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Red Roses · Women's Six Nations

Spain
v England⁠

14–53

Full time

Spain v England finished 14–53.

Spain
Karitte Alegria Mendaza 3', Karitte Alegria Mendaza 73'
Date
Sunday 7 April 2002 · Red Roses in 2002
Venue
Madrid
Competition
Women's Six Nations

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

Red Roses

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Ann O'Flynn On in the 61'
  • No. 17, Teresa O'Reilly On in the 40'
  • No. 18, Sam Buckingham On in the 61'
  • No. 19, Emma Mitchell On in the 61'
  • No. 20, Lizzie Knowles On in the 52'
  • No. 21, Assunta de Biase On in the 61'
  • No. 22, Sue Day On in the 52'

Spain

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Ioana Barrena Salgado Prop
  • No. 2, Beatriz Muriel Mencia Hooker Off in the 62'
  • No. 3, Cristina Lopez Casla Prop Off in the 52'
  • No. 4, Pilar Lopez Ferrando Lock
  • No. 5, Marta Gran Rodriguez Lock
  • No. 6, Mercedes Batidor Llabres Flanker
  • No. 7, Cristina Valdes Serrano Flanker Off in the 45'
  • No. 8, Karitte Alegria Mendaza Number 8
  • No. 9, Rosa Calafat Ponseti Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Paz Estevan de Heriz Fly Half Off in the 58'
  • No. 11, Nerea Martinez Miguel Wing
  • No. 12, Ines Etxegibel Alberdi Centre
  • No. 13, Coral Vila Torrents Centre
  • No. 14, Olga Garcia Miguel Wing Off in the 58'
  • No. 15, Maria Isabel Perez Garrido Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Olga Pons Prior On in the 62'
  • No. 17, Olatz Fernández de Arroyabe Azkar On in the 52'
  • No. 18, Mariola Rus Rufino On in the 45'
  • No. 19, Itziar Diez Murga On in the 58'
  • No. 20, Elena Roca Moro On in the 58'
  • No. 21, Paloma Loza Lopez (not used)
  • No. 22, Angelina Masdeu Anguera (not used)

Referee: Graeme Hannah. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Women's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2001

01 10 May 2001
Women's Test matches · 2001 European Championship Lille

Spain 15–8 England England lost

England tries: Christine Diver 17'

Spain tries: Maria Isabel Perez Garrido 1', Maria Isabel Perez Garrido 48'

Match page: Spain v England, 10 May 2001

02 18 Feb 2001
Women's Five Nations Championship Worcester

England 28–12 Spain England won

England tries: Nicky Crawford 6', Teresa Andrews 45', Nicky Crawford 63'

Spain tries: Cristina Lopez Casla 26', Maria Isabel Perez Garrido 70'

Match page: England v Spain, 18 February 2001

03 6 Feb 2000
Women's Five Nations Championship Banbury

Spain 7–31 England England won

England tries: Susie Appleby 27', Penalty try 58', Christine Diver 70', Christine Diver 80'

Spain tries: Rocio Ramirez Arregui 39'

Match page: Spain v England, 6 February 2000

04 9 Jan 2000
Women's Test matches Barcelona

Spain 10–42 England England won

England tries: Christine Diver 9', Claire Frost 13', Christine Diver 25', Christine Diver 36', Christine Diver 45', Maxine Edwards 48', Christine Diver 60'

Spain tries: Maria Isabel Perez Garrido 23', Olga Pons Prior 50'

Match page: Spain v England, 9 January 2000

Official meetings since 1991

England v Spain stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings17In our results database
England wins15England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Spain wins1Spain victories

England have scored 787 points to Spain's 123 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

12

Christine Diver

12 tries against Spain in matches we hold scorer data for.

Spain · Fixture leader

5

Maria Isabel Perez Garrido

Spain's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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