against Spain, is currently four for ANTONIO AGUILAR, and FREDERICO OLIVEIRA replacing clear of second-placed Diogo Mateus as his country’s leading ADERITO ESTEVES. Finally FRANCISCO APPLETON replaces try-scorer of all time. BERNARDO SILVEIRA at inside centre. • There are eight changes to the Spain team that beat Ukraine in Odessa. Spain have selected a whole new front row ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? following on from the game against Ukraine, with ANTHONY PRADALIE, BENAT AUZQUI and JESUS MORENO coming in • Five of Spain’s starting forwards have less than 10 caps. JESUS Franck Labbe, JONATHAN PHIPPS and JOE HUTCHINSON. MORENO (14 caps), JESUS RECUERDA (16 caps) and GAUTHEIR • SERGI GUERRERO comes in at blindside flanker for Luciana GIBOUIN (11 caps) are Spain’s most experienced forwards, Bettera while GAUTHIER GIBOUINI replaces Mathieu with the rest numbering 28 caps in total between them. Visensang at No.8. ADRIEN AYESTARAN comes in at scrumhalf • The Portugal side have a vastly more experienced side than for Sebastien Rouet and there are more changes in the their Iberian neighbours with 390 caps. Spain can count 132 backline too, with PIERRE BELUNZE coming on the left wing in total in their starting XV, with their cap numbers reduced to for Sebastien Ascarat. Meanwhile CARLOS BLANCO replaces only 92 if we take out their most experienced player, CÉSAR Jamie Nava Olano in the centre. SEMPERE. • PEDRO LEAL wins his 56th cap for Portugal on Saturday, back • Portugal centre FRANCISCO APPLETON wins his first cap for in the more familiar surroundings of fullback. The 27 year-old his country when he lines out against Spain this weekend. made his debut against the Czech Republic in 2005 and has • Portugal backrow forward VASCO UVA wins his 76th cap for represented his country at scrumhalf on twelve occasions, his country, having made his debut in a 34-30 win against including his last five starts at international level. He has Georgia in 2003. He is ten caps behind Portugal’s record started 35 games in total for Portugal at full back. caps-holder Joaquim Ferreira. • 11 of Spain’s starting XV play their club rugby in France, • Both sides have a similar average age. Portugal are a compared with only five of the Portugal side. marginally older team, with an average age of 27, while Spain have an average age of 26. MAN IN THE MIDDLE • Claudio Passacantando of Italy officiates his third international Test this weekend for the meeting of Portugal and Spain. He made his international debut in 2010, when he refereed Romania versus Germany. © International Rugby Board 2012. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (09/03/2012 11:32). Page 1 Saturday 10th March 2012, KO: 15:00 PORTUGAL Estádio Sergio Conceição Stadium SPAIN Coimbra Team Sheets 15 PORTUGAL Pedro IRB RANKING: 24 Leal Test #: 222 Nice Replacements 16 Vasco Marques (CDU do Porto) 14 13 12 11 17 José Leal Da Costa (AEIS Agronomia) Frederico Carl Francisco Gonçalo 18 David Dos Reis (Nîmes) Oliveira Murray Appleton Foro 19 Luis Sousa (GD Direito) CDU de Lisboa CDU de Lisboa CDU de Lisboa CDU de Lisboa 20 Lourenco Kadosh (AEIS Agronomia) 21 Jose Lima (AEIS Agronomia) 10 9 22 António Aguilar (GD Direito) Yannick Francisco Ricardo Magalhaes Castanet CDU de Lisboa Key Stats 8 Juan # Caps Starting Lineup: 390 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 27 Severino Oldest Player: David Dos Reis (35) UE Santboiana Youngest Player: Jose Lima (19) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 109 kg Rui 5 4 Vasco D’Orey Uva Gonçalo David GD Direito Uva (C) Penalva GD Direito GD Direito Montauban Officials 3 2 1 Referee: Claudio Passacantando (Italy) - 2 Tests Juan Mike Jorge Murre Tadjer Segurado Tests at Venue: 0 Tests Portugal: 1 Tests Saint Etienne Massy GD Direito Spain: 0 Tests Test Debut: 13/02/2010 - Romania v Germany Assistant Referee 1: Carlo Damasco (Italy) Assistant Referee 2: 1 2 3 Etiore Reale (Italy) Anthony Benat Jesus Pradalie Auzqui Moreno Match Commissioner: Perigueux Tyrosse Limoges Salvatore De Falco (Italy) 4 5 6 Tom Jesus 7 Parker Recuerda Sergi Mathieu Guerrero Ordizia Rugby Elkartea Lille Roca UE Santboiana Aurillac 8 Replacements Gauthier 16 Jonathan Phipps (CR La Vila) Gibouin 17 Ion Insausti (St Jean de Luz Olympique) Perigueux 18 Joe Hutchinson (CR La Vila) 19 Craig Lyons (UE Santboiana) 9 10 20 Mickael Lopez (Dax) Adrien César 21 David Barrera (Stade Montois) Ayestaran Sempere (C) 22 Ryan Le Roux (UE Santboiana) Perigueux Northampton Saints 11 12 13 14 Pierre Carlos Pierre-Emmanuel Sergi Key Stats Belzunce Blanco Garcia Aubanell Colomiers Universidad de Vigo Castres Olympique ASM Clermont Auvergne # Caps Starting Lineup: 132 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 26 Oldest Player: Craig Lyons (32) 15 Youngest Player: Sergi Aubanell (22) Avg Weight Forwards: 99 kg Mathieu Peluchon FC Auch Gers SPAIN IRB RANKING: 19 Test #: 318 © International Rugby Board 2012. 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Page 2 Saturday 10th March 2012, KO: 15:00 PORTUGAL Estádio Sergio Conceição Stadium SPAIN Coimbra Head to Head Recent Results Date Team A Result Team B Venue 12/03/2011 Spain 25 10 Portugal Madrid 13/03/2010 Spain 15 33 Portugal Madrid 15/03/2009 Portugal 24 19 Spain Lisbon 10/05/2008 Spain 21 17 Portugal Madrid 03/02/2007 Portugal 21 18 Spain Lisbon Summary Portugal 31 Matches (1 Draw) Spain 9 Won 21 453 Points 657 44 Tries 31 21 Conversions 16 55 Penalties 35 3 Drop Goals 3 Player Records For Portugal against Spain For Spain against Portugal Joaquim Ferreira - 10 Appearances 9 - 2 Players 3 Players - 30 Points 47 - Andrey Kovalenco António Aguilar - 6 Tries 2 - 3 Players Pedro Cabral - 4 Conversions 4 - Mathieu Gratton Joao Queimado - 9 Penalties 15 - Andrey Kovalenco 3 Players - 1 Drop Goals 1 - 3 Players Player Records in a Match For Portugal against Spain For Spain against Portugal Gonçalo Malheiro on 23/03/2003 - 25 Points 20 - On 2 Occasions Nuno Garváo Carvalho on 21/03/2004 - 3 Tries 2 - On 2 Occasions Pedro Cabral on 13/03/2010 - 3 Conversions 3 - On 2 Occasions Gonçalo Malheiro on 23/03/2003 - 7 Penalties 6 - On 3 Occasions On 3 Occasions - 1 Drop Goals 1 - On 3 Occasions Team Records in a Match For Portugal against Spain For Spain against Portugal On 2 Occasions - 35 Points 50 - On 22/04/1995 On 21/03/2004 - 6 Tries 5 - On 05/04/1954 On 13/03/2010 - 3 Conversions 3 - On 2 Occasions On 2 Occasions - 7 Penalties 7 - On 09/05/1998 On 3 Occasions - 1 Drop Goals 1 - On 3 Occasions © International Rugby Board 2012. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (09/03/2012 11:32). Page 3 Saturday 10th March 2012, KO: 15:00 PORTUGAL Estádio Sergio Conceição Stadium Coimbra Head Coach: Errol Brain Recent Matches Debut: 13/11/2010 v USA (L 17-22) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 35.71% Average Tries per Match: 2.00 25/02/2012 Georgia L 7 32 Tbilisi 11/02/2012 Russia L 32 33 Lisbon Portugal Record Under Errol Brain 04/02/2012 Romania L 7 15 Bucharest 5 Wins 0 Drawn 9 Lost 13/11/2011 Uruguay L 9 16 C’ da Rainha 277 For Points 301 Against 15/06/2011 Namibia L 23 29 Bucharest 28 For Tries 30 Against 19 For Conversions