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Uruguay
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Teros
EmblemSouthern lapwing
UnionUnión de Rugby del Uruguay
Head coachEsteban Meneses
CaptainJuan Manuel Gaminara
Most capsRodrigo Sanchez (67)
Top scorerFederico Sciarra (261)
Top try scorerDiego Ormaechea (33)
Home stadiumEstadio Charrúa
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current21 (as of 15 February 2016)
Highest15 (2005)
Lowest23 (2012)
First international
Uruguay 3–21 Chile
(5 August 1948)
Biggest win
Uruguay 102–6 Paraguay
(14 May 2011)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 134–3 Uruguay
(11 June 2005)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 1999)
Best resultPool stage, 1999, 2003, 2015
Websitewww.uru.org.uy
2015 Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier match between Uruguay and Russia
2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match between Uruguay and Argentina XV

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 (Southern lapwing). They have qualified three times for the Rugby World Cup, in 1999, 2003 and most recently for the 2015 tournament. As of 8 August 2015 they are ranked 19th in the world.

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 southern lapwing, 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 spot 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 12 August 2024[2]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  South Africa 093.11
2 Steady  Ireland 092.12
3 Steady  New Zealand 088.37
4 Steady  France 086.96
5 Steady  England 085.40
6 Increase1  Argentina 083.64
7 Decrease1  Scotland 082.82
8 Steady  Italy 079.98
9 Steady  Australia 078.96
10 Steady  Fiji 077.44
11 Steady  Wales 076.04
12 Steady  Georgia 074.10
13 Steady  Samoa 073.65
14 Steady  Japan 071.63
15 Steady  Portugal 070.61
16 Steady  Tonga 068.66
17 Steady  Uruguay 067.39
18 Steady  Spain 066.29
19 Steady  United States 066.01
20 Steady  Romania 062.62
21 Steady  Canada 061.87
22 Steady  Chile 061.39
23 Steady  Hong Kong 060.40
24 Steady  Russia 058.06
25 Steady  Namibia 057.87
26 Steady   Switzerland 057.44
27 Steady  Netherlands 057.29
28 Steady  Zimbabwe 056.03
29 Steady  Brazil 055.83
30 Steady  Belgium 055.11
* Change from the previous week
{{{2}}}'s historical rankings
See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[2]
Graph updated to 12 August 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, neutral records with Spain, and negative records with United States, Canada, Georgia, Romania and Russia.

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Uruguay national XV at test level up until 1 March 2016.[4]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Argentina 40 0 40 0 0.00% 405 1702 −1297
 Argentina XV 7 1 6 0 14.29% 81 344 −263
 Argentina XV 1 0 1 0 0.00% 7 63 −56
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0.00% 3 65 −62
 Belgium 1 1 0 0 100.00% 39 13 +26
 Brazil 22 20 2 0 90.91% 793 200 +593
 Canada 9 1 8 0 11.11% 125 280 −155
 Chile 47 35 11 1 74.47% 1083 729 +354
Ireland Emerging Ireland 3 0 3 0 0.00% 43 126 −83
 Emerging Italy 1 0 1 0 0.00% 13 23 −10
 England 2 0 2 0 0.00% 16 171 −155
 Fiji 2 0 2 0 0.00% 39 86 −47
 Fiji XV 1 0 1 0 0.00% 3 24 −21
 Fiji Warriors 2 0 2 0 0.00% 44 72 −28
 France XV 2 0 2 0 0.00% 6 95 −89
 Georgia 5 2 3 0 40.00% 72 85 −13
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 100.00% 28 3 +25
 Italy 3 0 3 0 0.00% 25 92 −67
 Japan 3 1 2 0 33.33% 32 88 −56
 Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0 100.00% 44 7 +37
 Morocco 2 1 1 0 50.00% 36 24 +12
 Namibia 1 1 0 0 100.00% 23 12 +11
 New Zealand XV 1 0 1 0 0.00% 3 64 −61
 Paraguay 24 23 0 1 95.83% 1217 204 +1013
 Peru 1 1 0 0 100.00% 10 6 +4
 Portugal 10 7 3 0 70.00% 234 142 +92
 Romania 6 0 5 1 0.00% 75 150 −75
 Russia 7 3 4 0 42.86% 151 160 −9
 Samoa 1 0 1 0 0.00% 13 60 −47
 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0.00% 12 43 −31
 Scotland A 1 0 1 0 0.00% 3 27 −24
 South Africa 3 0 3 0 0.00% 12 245 −233
South Africa South Africa President's XV 1 0 1 0 0.00% 9 37 −28
 Spain 8 4 4 0 50.00% 155 109 +46
 United States 14 1 12 1 7.14% 211 438 −227
 United States 1 0 1 0 0.00% 3 13 −10
 Venezuela 1 1 0 0 100.00% 92 8 +84
 Wales 1 0 1 0 0.00% 9 54 −45
Total 238 105 129 4 44.12% 5169 6064 −895

