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 | |||||
| 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]
History[]
| Official Men's Rankings as of December 2021 | |||
| Rank | Change* | Team | Pts% |
| 1 |  |
 New Zealand |
100.00% |
| 2 |  1 |
 England |
79% |
| 3 | 1 |
 Tonga |
69% |
| 4 |  2 |
 Australia |
60% |
| 5 | 1 |
 Papua New Guinea |
34% |
| 6 | 1 |
 Fiji |
30% |
| 7 | 1 |
 France |
21% |
| 8 | 1 |
 Samoa |
19% |
| 9 | 6 |
 Serbia |
18% |
| 10 | 1 |
 Greece |
15% |
| 11 | 2 |
 Scotland |
13% |
| 12 | |
 Ireland |
12% |
| 13 | 3 |
 Lebanon |
10% |
| 14 | 11 |
 Netherlands |
10% |
| 15 | 1 |
 Malta |
9.00% |
| 16 | 3 |
 Italy |
8.00% |
| 17 | 5 |
 Czech Republic |
8.00% |
| 18 | 2 |
 Jamaica |
7.00% |
| 19 | 5 |
 Turkey |
7.00% |
| 20 | 3 |
 Norway |
6.04% |
| 21 | 2 |
 Poland |
6.03% |
| 22 | 1 |
 Cook Islands |
6.02% |
| 23 | 9 |
 Wales |
6.00% |
| 24 | 6 |
 United States |
5.00% |
| 25 | 14 |
 Ukraine |
4.29% |
| 26 |  |
 Philippines |
4% |
| 27 | 1 |
 Nigeria |
3.81% |
| 28 | 2 |
 Spain |
3.61% |
| 29 | 2 |
 Germany |
3.52% |
| 30 | 9 |
Hungary |
2.86% |
| 31 | 2 |
 Ghana |
2.85% |
| 32 | 2 |
 Sweden |
2.80% |
| 33 | 1 |
 Morocco |
2.70% |
| 34 | 4 |
 Cameroon |
1.79% |
| 35 | 2 |
 Russia |
1.72% |
| 36 | 9 |
 Canada |
1.66% |
| 37 | 8 |
 Solomon Islands |
1.61% |
| 38 | 2 |
 South Africa |
1.31% |
| 39 | 7 |
 Bulgaria |
1.21% |
| 40 | 5 |
 Vanuatu |
1.06% |
| 41 | 1 |
 Belgium |
1.04 |
| 42 | 1 |
Brazil |
1.03% |
| 43 | 11 |
 Chile |
1.02% |
| 44 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.00% |
| 45 | 5 |
 Colombia |
0.50% |
| 46 | 3 |
 Denmark |
0.10% |
| 47 | 2 |
 Latvia |
0.05% |
| *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 |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "League sevens with a Latino twist". 13 October 2015.
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Categories:
- South American national rugby league teams
- National sports teams of Uruguay
- National rugby league teams