Uruguay national rugby league team
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| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- ^ "League sevens with a Latino twist". 13 October 2015.