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Namibia face off against Uruguay in Internationals on Sat 18th November 2017 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:00. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 06:00 EST in the US.
Uruguay won the last encounter but Uruguay are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Uruguay sits at 14 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Namibia holds 27.
The two sides are separated by 13 places in the rankings with Namibia in position 27 and Uruguay in position 14 as such Uruguay are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Namibia vs Uruguay will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Federico Favaro does the business as his conversion attempt goes over.
Carlos Arboleya scores a try for Uruguay.
Federico Favaro makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Rodrigo Silva scores a try for Uruguay.
Theuns Kotze converts the try.
Johan Tromp scores a try for Namibia.
Cliven Loubser has kicked a conversion.
Abel de Klerk scores a try for Namibia.
JC Greyling scores a try for Namibia.
The Uruguay supporters go wild as Federico Favaro successfully kicks the conversion.
Mateo Sanguinetti scores a try for Uruguay.
The touch judges raise their flags as Cliven Loubser kicks the conversion.
Rohan Kitshoff scores a try for Namibia.
Federico Favaro adds the two points for Uruguay.
Alejandro Nieto scores a try for Uruguay.
Cliven Loubser does the business as his conversion attempt goes over.
Darryl De La Harpe scores a try for Namibia.
Federico Favaro makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Alejandro Nieto scores a try for Uruguay.
Cliven Loubser kicks the penalty.
Federico Favaro has kicked a penalty goal.
Federico Favaro converts the try.
Rodrigo Silva scores a try for Uruguay.
Federico Favaro has kicked a conversion.
Mateo Sanguinetti scores a try for Uruguay.