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Uruguay
File:Teros logo.jpg
UnionUnión de Rugby del Uruguay
Nickname(s)Teros
Emblem(s)Southern Lapwing
Coach(es)Pablo Lemoine
Captain(s)Nicolás Klappenbach
Most capsRodrigo Sánchez (60)
Top scorerFederico Sciarra (259)
Team kit
Change kit
First international
 Chile 21 - 3 Uruguay 
(1948-06-02)
Largest win
 Paraguay 6 - 102 Uruguay 
(2011-05-14)
Largest defeat
 South Africa 134 - 3 Uruguay 
(2005-06-11)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 1999)
Best result3rd in pool 1999
2015 Rugby World repechage qualifier match between Uruguay and Russia

The Uruguay national rugby union team is the representative side of Uruguay, governed by the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay. They have been playing international rugby since 1948. Their jersey is blue and black and they are known as Los Teros. They have qualified three times for the Rugby World Cup, in 1999, 2003 and most recently for the 2015 tournament. Uruguay won the South American Rugby Championship in 1981, the only time that a team other than Argentina won it. They came second on 19 occasions and third the remaining 9. As yet, Uruguay have never beaten Argentina in an official match between the two nations, despite some close results.

Their home stadium is Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo and holds up to 14,000 people.

History

1940s - 1960s

Uruguay made their official international debut in 1948, in a game against Chile, which Uruguay lost 21-3. Following their debut match, they return to competition in the Pan American Games, first against the more experienced Argentina, resulting in a 0-62 loss. Uruguay then faced Chile for the second time, defeating them by 8-3. The final match of the competition was a 17-10 win over Brazil. Uruguay thus became runners up in the first unofficial South American Rugby Championship.

Uruguay, after a four years hiatus, played Chile in 1956, who defeated them by 6-3. In 1958, they played for the first official South American Rugby Championship, in a pool of three countries. They first played Chile, this time losing by 9-34. The "Teros" met again Argentina, having another loss, this time by 3-50. Uruguay managed to defeat Peru (10-6) in the last game.

In 1960, Uruguay faced for the first time one of the powers of the Northern Hemisphere rugby, France XV, losing by 0-59 in Montevideo during a South American tour. Uruguay after this match entered their second South American Rugby Championship. They first won Brazil in a close game (11-8), losing then to Chile (5-28) and Argentina (3-36), in the closest result to then between both countries.

1970s - 1980s

The 1970s started off with a win over Paraguay in 1971, which was followed by a win and loss against Chile and a win against Brazil. They also played Argentina twice in the 1970s. However, they won all their matches except for those against Argentina, as well as losing one game against Chile and drawing another. However, the next game against Argentina, two years later in 1979, Uruguay came close to defeating the Pumas, going down by just three points, the final score being 19 to 16.

The 1980s started off with a 54 to 14 win over Paraguay, which resulted in a winning streak that was stopped by Argentina in 1983. In 1985, France visited Montevideo for a second time to play the Teros, beating the locals 34-6. Another short undefeated streak occurred over 1987/1989, which was broken by a 19 to 17 loss against Chile. This was followed by a sound loss to Argentina and loss to a new opponent, the United States Eagles.

1990s

The Tero, emblem of the Uruguayan National Rugby Team

The 1990s started off with wins against of Chile, Brazil and Paraguay. This was followed by more wins over their traditional opponents, though Uruguay still lost to Argentina, they also played Canada in a competitive 28–9 loss in 1995. Uruguay played some of the bigger nations such as Argentina, Canada and the United States, although the Canada and U.S. games were a lot closer than some of their previous encounters.

A huge success for them was qualifying for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. They won their pool fixture against Spain, Uruguay finished third in their pool.

2000–present

Uruguay came within 10 points of Argentina in 2001, and also played nations such as Italy in the same year. Uruguay won most of their matches against their traditional Americas opponents in the early 2000s. Later in 2002, Uruguay defeated Canada, winning 25–23. They followed this up with a 10–9 win over the United States. They again qualified for the 2003 World Cup. They won their pool fixture against Georgia 24–12.

Uruguay's qualification for the 2007 World Cup started in Americas Round 3a, where they were grouped with Argentina and Chile. After losing their first match 26–0 to Argentina, they defeated Chile 43–15 in Montevideo, which saw them enter Round 4. In round 4 they faced the United States, and Uruguay lost on aggregate, and moved onto the repechage round as Americas 4. Uruguay played Portugal in the repechage over two legs — losing the first in Lisbon and winning the second in Montevideo — but lost on aggregate points and failed to qualify.

Uruguay lost the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualification. Uruguay had won the 2009 South American Rugby Championship "A" by defeating Brazil and Chile at the Estadio Charrúa. Uruguay then lost to the United States 22–27 and 6–27. In the repechage, Uruguay defeated Kazakhstan 44–7, but in the battle for the 20th and final spot at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Uruguay tied Romania at home 21–21 and lost 12–32 in Bucharest.

