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7 unusual facts about Uruguay national rugby union team


2011 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

Kazakhstan, the runner up advanced to the semifinal of the 20th Place Playoff to face Uruguay.

2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying

The twentieth place at the 2011 tournament was determined by a final place play-off which involved the third-place teams from the American and European qualifying tournaments (Uruguay and Romania).

2013 Americas Rugby Championship

The tournament featured the same teams as in the 2012 version, Argentina Jaguars, Canada Selects, USA Select XV, and Uruguay.

Andriy Kovalenco

He played two games at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, scoring 5 penalties, all the entire 15 points score in the 27-15 loss to Uruguay.

Estadio Charrúa

It is currently leased to the Uruguayan Rugby Union, governing body of that sport in the country, which uses it for its headquarters, its high performance training center, and as the regular home of its national teams, most notably the senior men's team.

Estadio Saroldi

2003: The stadium was also used by the Teros for 2003 Rugby World Cup's qualification matches during 2002

G.D. Estoril Praia

The stadium has also played host to games involving the Portuguese national rugby union team, most recently being against the Ukraine in a 2006 European Nations Cup First Division match and against Uruguay in a 2007 Rugby World Cup repechage qualification match.


Ben Kay

Kay confirmed his status as a core part of the England squad in the World Cup when he played every minute of every England game except the game against Uruguay.

Francisco Pastrana

Later in 2009, he refereed a Rugby World Cup qualification mach between Uruguay and the United States.

Juan Carlos Bado

A emblematic player for Uruguay, Bado has 53 caps, with 2 tries scored, 10 points in aggregate, since his first match, a 67-3 win over Paraguay, in 2 October 1993, in Asunción, for the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, aged 19 years old.

Rodrigo Crexell

His last match was at the 52-37 win over Uruguay, at 8 October 1995, in Posadas, for the South American Rugby Championship, where he scored one of the eight tries of the "Pumas", in a hardfought match.


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