Uruguay Roster Confirmed for World Cup Preparations – Americas Rugby News

umarkamran May 28, 2024

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the teros have confirmed a 46-man roster for 2023. The coaching squad incorporates the entire gamers into account to symbolize Uruguay at Rugby World Cup 2023. The roster has veterans of previous Rugby World Cups in addition to many trying to earn the proper to play for his or her nation on the grandest stage of all of them for the primary time.

Uruguay’s roster is a mix of gamers from Tremendous Rugby Americas, overseas leagues and Los Teros 7’s. Each participant is from Uruguay and went by way of the home system. Uruguay will probably be one in all just a few solely homegrown groups competing at Rugby World Cup 2023.

The long-list already comes with some notable non-selections. Veteran prop Juan Echeverría is lacking. He performed Tremendous Rugby Americas 2023 for the American Raptors. Head Coach Esteban Meneses has most well-liked three Peñarol gamers in his place.

A second notable omission comes at flanker. Morales’ roster doesn’t embody Franco Lamanna. The veteran of Rugby World Cups 2015 and 2019 notably additionally covers second-row. In contrast to the previous two tournaments, nevertheless, Uruguay now has loads of tall-timber. This mixed with higher relaxation days signifies that Uruguay won’t want to begin a shorter and lighter participant to lock the scrum.

Lamanna’s non-selection alerts that his take a look at profession is over. He performed the not too long ago accomplished season in Italy. It was his third for Mogliano. He has additionally performed skilled rugby in England and France.

One other lacking title is Juan Manuel Cat. His title is much less of a shock as, regardless of having held down a beginning spot on the final World Cup, Cat determined to stroll away from Peñarol for profession functions. He’s enjoying the 2023 season in Buenos Aires the place he’s beginning for CUBA at fly half.

Lastly, José Maria Iruleguy has not been included. He has impressed for the Uruguay XV and Uruguay beforehand. Whereas Iruleguy is lacking there are a lot of different names not from Peñarol who will put together for the Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.

Uruguay’s roster incorporates a complete of 24 forwards and 22 backs. Inside heart Andrés Vilaseca is the captain. The product of Previous Boys performs his rugby for Vannes in France. He’s the youthful brother of Santiago Vilaseca who captained Uruguay at Rugby World Cup 2015.

Vilaseca and Uruguay have three Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. Los Teros will play all three at house. They face Chile, Namibia and the Argentina XV in Montevideo. The match in opposition to the African nation will probably be a preview of one in all Uruguay’s World Cup matches.

Uruguay’s RWC match in opposition to Namibia would be the first between the international locations at Rugby World Cups. The thrilling fixture will probably be Uruguay’s third match of the match. It’s positioned after Uruguay’s match in opposition to France in Lille and in opposition to Italy in Good. Uruguay face each Namibia and New Zealand in Lyon.

Uruguay will play in yellow rather than blue against France, Italy, and Namibia. The matches in opposition to France and New Zealand will probably be historic. Uruguay has by no means beforehand performed a take a look at match in opposition to both nation. The Argentina XV warm-up match would be the hardest preparation earlier than the World Cup. Of word is that, regardless of Upsetting Fiji in KamaishiUruguay was unable to play any house match in opposition to a Tier 1 facet in the course of the RWC 2019-2023 cycle.

URUGUAY ROSTER – RUGBY WORLD CUP TRAINING

LOOSE HEAD
Matias Benitez (Peñarol)
Mateo Perillo (Peñarol)
Mateo Sanguinetti (Penarol)

HOOKER
Emiliano Faccennini (Peñarol)
Facundo Gattas (Previous Glory DC, US)
Germán Kessler (Provence, FR)
Guillermo Pujadas (Peñarol)

TIGHT HEAD
Diego Arbelo (Penarol)
Mathias Franco (Penarol)
Ignacio Peculo (Peñarol)
Reinaldo Piussi (Penarol)

SECOND-ROW
Felipe Aliaga (Penarol)
Ignacio Dotti (Peñarol)
Tomas Etcheverry (Peñarol)
Manuel Leindekar (Bayonne, FR)
Diego Magno (American Raptors, US)
Agustin Morales (Penarol)

FLANKER
Manuel Ardao (Peñarol)
Lucas Bianchi (Penarol)
Santiago Civetta (Peñarol)
Carlos Deus (Peñarol)
Eric Dosantos (Penarol)

N8
Manuel Diana (Peñarol)
Juan Manuel Rodriguez (Penarol)

SCRUM-HALF
Santiago Alvarez (Penarol)
Santiago Arata (Castres, FR)
Agustín Ormaechea (Good, FR)
Juan Manuel Tafernaberry (Peñarol)

FLY HALF
Felipe Berchesi (Dax, FR)
Felipe Etcheverry (Penarol)

CENTER
Felipe Arcos Perez (Los Teros 7’s)
Koba Brazionis (Los Teros 7’s)
Nicolás Freitas (Vannes, FR)
Tomas Inciarte (Peñarol)
Andrés Vilaseca (Vannes, FR)
Juan Andres Zuccarino (Peñarol)

WING
Diego Ardao (Los Teros 7’s)
Juan Manuel Alonso (Penarol)
Baltazar Amaya (Los Teros 7’s)
Bautista Basso (Los Teros 7’s)
Ignacio Facciolo (Los Teros 7’s)
Gaston Mieres (Penarol)
Alfonso Silva (Penarol)
Mateo Viñals (Los Teros 7’s)

FULLBACK
Ignacio Alvarez (Los Teros 7’s)
Rodrigo Silva (Penarol)

WORLD CUP WARM UP

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