Uruguay national under-20 rugby union team

Uruguay
UnionUnión de Rugby del Uruguay
Nickname(s)Teritos
Coach(es)Juan Baldomir
Captain(s)Facundo Klappenbach
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Uruguay Uruguay 67–8 South Korea South Korea
(15 April 2008)
Largest win
Uruguay Uruguay 82–0 Jamaica Jamaica
(19 June 2008)
Largest defeat
New Zealand New Zealand 75–0 Uruguay Uruguay
(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.

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:

Opposition Played Won Drawn Lost % Won
 Argentina 1 0 0 1 0%
 Canada 4 1 1 2 25%
 Chile 1 1 0 0 100%
 Fiji 1 1 0 0 100%
 Georgia 3 1 0 2 33%
 Ireland 1 0 0 1 0%
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0%
 Jamaica 1 1 0 0 100%
 Japan 3 1 0 2 33%
 Namibia 2 2 0 0 100%
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 0%
 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 100%
 Portugal 1 1 0 0 100%
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0%
 Russia 1 1 0 0 100%
 Samoa 1 0 0 1 0%
 South Korea 1 1 0 0 100%
 Tonga 2 1 0 1 50%
 United States 2 1 0 1 50%
Total 29 14 1 14 48%

Results

Season Tournament Position
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

  • Gonzalo Camardon - Head Coach
  • Ignacio Garcia - Team Manager
  • Guillermo Storage - Assistant Coach
  • Ignacio Inchausti - Assistant Coach
  • Juan Manuel Fonseca - Physiotherapist
  • Martin Gonzalez- Team Doctor
  • Nicolas Martinez - Strength & Conditioning

Outstanding squad

2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy:[3] Champion

 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

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. ^ [1] Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine IRB - 2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy (Pool B) / Uruguay vs. Georgia