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Rugby World Cup qualifiers head to Americas in July for 2026 Nations Cup

Pools confirmed for World Championship opener in Hong Kong

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World Ranking

Uruguay are currently 15th in the World Rugby Rankings. Their highest ever ranking was 14th in March 2026.

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2026

Uruguay Matches

Sat 22 Nov, 2025
Internationals
Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf
Sat 2 Oct, 2027
Rugby World Cup
Round 1
Scotland Scotland
Round 1
23:15
Uruguay Uruguay
Sun 10 Oct, 2027
Rugby World Cup
Round 2
Uruguay Uruguay
Round 2
23:15
Portugal Portugal

Uruguay Rugby Team Players

Uruguay Forwards

Name
Position
Uruguay Rugby Team
Mateo Perillo
Prop
German Kessler
German Kessler
Hooker
Uruguay Rugby Team
Joaquin Myszka
Hooker
Ignacio Peculo
Ignacio Peculo
Prop
Reinaldo Piussi
Reinaldo Piussi
Prop
Ignacio Dotti
Ignacio Dotti
Lock
Felipe Aliaga
Felipe Aliaga
Lock
Uruguay Rugby Team
Manuel Rosmarino
Back Row
Uruguay Rugby Team
Francisco Suarez Folch
Back Row
Santiago Civetta
Santiago Civetta
Back Row
Lucas Bianchi
Lucas Bianchi
Back Row
Uruguay Rugby Team
Arturo Hoever
Back Row
Manuel Diana
Manuel Diana
Back Row
Manuel Ardao
Manuel Ardao
Back Row
Carlos Deus
Carlos Deus
Back Row
Uruguay Rugby Team
Santiago Cagnone

Uruguay Backs

Name
Position
Santiago Alvarez
Santiago Alvarez
Scrum Half
Uruguay Rugby Team
Joaquin Suarez
Scrum Half
Felipe Etcheverry
Felipe Etcheverry
Fly Half
Uruguay Rugby Team
Icaro Amarillo
Fly Half
Uruguay Rugby Team
Franco Scaldaferri
Outside Back
Andres Vilaseca
Andres Vilaseca
Centre
Juan Manuel Alonso
Juan Manuel Alonso
Centre
Uruguay Rugby Team
Justo Ferrario
Centre
Bautista Basso
Bautista Basso
Outside Back
Jean Cotarmanac'h
Jean Cotarmanac'h
Outside Back
Uruguay Rugby Team
Ignacio Alvarez
Outside Back
Uruguay Rugby Team
Sebastian Perez
Outside Back
Uruguay Rugby Team
Francisco Gonzalez Capdevila
Outside Back

Uruguay Tournaments

Uruguay Rugby Team

The Uruguay Rugby team, who are nicknamed Los Teros by fans, are one of the finest rugby union sides from the Americas. In 1981, they shot to fame when they won the South America Rugby Championship. The win was so unexpected because, between 1951 and 2014, Argentina only failed to win the competition once.Read on to discover even more about the Uruguay Rugby team. On this page, you can see all the latest Uruguay Rugby results, fixtures and news. Plus, you can learn more about the history of the side and see the latest squad.

It's thought that rugby union was played in Uruguay as far back as 1865 when British immigrants introduced the game to locals. However, the Uruguay Rugby team wasn't officially formed until 1948, when the team made their international debut. In the unofficial South American Rugby Championship that year, Uruguay finished an impressive second.Ever since, the Uruguay Rugby team have gained a proud reputation. They've established themselves as a side that can regularly beat tier-two nations and they've even gained notable results against teams as strong as the USA, Japan and Georgia.Around the turn of the millennium, the Uruguay Rugby team started to gain prominence. They qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup and came close to beating several established sides. However, the team then began to stagnate. Although they once again qualified for the Rugby World Cup in 2003, they failed to qualify for the 2007 and 2011 editions.However, post-2010, the Uruguay Rugby side are on an upward trajectory once again. They've qualified for the 2015 and 2019 editions of the Rugby World Cup and they've won the Mayor A division of the South American Rugby Championship three times (2014, 2016 and 2017

Historically, Uruguay have struggled to produce household names. However, several notable players have featured in Uruguay Rugby fixtures. For example, lock Rodrigo Capo Ortega played more than 200 games for Castres, while prop Pablo Lemoine played almost 100 times for Stade Francais before he returned to coach the national side in 2012.Today, although most of the Uruguay Rugby squad play in South America, several of the team's notable players do play in top European competitions. For example, scrum-half Santiago Arata plays for Castres in the Top 14, while both Manuel Leindekar and Germán Kessler play in France's Pro D2.

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