Uruguay national under-20 rugby union team

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Uruguay
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Union Unión de Rugby del Uruguay
Nickname(s)Teritos
Coach(es)Juan Baldomir
Captain(s)Facundo Klappenbach
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Team kit
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Change kit
First international
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 67–8 South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg
(15 April 2008)
Largest win
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 82–0 Jamaica Flag of Jamaica.svg
(19 June 2008)
Largest defeat
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 75–0 Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg
(5 June 2009)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2009)
Best result16th, 2009

The Uruguay under 20 rugby team is the junior national rugby union team from Uruguay. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19s and Under 21s. The team competed at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships and World Rugby U20 Trophy.

Contents

Uruguay qualified for the 2015 Under 20 Trophy after defeating Chile 22-12 in the South American Junior Rugby Championship. [1]

Overall

Summary for all under 20 matches at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship and World Rugby U20 Trophy, including 2015:

OppositionPlayedWonDrawnLost% Won
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1 0 0 1 0%
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 1 1 2 25%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3 1 0 2 33%
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1 0 0 1 0%
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 0 0 1 0%
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3 1 0 2 33%
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2 2 0 0 100%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1 0 0 1 0%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1 0 0 1 0%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1 0 0 1 0%
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1 1 0 0 100%
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 2 1 0 1 50%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2 1 0 1 50%
Total 29 14 1 14 48%

Results

SeasonTournamentPosition
2008 JWRT 1
2009 JWC 16
2010 JWRT 5
2011 JWRT 4
2012 JWRT Did not qualify
2013 JWRT 7
2014 JWRT 4
2015 JWRT 3
2016 JWRT 6
2017 JWRT 3
2018 JWRT 4
2019 JWRT 5

Current squad

Squad to 2023 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy . [2]

Forwards

  • Manuel Bertolotti
  • Joaquin Borrazas
  • Franco Bertini
  • Santiago Cagnone
  • Juan Ignacio Cambon (c)
  • Martin Civetta
  • Tomas Coubrough
  • Francisco Deffeminis
  • Francisco Garcia
  • Maximo Lamelas
  • Juan Lorenzo
  • Maximo Lorenzo y Losada
  • Jeronimo Noseda
  • Felipe Pick
  • Manuel Rosmarino
  • Duban Silvera
 

Backs

  • Icaro Amarillo
  • Pedro Brum
  • Juan Carlos Canessa
  • Alfonso Chahnazaroff
  • Nicolas Conti
  • Juan Bautista Crisci
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Pedro Hublog
  • Dante Soto
  • Guillermo Juan Storace
  • Joaquin Suarez
  • Arturo Ten Hoever

Management

Outstanding squad

2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy: [3] Champion

Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Teritos
Eduardo Benítez
Juan Pablo Ruffalini
Rafael Tchilingirbachian
Diego Magno
Agustín Bordaberry
Juan Manuel Gaminara
Juan Diego Ormaechea
Matías Fonseca (C)
Francisco Vecino
Germán Albanell
Leandro Leivas
Adrian Lewis
Jerónimo Etcheverry
Tomás Jolivet
Santiago Gortari
Agustín Fiorito
Joaquín Rocco
Alejandro Nieto
Federico Pérez
Miguel Horta
Juan de Freitas
Santiago Gibernau
HC: Bruno Grunwaldt
HC: Martín Mendaro

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References

  1. "Uruguay qualify for Junior World Trophy 2015". World Rugby.org. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. "Ellos son los 28 jugadores que nos representarán en el World Rugby U20 Trophy". www.twitter.com.
  3. Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine IRB - 2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy (Pool B) / Uruguay vs. Georgia