Uruguay national rugby league team
Team information | ||||||
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Nickname | Gauchos Uruguayos (English: Uruguayan Gauchos) | |||||
Governing body | - | |||||
Region | - | |||||
Head coach | Adam Wright | |||||
Most caps | - | |||||
Top try-scorer | Julio Toledo | |||||
Top point-scorer | Julio Toledo | |||||
Uniforms | ||||||
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Team results | ||||||
First international | ||||||
Hungary 50–4 Uruguay (Sydney, Australia; 4 Feb 2017) | ||||||
Biggest defeat | ||||||
Brazil 60–0 Uruguay (Sydney, Australia; 28 Feb 2021) | ||||||
World Cup | ||||||
Appearances | -0 (first time in -) | |||||
Best result | - |
The Uruguay national rugby league team (Spanish: rugby league equipo nacional de Uruguay), nicknamed Gauchos Uruguayos (English: Uruguayan Gaucho), represents Uruguay in rugby league and made their debut at the first Latino Sevens on 17 October 2015.[1]
History
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Official rankings as of 21 December 2023 | |||
Rank | Change | Team | Pts % |
1 | Australia | 100.00 | |
2 | New Zealand | 91.00 | |
3 | 1 | England | 74.00 |
4 | 1 | Samoa | 70.00 |
5 | Tonga | 54.00 | |
6 | Papua New Guinea | 50.00 | |
7 | Fiji | 49.00 | |
8 | 1 | France | 24.00 |
9 | 1 | Lebanon | 24.00 |
10 | 3 | Cook Islands | 22.00 |
11 | 1 | Serbia | 19.00 |
12 | 6 | Netherlands | 17.00 |
13 | 1 | Italy | 15.00 |
14 | 5 | Malta | 15.00 |
15 | 1 | Greece | 14.00 |
16 | 4 | Ireland | 14.00 |
17 | 6 | Wales | 13.00 |
18 | 3 | Jamaica | 10.00 |
19 | 2 | Scotland | 9.00 |
20 | 8 | Ukraine | 7.00 |
21 | 6 | Czech Republic | 7.00 |
22 | 1 | Germany | 6.00 |
23 | 10 | Philippines | 6.00 |
24 | 5 | Poland | 6.00 |
25 | 1 | South Africa | 5.00 |
26 | 4 | Chile | 5.00 |
27 | 4 | Kenya | 0.00 |
28 | 6 | Norway | 4.00 |
29 | 6 | Nigeria | 4.00 |
30 | 6 | Ghana | 4.00 |
31 | 6 | Brazil | 4.00 |
32 | 12 | Turkey | 3.00 |
33 | 4 | United States | 3.00 |
34 | 1 | Bulgaria | 3.00 |
35 | 5 | Cameroon | 2.00 |
36 | 2 | Montenegro | 2.00 |
37 | 5 | Spain | 2.00 |
38 | 6 | Japan | 1.00 |
39 | Albania | 1.00 | |
40 | 4 | Colombia | 1.00 |
41 | 6 | El Salvador | 1.00 |
42 | North Macedonia | 1.00 | |
43 | 1 | Morocco | 1.00 |
44 | 3 | Sweden | 0.00 |
45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00 | |
46 | 3 | Canada | 0.00 |
47 | Niue | 0.00 | |
48 | 9 | Solomon Islands | 0.00 |
49 | 1 | Belgium | 0.00 |
50 | 10 | Hungary | 0.00 |
51 | 5 | Vanuatu | 0.00 |
52 | 3 | Argentina | 0.00 |
53 | 3 | Denmark | 0.00 |
54 | 3 | Latvia | 0.00 |
55 | Estonia | 0.00 | |
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT |
Uruguay has played in two international rugby league matches, suffering loses against Hungry and El Salvador.
Current squad
The following is the current Uruguayan squad:
- Angel Morrison III (c)
- Eric Rendo
- Josh Gadea-Hellyer
- Niko Cama
- Matt Cama
- Steven Clarke
- Gabriel Papa
- Julio Toledo
- Michael Leon
- Matty Booth
- Pablo Florentin
- Andres Rossini
- Javier Britos
- Noah Cama
- Luke Morrissey
- Kevin Clarke
- Kristofer Viera
- Diego Papa
- Nico Papa
- Ryan Kungl
- Gabriel Hernandez
Record
Below is table of the representative rugby league matches played by Uruguay at test level up until 14 June 2019:
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | For | Aga | Diff |
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Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 60 | -60 |
Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 20 | -16 |
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
El Salvador | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 14 | 22 | -8 |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 50 | -46 |
Peru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 34 | 22 | +12 |
Total | 6 | 2 | 4 |
References
- ^ "League sevens with a Latino twist". 13 October 2015.