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 Pool Stage 4 0 0 4 30 226 8 6 1 1 239 146
Total 3/6 11 2 0 9 128 578 38 22 2 14 934 753

Current squad

Uruguay's initial 24-man squad for the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship.[5]

On 8 February, Ignacio Dotti, Federico Favaro and the uncapped trio of Lukas Lacoste, Ignacio Secco and Martín Secco were called up ahead of the Brazil fixture.[6]

On 17 February, Fernando Bascou, Facundo Klappenbach, Juan Diego Ormaechea and Andrés Rocco were named in the team to face Argentina in round 3.[7]

Head Coach: Argentina Esteban Meneses

  • Caps updated: 1 March 2016
Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Carlos Arboleya Hooker (1985-07-23) 23 July 1985 (age 39) 57 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Germán Kessler Hooker (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) 16 Uruguay Los Cuervos
Rodolfo de Mula Prop (1985-03-18) 18 March 1985 (age 39) 24 Uruguay Pucaru Stade Gaulois
Juan Echeverriá Prop (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 32) 13 Uruguay Old Christians
Facundo Gattas Prop (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) 3 Uruguay Lobos
Rafael Mones Prop (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 30) 1 Uruguay Seminario
Mateo Sanguinetti Prop (1992-07-26) 26 July 1992 (age 32) 21 Uruguay Los Cuervos
Ignacio Secco Prop 1 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Ignacio Dotti Lock (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 29) 5 Uruguay Los Cuervos
Franco Lamanna Lock (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 32) 27 Uruguay Carrasco Polo
Mathias Palomeque Lock (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 37) 28 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Gonzalo Soto Lock (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29) 3 Uruguay Carrasco Polo
Matías Beer Flanker (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 30) 18 Uruguay Old Christians
Lukas Lacoste Flanker 1 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Diego Magno Flanker (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 35) 54 Uruguay Montevideo
Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) Flanker (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 (age 35) 29 Uruguay Old Boys
Juan Diego Ormaechea Flanker (1989-01-28) 28 January 1989 (age 35) 13 Uruguay Carrasco Polo
Alejandro Nieto Number 8 (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36) 35 Uruguay Champagnat
Santiago Arata Scrum-half 3 Uruguay Pucaru Stade Gaulois
Guillermo Lijtenstein Scrum-half (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 33) 18 Uruguay Trébol de Paysandú
Manuel Blengio Fly-half (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 30) 12 Uruguay Old Christians
Martín Secco Fly-half 2 Uruguay Los Cuervos
Rodrigo Silva Fly-half (1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 31) 21 Uruguay Carrasco Polo
Pedro Deal Centre (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 29) 6 Uruguay Old Boys
Alberto Román Centre (1987-06-01) 1 June 1987 (age 37) 40 Uruguay Pucaru Stade Gaulois
Andrés Vilaseca Centre (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 33) 19 Uruguay Old Boys
Leandro Leivas Wing (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 36) 47 Uruguay Old Christians
Federico Favaro Wing (1991-05-19) 19 May 1991 (age 33) 11 Uruguay Old Christians
Santiago Martinez Wing (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31) 3 Uruguay Carrasco Polo
Gastón Mieres Fullback (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 (age 34) 42 England Coventry