During the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Uruguay won the 2013 South American Rugby Championship "A", getting wins at the Estadio Charrúa against Brazil (58–7) and Chile (23–9). In March 2014, Uruguay faced the United States in a NACRA-CONSUR playoff for the last Americas qualification spot. Uruguay tied the home leg 27–27, but lost the away leg 32–13. Uruguay then moved to the repechage, where it defeated Hong Kong 28–3 at the Estadio Charrúa, to face Russia for the 20th and final sport at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Uruguay qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup by defeating Russia by an aggregate score of 57–49 in the two-game series, winning the second game at home 36–27 in front of 14,000 fans at the Charrua Stadium.[1]

Record

Overall record

Men's World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 as of 4 November 2024[2]
Rank Change[i] Team Points
1 Steady  Ireland 092.12
2 Steady  South Africa 091.77
3 Steady  New Zealand 089.67
4 Steady  France 086.96
5 Steady  England 084.43
6 Steady  Argentina 084.30
7 Steady  Scotland 083.39
8 Steady  Italy 079.98
9 Increase1  Australia 079.32
10 Decrease1  Fiji 079.07
11 Steady  Wales 076.04
12 Steady  Georgia 074.10
13 Steady  Samoa 072.68
14 Steady  Japan 072.31
15 Steady  Portugal 070.61
16 Steady  Tonga 068.12
17 Steady  Uruguay 067.39
18 Steady  Spain 066.29
19 Steady  United States 065.70
20 Steady  Romania 062.62
21 Steady  Chile 061.60
22 Steady  Canada 060.81
23 Steady  Hong Kong 060.40
24 Steady  Russia 058.06
25 Steady  Namibia 057.87
26 Increase1  Netherlands 057.29
27 Increase3  Belgium 056.51
28 Decrease2   Switzerland 056.04
29 Decrease1  Zimbabwe 056.03
30 Decrease1  Brazil 055.62
  1. ^ Change from the previous week
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See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[2]
Graph updated to 4 November 2024

Up until the 4 December 2012, Uruguay has won 81 of their 175 matches played, a win percentage of 46.29%.[3]

Uruguay has lost all official matches versus Argentina, but has a positive record versus their other South American rivals: Chile (25 wins, 13 losses, 1 draw), Paraguay (20 wins, 1 draw) and Brazil (16 wins, 3 losses).

Regarding tier 2 teams, Uruguay has positive records with Portugal and Georgia, neutral records with Spain, and negative records with United States, Canada, Georgia, Romania and Russia.

Uruguay vs opponent

Table Updated 26.10.2014

Opponent Won Lost Drawn
 Argentina 0 38 0
 Brazil 15 3 0
 Canada 1 7 0
 Chile 27 13 1
 England 0 1 0
 Fiji 0 1 0
 Georgia 2 2 0
 Hong Kong 1 0 0
 Italy 0 3 0
 Japan 1 0 0
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0
 Morocco 1 1 0
 Namibia 1 0 0
 Paraguay 20 0 1
 Peru 1 0 0
 Portugal 6 3 0
 Romania 0 4 1
 Russia 3 4 0
 Samoa 0 1 0
 Scotland 0 1 0
 South Africa 0 3 0
 Spain 4 4 0
 United States 1 12 1
22 Countries 86 97 4

World Cup Record

Main article: Uruguay at the Rugby World Cup
World Cup record World Cup Qualification record
Year Finished Played Won Drew Lost Pts F Pts A P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987 Not invited —
United KingdomRepublic of IrelandFrance 1991 Did not enter Did not enter
South Africa 1995 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 91 28
Wales 1999 Pool Stage 3 1 0 2 42 97 9 6 0 3 209 188
Australia 2003 Pool Stage 4 1 0 3 56 255 6 3 0 3 115 144
France 2007 Did not qualify 6 2 0 4 86 140
New Zealand 2011 6 3 1 2 194 107
England 2015 - - - - - - - 8 6 1 1 239 146
Total 2/5 7 2 0 5 98 352 38 22 2 14 934 753

Current squad

Uruguay's 23-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup Repechage qualification first leg match against Russia on 27 September.[4]

Head Coach: Uruguay Pablo Lemoine

  • Caps updated: 6 October 2014

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Carlos Arboleya Hooker (1985-07-23) 23 July 1985 (age 39) 33 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Nicolás Klappenbach (c) Hooker (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 42) 37 Uruguay Champagnat
Arturo Ávalo Prop (1986-08-27) 27 August 1986 (age 38) 24 Uruguay Carrasco Polo Club
Alejo Corral Prop (1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 43) 32 Argentina San Isidro Club
Oscar Durán Prop (1982-01-01) 1 January 1982 (age 42) 23 Uruguay Carrasco Polo Club
Franco Lamanna Lock (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 33) 16 Italy CUS Perugia
Rodrigo Capó Ortega Lock (1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 (age 43) 38 France Castres
Mathias Palomeque Lock 12 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Juan De Freitas Flanker (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34) 30 Uruguay Champagnat
Juan Manuel Gaminara Flanker (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 (age 35) 18 Uruguay Old Boys
Diego Magno Flanker (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 35) 35 Uruguay Montevideo Cricket Club
Santiago Vilaseca Flanker (1984-09-17) 17 September 1984 (age 40) 19 Uruguay Old Boys
Alejandro Nieto Number 8 (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36) 21 Uruguay Champagnat
Alejo Durán Scrum-half (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33) 16 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Agustín Ormaechea Scrum-half (1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 33) 15 France Stade Montois
Felipe Berchesi Fly-half (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33) 11 France SO Chambérien
Rodrigo Silva Fly-half (1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 32) 6 Uruguay Carrasco Polo Club
Joaquín Prada Centre (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) 15 Uruguay Los Cuervos
Alberto Román Centre (1987-06-01) 1 June 1987 (age 37) 25 Uruguay Pucaru Stade Gaulois
Santiago Gilbernau Wing (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 36) 19 Uruguay Carrasco Polo Club
Leandro Leivas Wing (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 36) 28 Uruguay Old Christians Club
Jerónimo Etcheverry Fullback (1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 36) 30 Uruguay Carrasco Polo Club
Gastón Mieres Fullback (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 (age 35) 30 Uruguay Lobos de Punta del Este

Notable All Times Players

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uruguay qualify for Rugby World Cup 2015", IRB.com, 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Statistics for Men's International Rugby Union — Uruguay". Rugbydata.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. ^ Lista de 23 jugadores con destino a Rusia
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