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| Union | Unión de Rugby del Uruguay | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Teros | ||
| Emblem(s) | Southern Lapwing | ||
| Coach(es) |  Guillermo García Porcel |
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| Captain(s) | Joaquin Pastore | ||
| Most caps | Rodrigo Sanchez (56) | ||
| Top scorer | Juan Menchaca (222) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Chile 21 - 3 Uruguay  (1948-06-02) |
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| Largest win | |||
 Paraguay 3 - 93 Uruguay (1998-10-10) |
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| Worst defeat | |||
 South Africa 134 - 3 Uruguay (2005-06-11) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1999) | ||
| Best result | 3rd in pool 1999 | ||
Uruguay national rugby union team is the representative side of Uruguay. They have been playing international rugby since 1948. Their jersey is blue and black and they are known as Los Teros. They are governed by the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay. They qualified twice for the Rugby World Cup, in 1999 and 2003.
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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 1951, for 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 Hemysphere rugby, France XV, losing by 0-59, in Montevideo. 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. 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.
Uruguay won the South American Rugby Championship in 1981, becoming the first team other than Argentina to win it. However, they consistently came second on most occasions. Uruguay never won yet Argentina in a official match between the two nations.
1990s-present
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 to 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.
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 to 23. They followed this up with a 10 to nine win over the United States. They again qualified for the World Cup. They won their pool fixture against Georgia 24 to 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 points to nil to Argentina, they defeated Chile 43 to 15 in Montevideo, which saw them enter Round 4, where they faced the USA. Uruguay lost on aggregate, and moved onto the repechage round as Americas 4. They played Portugal over two legs - losing the first in Lisbon and winning the second in Montevideo. Portugal qualified on aggregate points.
Uruguay is currently involved in the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.
World Cup record
- 1987 - Did not enter.
- 1991 - Did not enter
- 1995 - Did not qualify.
- 1999 - Qualified, one win. Third in pool. (Out of 4)
- 2003 - Qualified, one win. Fourth in pool. (Out of 5)
- 2007 - Did not qualify.
- 2011 - In the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final Place Play-off
Current squad
2009 IRB Nations Cup Official Squad :
- Juan Labat replaces the injured Matias Arocena.
Name, Date of Birth (Age), Height (cm), Weight (kg), Club, Position
Forwards:
- Federico Capó 12/11/1983(25) 185 109 Carrasco Polo Prop
- Juan Rombys 05/03/1987(22) 189 122 Trebol Prop
- Mario Sagrario 29/06/1986(22) 186 110 US Dax Prop
- Rodrigo Sanchez 25/10/1976(32) 175 105 Carrasco Polo Prop
- Carlos Arboleya Sarazola 23/07/1985(23) 173 110 Trebol Hooker
- Martín Espiga 21/02/1985(24) 181 99 Champagnat Hooker
- Juan Miguel Alvarez 08/07/1980(28) 195 112 Colorno Rugby Lock
- Matías Fonseca 25/07/1988(20) 187 101 Cuervos Lock
- Carlos Protasi 31/07/1984(24) 191 122 Carrasco Polo Lock
- Rafael Álvarez 12/03/1983(26) 189 105 Carrasco Polo Flanker
- Ignacio Barcos 27/07/1985(23) 181 100 Cuervos Flanker
- Gonzalo Campomar 26/10/1987(21) 179 100 Carrasco Polo Flanker
- Juan Pablo Horta 10/10/1986(22) 184 94 Old Christians Flanker
- Rodrigo Capó 08/12/1980(28) 194 119 Castres Olympique Number 8
- Ignacio Conti 05/11/1977(31) 178 95 Carrasco Polo Number 8
Backs:
- Juan Campomar 10/03/1982(27) 170 79 Old Boys Club Scrumhalf
- Manuel Martinez 10/12/1984(24) 169 67 Old Christians Scrumhalf
- Matias Arocena 16/09/1984(24) 176 80 Old Christians Flyhalf
- Jeronimo Etcheverry 11/01/1988(21) 177 83 Carrasco Polo Flyhalf
- Juan Martín Llovet 15/10/1985(23) 177 82 Old Christians Centre
- Joaquin Pastore 08/12/1981(27) 179 91 Old Boys Club Centre (Captain)
- Alejandro Silveira 30/09/1986(22) 175 90 Cuervos Centre
- Santiago Gibernau 15/05/1988(21) 179 80 Carrasco Polo Wing
- Juan Labat 25/09/1984(24) 175 85 Carrasco Polo Wing
- Leandro Leivas 06/07/1988(20) 179 94 Old Christians Wing
- Tomas Jolivet 08/05/1988(21) 183 84 Old Boys Club Fullback
- Nicolas Morales 07/04/1984(25) 178 84 Trebol Fullback
Notable Former Players
See also
External links
- Unión de Rugby del Uruguay - Official Site
- Uruguay - Rugbydata.com
- [1] - Uruguay Official Matches
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