Greece
4
76
Spain
Half-time
Greece: 0
Spain: 42
Tries
Greece:
  • Konsantinos Roussos (57)
Spain:
  • Alex Doutres (4),
  • Miguel Blanco (7),
  • Antonio Puerta (11),
  • Matthew Dulley (16),
  • Gonzalo Morro (18),
  • Chris Lopez (24),
  • Hadriel Mehemed Gonzalez (27),
  • Diego Lagunas (33),
  • Antonio Puerta (47),
  • Luis Thorp (61),
  • Chris Lopez (64),
  • Ezequiel Perez-Fuster (68),
  • Diego Lagunas (75),
  • Cedric Bringuier (78)
Goals
Greece:
  • Grigoris Koutsimpogiorgos (0/1)
Spain:
  • Alex Doutres (8/12),
  • Ivan Mendez (1/1),
  • Aitor Davila (1/1)
Teams
Greece:
  • Pavlos Polymeneas,
  • Alexandros Kesidis,
  • Konstantinos Arvanitis,
  • Giannis Giannimaras,
  • Andreas Psarakis,
  • Panagiotis Varypatis,
  • Grigoris Koutsimpogiorgos,
  • Panagiotis Papadopoulos,
  • Konsantinos Roussos,
  • Artemis Pittaras,
  • Panagiotis Kerefilis,
  • Alexandros Goumas,
  • Konstantinos Lamprakis.
  • Subs: Vasilis Ventouras,
  • Georgios Zdanov,
  • Touki Arimanana,
  • Giorgin Syti
Spain:
  • Alex Doutres,
  • Hadriel Mehemed Gonzalez,
  • Antonio Puerta,
  • Andrew Pilkington,
  • Chris Lopez,
  • Ivan Mendez,
  • Miguel Blanco,
  • Luis Thorp,
  • Gonzalo Morro,
  • Adrian Alonso,
  • Cedric Bringuier,
  • Matthew Dulley,
  • Aitor Davila.
  • Subs: Diego Lagunas,
  • Ezequiel Perez-Fuster,
  • Dani Moreno,
  • Jose Manuel Munoz

Match report

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP C – GAME 3

One of Europe’s newest competing nations has won their first silverware, after Spain ran in 14 tries to trounce Greece 76-4 in the Nikaia Municipality Stadium, Athens and take the European Championship C title.

The win also means that the Spanish become the six side in next autumn’s qualifiers for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, joining seeds Ireland and Wales along with Serbia, Russia and Italy. Spain head coach Darren Fisher was elated at the progress his men are making. “I'm very proud of my players,” he said. “They showed full commitment and our astonishing progress and journey continues. This is big step for us, but we know to expect our biggest challenge in the World Cup Qualifiers.”

In addition, Spain will be promoted to European Championship B, taking the place of Ukraine.

Spain led 42-0 at the break after a blistering start, full-back Alex Doutres, who scored the opening try, finishing with 20 points. Greek national team coach Matthew Ashill commented: “We are focusing just on our domestic players who are young novices but I'm very happy with commitment that we showed in second half.”

GREECE
Pavlos Polymeneas, Alexandros Kesipis, Konstantinos Arvanitis,  Giannis Giannimaras, Andreas Psarakis, Panagiotis Varypatis, Grigoris Koutsimbogiorgos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Kostas Roussos, Artemis Pittaras, Panagiotis Karefilis, Alexandros Goumas,  Konstantinos Lambrakis, Vasilis Ventoyrae, Giorgos Zdanov, Touki Arimanana, Giorgin Syti

SPAIN
Alex Doutres, Hadriel Mehamed González, Antonio Puerta, Andy Pilkington, Chris Lopez, Ivan Mendez,  Miguel Blanco, Luis Thorp,  Gonzalo Morro,  Adrian Alonso, Cedric Bringuier, Matt Dulley, Aitor Davila, Diego Lagunas, Ezequiel Perez-Fuster, Dani Moreno, Jose Manuel Munoz