ENC 1A : 8 Feb : Spain v Belgium

CHAMPIONSHIP OF EUROPE OF NATIONS- RWCQ 2015

SPAIN – BELGIUM

Estadio Nacional de Rugby, Saturday 8 February 2014. 16.00

(Country University City Central – MADRID)

Spain and Bélgium will meet Saturday, February 8 at 16:00 in the National Rugby Stadium Madrid.

After the game last weekend against Russia, Spain needs to win to confirm the presence in the UEFA European Nations ENC1A

Seven changes XV Lion to Belgium

National coach Santiago Santos has confirmed the list of 23 players for the second match of 2014 against Belgium, in the seventh round of the European Championship FIRA-AER Nations, and qualifying for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, which will be held on Saturday February 8 in the National Rugby Stadium from the City University of Madrid.

After Saturday’s game, with a bitter defeat Russia 25-28 rotations injuries and players have been seven changes from the squad to Russia. Fall from Lion XV: Beñat Auzqui, Marco Pinto, Damien Elghoyen, Guillaume Rouet, Charlie Malie, Sebastien and Mathieu Ascatat Peluchon, the last two with injuries that will keep them on the sidelines for several weeks. Fall into place for the match against Belgium: Ion Insausti, Anaya Juan Alvaro Nunez, Sebastien Rouet, Javier Canosa, Brice Labadie and Ignacio Gutiérrez.

Against Russia, and Spain despite the defeat left the bottom of the list after adding the defense bonus and leave only Belgium, direct rival for the permanence in the Primera Division UEFA European Nations. The Belgians are falling 35-0 defeat against Georgia in Tbilisi under the snow.

For the national team, Santiago Santos, “and if the first game against Russia was a final, the match against Belgium becomes vital to the aspirations of Spain. Match against a direct rival for permanence must give sufficient encouragement to forget the heavy defeat to Russia and focus all our effort and desire to impose the Belgians, that would give a big step for permanence. ”

The team returned to training since last Monday after rest and join forces on Sunday. The Lion and XV carries two concentrated consecutive weeks to face a new challenge in the National Rugby Stadium.

Championship FIRA-AER European Nations. Rating RWC 2015
XV SELECTION SPAIN– Spain vs. Belgium
National Rugby Stadium (Central UCM) Madrid Saturday 8 February 2016. 16:00

Spanish PLAYERS ANNOUNCED

Playing in FRENCH RUGBY FEDERATION
STADE BAGNÉRAIS – Bonan, Anibal
RUGBY TOULOUSE – BELZUNCE, Pierre
UNION BORDEAUX-Begles – GIBOUIN, Gauthier
SA BOURG-EN-Bresse – NAVA, Jaime
SA XV Charente – LABADIE Brice
ST JEAN D’ENGELEY – BARRERA, David
UA LIBOURNE – ANAYA, Juan
CA LORMONT – LABBE, Frank , POGGI, Marcos
RUGBY MONTLUÇON – MORENO, Jesus
U.S. NAFARROA – ORTÍZ Augustine
RACING CLUB Narbonne – ROUET, Sebastien
PAYS D’AIX RC – RECUERDA, Jesus
RC Vannes – NEGRILLO, Federico
FC Villefranche OF LAURAGAIS – PRADALIE, Anthony

FEDERACIÓN DE CASTILLA LEÓN
C.R. EL SALVADOR – NÚÑEZ, Álvaro , SEMPERE, César
VALLADOLID R.A.C. – GUTIÉRREZ, Ignacio
FEDERACIÓN DE MADRID
C.R.C. MADRID – CANOSA, Javier

FEDERACIÓN VASCA
BERA BERA R.T. – FEIJÓO, Pablo
GETXO R.T. – SNEE, Daniel
HERNANI C.R.E – INSAUSTI, Ion

FEDERACIÓN INGLESA DE RUGBY
TUNBRIDGE WELLS RFC – COOK, Matt

Management
Seleccionador: Santiago SANTOS
Entrenador: Miguel VELASCO
Manager : José Manuel PÉREZ
Delegado : Javier GUTIÉRREZ

Belgium Starting Line Up vs Spain

The list of the 38, preselected, players for the 3 games that will be played in Georgia, on February the 1st, in Spain on February the 8th, and in Brussels against Portugal, on February the 22nd of February 2014.

