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
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 rankings as of 21 December 2023
RankChangeTeamPts %
1  Australia100.00
2  New Zealand91.00
3 1 England74.00
4 1 Samoa70.00
5  Tonga54.00
6  Papua New Guinea50.00
7  Fiji49.00
8 1 France24.00
9 1 Lebanon24.00
10 3 Cook Islands22.00
11 1 Serbia19.00
12 6 Netherlands17.00
13 1 Italy15.00
14 5 Malta15.00
15 1 Greece14.00
16 4 Ireland14.00
17 6 Wales13.00
18 3 Jamaica10.00
19 2 Scotland9.00
20 8 Ukraine7.00
21 6 Czech Republic7.00
22 1 Germany6.00
23 10 Philippines6.00
24 5 Poland6.00
25 1 South Africa5.00
26 4 Chile5.00
27 4 Kenya0.00
28 6 Norway4.00
29 6 Nigeria4.00
30 6 Ghana4.00
31 6 Brazil4.00
32 12 Turkey3.00
33 4 United States3.00
34 1 Bulgaria3.00
35 5 Cameroon2.00
36 2 Montenegro2.00
37 5 Spain2.00
38 6 Japan1.00
39  Albania1.00
40 4 Colombia1.00
41 6 El Salvador1.00
42  North Macedonia1.00
43 1 Morocco1.00
44 3 Sweden0.00
45  Bosnia and Herzegovina0.00
46 3 Canada0.00
47  Niue0.00
48 9 Solomon Islands0.00
49 1 Belgium0.00
50 10 Hungary0.00
51 5 Vanuatu0.00
52 3 Argentina0.00
53 3 Denmark0.00
54 3 Latvia0.00
55  Estonia0.00
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

Uruguay has played in two international rugby league matches, suffering loses against Hungry and El Salvador.

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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