Saturday 10th March 2012, KO: 15:00 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 • 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. 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 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 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.

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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

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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

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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 23 Against Points For 78

32 For Penalties 33 Against Points Ag 125

1 For Drop Goals 2 Against Tries For 8

Tries Ag 12 Player Info For Portugal

Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Jorge Segurado 1 27 06/11/2005 12 3 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Tadjer 2 23 04/02/2012 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Juan Murre 3 31 18/06/2006 30 8 3 7 1 22 5 1 0 0 0 David Penalva 4 32 03/03/2002 34 9 3 11 4 19 5 1 0 0 0 Gonçalo Uva (C) 5 27 10/06/2004 61 5 5 21 5 35 15 3 0 0 0 Rui D’Orey 6 26 12/05/2007 11 8 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Vasco Uva 7 29 16/02/2003 75 5 7 31 5 39 50 10 0 0 0 Juan Severino 8 30 28/10/2006 42 9 4 17 2 23 5 1 0 0 0 Francisco Magalhaes 9 25 02/02/2008 7 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Yannick Ricardo 10 25 04/02/2012 3 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 4 1 1 Gonçalo Foro 11 29 12/05/2007 33 9 2 9 1 23 60 12 0 0 0 Francisco Appleton 12 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Murray 13 26 12/03/2011 8 1 1 2 0 6 14 1 0 3 0 Frederico Oliveira 14 23 06/02/2010 16 0 2 6 0 10 15 3 0 0 0 Pedro Leal 15 27 26/02/2005 55 9 4 17 5 33 121 5 21 18 0 Total 390 70 31 128 24 238 304 37 25 22 1 Vasco Marques 16 22 25/02/2012 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 José Leal Da Costa 17 20 13/11/2011 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 David Dos Reis 18 35 01/11/2008 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Sousa 19 22 12/02/2011 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lourenco Kadosh 20 26 02/02/2008 4 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Lima 21 19 13/11/2010 7 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 António Aguilar 22 33 06/03/1999 71 6 8 26 2 43 95 19 0 0 0 Records For Portugal Caps Tries Points 86 - Joaquim Ferreira 19 - António Aguilar 294 - Joao Queimado 75 - Vasco Uva 15 - Diogo Mateus 269 - Gonçalo Malheiro 74 - Diogo Mateus 14 - Nuno Durão 186 - Pedro Cabral

Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 30 - Thierry Teixeira v Georgia on 06/02/2000 Points: 69 v Germany on 27/02/2010 Tries: 3 - 4 players Tries: 9 on 3 Occasions Conversions: 6 - Nuno Maria Vilar Gomes v Netherlands on 23/11/1996 Conversions: 9 v Germany on 27/02/2010 Penalties: 9 - Thierry Teixeira v Georgia on 06/02/2000 Penalties: 9 v Georgia on 06/02/2000 Drop Goals: 2 - 2 players Drop Goals: 2 on 3 Occasions

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Head Coach: Regis Sonnes Recent Matches Debut: 13/11/2010 v Canada (L 22-60) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 60.00% Average Tries per Match: 2.40 25/02/2012 Ukraine W 41 6 Alushta

Spain Record Under Regis Sonnes 11/02/2012 Georgia W 25 18 Madrid 6 Wins 0 Drawn 4 Lost 19/11/2011 Uruguay W 16 13 Madrid 229 For Points 292 Against 19/03/2011 Romania L 8 64 Bucharest 24 For Tries 39 Against 12/03/2011 Portugal W 25 10 Madrid 20 For Conversions 26 Against Points For 115 23 For Penalties 15 Against Points Ag 111

0 For Drop Goals 0 Against Tries For 11

Tries Ag 14 Player Info For Spain

Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Anthony Pradalie 1 26 27/02/2010 8 1 1 3 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 Benat Auzqui 2 28 27/11/2010 7 2 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jesus Moreno 3 26 26/04/2008 14 6 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Parker 4 28 19/11/2011 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jesus Recuerda 5 25 26/04/2008 16 3 2 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 Sergi Guerrero 6 29 15/11/2008 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mathieu Roca 7 24 12/02/2011 7 4 1 5 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 Gauthier Gibouin 8 22 27/02/2010 11 3 2 6 0 5 10 2 0 0 0 Adrien Ayestaran 9 24 05/02/2011 6 1 1 3 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 César Sempere (C) 10 27 21/11/2004 40 2 3 22 1 17 144 26 4 0 2 Pierre Belzunce 11 23 13/11/2010 5 2 0 3 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 Carlos Blanco 12 27 12/03/2011 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre-Emmanuel Garcia 13 28 11/02/2012 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sergi Aubanell 14 22 27/11/2010 5 1 0 3 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 Mathieu Peluchon 15 24 27/11/2010 3 0 0 3 0 0 49 1 10 8 0 Total 132 29 15 75 1 56 233 33 19 8 2 Jonathan Phipps 16 29 11/02/2012 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ion Insausti 17 27 05/11/2005 27 4 3 13 0 14 5 1 0 0 0 Joe Hutchinson 18 26 25/02/2012 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Lyons 19 32 11/02/2012 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mickael Lopez 20 25 15/03/2009 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 David Barrera 21 22 13/11/2010 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Le Roux 22 26 19/11/2011 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 0

Records For Spain Caps Tries Points 92 - Francisco Puertas Soto 26 - César Sempere 257 - Esteban Roqué Segovia 74 - Alberto Malo Navio 14 - Pablo Feijóo Ugalde 192 - Luis Nunez Doval 74 - Jon Azkargorta Aretxabala 12 - Gabriel Rivero Macia 144 - César Sempere

Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 23 - 3 players Points: 90 v Czech Republic on 02/04/1995 Tries: 3 - 7 players Tries: 11 v Slovenia on 26/03/2005 Conversions: 10 - JF Lorenzo Berberana v Tunisia on 22/09/1979 Conversions: 10 v Tunisia on 22/09/1979 Penalties: 6 - 3 players Penalties: 8 v Russia on 04/02/2001 Drop Goals: 2 - 3 players Drop Goals: 2 on 5 Occasions

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