Uruguay national rugby league team

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]

Uruguay
Team information
NicknameGauchos Uruguayos (English: Uruguayan Gauchos)
Governing body-
Region-
Head coachAdam Wright
Most caps-
Top try-scorerJulio Toledo
Top point-scorerJulio Toledo
IRL ranking46th
Uniforms
First colours
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-

History

Official Men's Rankings as of December 2021
RankChange*TeamPts%
1  New Zealand100.00%
2 1 England79%
3 1 Tonga69%
4 2 Australia60%
5 1 Papua New Guinea34%
6 1 Fiji30%
7 1 France21%
8 1 Samoa19%
9 6 Serbia18%
10 1 Greece15%
11 2 Scotland13%
12  Ireland12%
13 3 Lebanon10%
14 11 Netherlands10%
15 1 Malta9.00%
16 3 Italy8.00%
17 5 Czech Republic8.00%
18 2 Jamaica7.00%
19 5 Turkey7.00%
20 3 Norway6.04%
21 2 Poland6.03%
22 1 Cook Islands6.02%
23 9 Wales6.00%
24 6 United States5.00%
25 14 Ukraine4.29%
26  Philippines4%
27 1 Nigeria3.81%
28 2 Spain3.61%
29 2 Germany3.52%
30 9 Hungary2.86%
31 2 Ghana2.85%
32 2 Sweden2.80%
33 1 Morocco2.70%
34 4 Cameroon1.79%
35 2 Russia1.72%
36 9 Canada1.66%
37 8 Solomon Islands1.61%
38 2 South Africa1.31%
39 7 Bulgaria1.21%
40 5 Vanuatu1.06%
41 1 Belgium1.04
42 1 Brazil1.03%
43 11 Chile1.02%
44  Bosnia and Herzegovina1.00%
45 5 Colombia0.50%
46 3 Denmark0.10%
47 2 Latvia0.05%
*Change from November 2019

Uruguay has played in two international rugby league matches, suffering loses against Hungry and El Salvador. They are currently ranked 47th in the world.

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
 Brazil10100%060-60
 Chile10100%420-16
 Colombia10000%000
 El Salvador10100%1422-8
 Hungary10100%450-46
 Peru22001003422+12
Total624

References

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