Individual all-time records

Most matches

# Player Pos Tenure Mat Start Sub Pts Tries Won Lost Draw %
1 Rodrigo Sanchez Centre 1996-2009 67 58 9 25 5 26 41 0 38.80
2 Diego Aguirre Fly-half 1992-2007 58 58 0 115 7 23 35 0 39.65
3 Nicolas Grille Flanker 1996-2007 54 43 11 40 8 23 31 0 42.59
Diego Ormaechea Number 8 1979-1999 54 51 3 151 33 29 25 0 53.70
Carlos Arboleya Hooker 2004- 54 32 22 20 4 20 33 1 37.96
6 Diego Lamelas Hooker 1992-2006 52 37 15 30 6 23 29 0 44.23
7 Pedro Vecino Centre 1990-2003 51 51 0 50 10 25 26 0 49.01
Diego Magno Flanker 2008- 51 40 11 20 4 21 28 2 43.13
Mario Sagario Prop 2006- 51 36 15 5 1 14 35 2 29.41
9 Alejo Corral Prop 2009- 50 37 13 15 3 18 30 2 38.00

Last updated: England vs Uruguay, 10 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [8]

Most tries

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1. Diego Ormaechea Number 8 1979-1999 54 51 3 151 33 0 0 0
2. Alfonso Cardoso Centre 1995-2003 38 35 3 67 13 1 0 0
Leandro Leivas Wing 2008- 44 33 11 65 13 0 0 0
4. Federico Sciarra Flanker 1990-1999 39 37 2 261 12 36 43 1
5. Santiago Gibernau Wing 1996–2002 35 32 3 50 10 0 0 0
Marcelo Nicola Wing 1989-1995 21 17 4 172 10 33 20 0
Pedro Vecino Centre 1990-2003 51 51 0 50 10 0 0 0
8 4 players on 9 tries

Last updated: England vs Uruguay, 10 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [8]

Most points

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1 Federico Sciarra Scrum-half 1990-1999 39 37 2 261 12 36 43 1
2 Juan Menchaca Fullback 1998-2007 39 35 4 254 6 28 51 5
3 Mathias Arocena Fly-half 2005-2014 36 30 6 204 8 25 37 1
4 Jerónimo Etcheverry Fly-half 2008- 43 39 4 204 8 37 27 3
5 Marcelo Nicola Fly-half 1989-1995 21 17 4 172 10 33 20 0
6 Jorge Zerbino Flanker 1973-1985 26 25 1 153 7 19 29 0
7 Diego Ormaechea Number 8 1979-1999 54 15 3 151 33 0 0 0
8 Felipe Berchesi Fly-half 2011- 18 17 1 119 1 6 33 1
9 Agustín Ormaechea Scrum-half 2011- 27 25 2 117 5 16 20 0
10 Diego Aguirre Fly-half 1992-2007 58 58 0 115 7 10 20 0

Last updated: England vs Uruguay, 10 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [8]

Most matches as captain

# Player Pos Span Mat Won Lost Draw % Pts Tries
1 Diego Ormaechea Number 8 1985-1999 36 20 16 0 55.55 109 23
2 Jorge Zerbino Flanker 1975–1985 20 12 6 2 65.00 120 7
3 Diego Aguirre Fly-half 2002-2003 16 6 10 0 37.50 21 1
4 Nicolás Klappenbach Hooker 2005- 25 16 8 8 50.00 0 0
5 Mario Lame Lock 1995-2001 14 6 8 0 42.85 5 1

Last updated: England vs Uruguay, 10 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [8]

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 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Statistics for Men's International Rugby Union — Uruguay". Rugbydata.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. ^ Uruguay rugby statistics
  5. ^ CON LA CABEZA PUESTA EN CANADÁ
  6. ^ "Brazil and Uruguay set for São Paulo". Americas Rugby News. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ^ Gaminara returns for Los Teros
  8. ^ a b c d ESPN scrum http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_points.html?id=29;type=team. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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