Spain 24 Ireland XV 61
Ireland by numbers. Nine tries, eight conversions, three yellow cards, the visitors played 28 minutes of the match a man down as Ruadhán Quinn, Alex Soroka and Cathal Forde all fell afoul of Tomás Bertazza, the Uruguayan referee slightly whistle-happy and hair-trigger in his carding.
It added a layer of jeopardy, periodically, although the result was a foregone conclusion a long way out from the final whistle.
Ireland captain Tom Stewart confirmed afterwards that the squad had two-and-a-half training sessions to prepare for the game and from that perspective they managed to produce a more than decent performance, especially in the opening 40 minutes.
Spain scored three tries from the set piece, two from lineout mauls and one off the back of a scrum that was in the ascendant.
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