Canada too strong for the Lions of Spain

In its second tour match Canada were too strong for Spain, winning 60-22 in Madrid on Saturday afternoon in the first-ever test between the two countries.

Up in Cardiff an 18-year-old scored two tries for Wales. Not to be outdone in Madrid an 18-year-old scored two tries against Spain – George North in Cardiff and Taylor Paris in Madrid. North was making his debut, Paris playing his second match.

Canada scored eight tries to two, which is the summary of their superiority. Their forwards were much too strong and set their backs running.

Scorers:

For Canada:
Tries: Riordan, Paris 2, Carpenter, O’Toole 2, Van der Merwe, Michael-Stephen.
Cons: Pritchard 7.
Pens: Pritchard 2.

For Spain:
Tries: Pradalie, Belzunce.
Pens: Fernandez 4.

Teams

Spain: 15 Ignacio Gutiérrez Muller, 14 Pierre Belzunce, 13 Martín Heredia, 12 Bruno Angulo, 11 Baptiste Sanchez, 10 Mathieu Gratton, 9 Santiago Fernández, 8 Federico Negrillo, 7 Gautier Gibouin, 6 Martín Aceña (captain), 5 Damien Elgoyhen, 4 Jesús Recuerda,  3 Jesús Moreno, 2 Mathieu Cidré, 1 Anthony Pradalie.
Replacements: 16 Sylvain González, 17 Rodrigo Martínez, 18 Mattin Auzqui, 19 David Barrera, 20 Matthew Cook, 21 Sebastien Rouet, 22 Diego Alvarez

Canada: 15 James Pritchard, 14 Taylor Paris, 13 DTH van der Merwe (, 12 Phillip Mackenzie, 11 Justin Mensah-Coker, 10  Ciaran Hearn, 9 Sean White, 8 Aaron Carpenter, 7 Adam Kleeberger, 6 Chauncey O’Toole, 5 Tyler Hotson, 4 Josh Jackson, 3 Jason Marshall, 2 Pat Riordan, 1 Dan Pletch
Replacements: 16 Tom Dolezel, 17 Kevin Tkachuk, 18 Jon Phelan, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Sean Michael Stephen, 21 Jamie Mackenzie, 22 Nick Blevins

Referee:  Frank Himmer (Germany)
Assistant referees: João Mourinha (Portugal), Alfonso Mirat (Spain)