Rugby in Uruguay is the most popular sport after football.
Rugby in Uruguay is played at the national and at the international levels. The national team of rugby in Uruguay has represented the country at international level and has achieved great success. The national team of Uruguay Rugby is known as Teros.
Rugby of Uruguay made their international debut in the year 1948. Their most notable year of Uruguay Rugby was the year 1999 and 2003. In the year 1999, the team qualified for 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. They finished third in the pool. In the year 2003, they again qualified for World Cup.
The present team of Rugby of Uruguay consists of:
Forwards:
- Guillermo Storace
- Juan Alzueta
- Carlos Protasi
- Alfredo Guiria
- Rafael Alvarez
- Ignacio Conti
- Juan Miguel Alvarez
- Carlos Arboleya
- Juan Carlos Bado
- Rodrigo Capo
- Federico Capo
- Pablo Lemoine
- Rodrigo Sanchez
- Nicolas Brignoni
- Hernan Ponte (Rouen)
- Juan Perez
Backs:
- Diego Aguirre
- Francisco Bulanti
- Joaquin De Freitas
- Juan Labat
- Juan Martin Llovet
- Juan Menchaca
- Joaquin Pastore
- Gaston Ibararu
- Matias Arocena
- Nicolas Morales
- Agustin Perez del Castillo
- Carlos Baldasarri
- Emiliano Caffera
- Juan Campomar
- Sebastian Aguirre
Rugby union is a recreational sport in Uruguay. After the national teams qualified for the World Cup in 1999 and 2003, the popularity of Rugby union kicked off. Broad media coverage of the sports event gave a new lease of life to the sport.
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