Belgium:

Julien Berger (La Rochelle) ,Bertrand Billi (Soignies) ,Guillaume Brebant (Boitsfort) ,Hendrik Brouwers (Racing-Métro) ,Chris Brown (Fréjus St Raphael) ,Brieuc Corady (Soignies) ,Alexis Cuffolo (Carcassonne) ,Florent Debatty (Soignies) ,Thomas Demolder (Pau) ,Mika Demolder (Boitsfort) ,Thomas Dienst (Lille) ,Denis Eppe (Boitsfort) ,Brieuc Frateur (La Hulpe) ,Sébastien Guns (Boitsfort) ,Dirk Haghedooren (Agde) ,Pierre Hendrickx (Boitsfort) ,Maxime Jadot (Pau) ,Andre Kouemou (La Hulpe) , Loic Lechien (Asub) ,Corentin Lecloux (Boitsfort) ,Simon Marote (Asub) ,Julien Massimi (Auxerre) ,Nicolas Meeus (Kituro) ,Tornike Megrelidze (Soignies) ,Alain Miriliakis (Australia) ,Julien Morelli (Bastia) , Cyrile Nana (Anderlecht) ,Andrew Neil (Tournefeuille) ,Guillaume Piron (Colomiers), Sylvain Roos (Agen) , Anthony Scozzari (Charleroi) ,Marc Tchangue (Perpignan) ,Jens Torfs (Perpignan) ,Bastian Vermeylen (Boitsfort) ,Mathieu Verschelden (La Voulte) ,Vocea Savenacca (Dendermonde) ,Norman Wende (Massy) ,Alan Williams (Cognac)

Last 10 Games played between Spain and Belgium
9-Feb-13	Belgium	21 – 21	Spain
26-Aug-06	Belgium	18 – 06	Spain
8-Dec-96	Spain	77 – 00	Belgium
13-May-93	Belgium	06 – 67	Spain
5-Nov-89	Spain	58 – 06	Belgium
22-Mar-84	Spain	12 – 03	Belgium
18-Apr-71	Belgium	00 – 44	Spain
17-May-69	Spain	41 – 03	Belgium
7-Apr-68	Belgium	00 – 14	Spain
17-Apr-60	Spain	21 – 00	Belgium

Overall Stats Spain		Overall Stats Belgium
Games Played	13	Games Played	13
*Games Won	11	*Games Won	1
*Games Lost	1	*Games Lost	11
Games Drawn	1	Games Drawn	1
*Longest Winning Streak	11	*Longest Winning Streak	1
*Longest Losing Streak	1	*Longest Losing Streak	11
Grounds Played At	6	Grounds Played At	6
*Largest Points For	77	*Largest Points For	21
*Largest Points Against	21	*Largest Points Against	77
*Largest Winning Margin	77	*Largest Winning Margin	12
*Largest Losing Margin	-12	*Largest Losing Margin	-77
*Total Points For	403	*Total Points For	76
*Avg Points For	31	*Avg Points For	5.85
*Total Points Against	76	*Total Points Against	403
*Avg Points Against	5.85	*Avg Points Against	-31
*Total Points Difference	327	*Total Points Difference	-327
*Avg Points Difference	25.15	*Avg Points Difference	-25.2
* = By Spain		* = By Belgium

POSSIBLE RR World Rankings outcome on Result

ESP (on 59.37 points) at home -vs- BEL (on 55.72 points)

Possible Outcome	Rating Point Exchange	New ESP Rating	New BEL Rating	Will BEL overtake ESP?
If ESP win by 1-15 points	0.335	59.70	55.38	No
If ESP win by more than 15	0.503	59.87	55.22	No
If result is a draw	0.665	58.70	56.38	No
If BEL win by 1-15 points	1.665	57.70	57.38	No
If BEL win by more than 15	2.497	56.87	58.22	Yes