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 | |||||
IRL ranking | 46th | |||||
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]
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. They are currently ranked 47th in the world.
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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