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]
The following is the current Uruguayan squad:
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 |
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