Uruguay national rugby league team

Summary

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
Badge of Uruguay team
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 edit

Official rankings as of 21 December 2023
Rank Change Team Pts %
1     Australia 100.00
2     New Zealand 91.00
3   1   England 74.00
4   1   Samoa 70.00
5     Tonga 54.00
6     Papua New Guinea 50.00
7     Fiji 49.00
8   1   France 24.00
9   1   Lebanon 24.00
10   3   Cook Islands 22.00
11   1   Serbia 19.00
12   6   Netherlands 17.00
13   1   Italy 15.00
14   5   Malta 15.00
15   1   Greece 14.00
16   4   Ireland 14.00
17   6   Wales 13.00
18   3   Jamaica 10.00
19   2   Scotland 9.00
20   8   Ukraine 7.00
21   6   Czech Republic 7.00
22   1   Germany 6.00
23   10   Philippines 6.00
24   5   Poland 6.00
25   1   South Africa 5.00
26   4   Chile 5.00
27   4   Kenya 0.00
28   6   Norway 4.00
29   6   Nigeria 4.00
30   6   Ghana 4.00
31   6   Brazil 4.00
32   12   Turkey 3.00
33   4   United States 3.00
34   1   Bulgaria 3.00
35   5   Cameroon 2.00
36   2   Montenegro 2.00
37   5   Spain 2.00
38   6   Japan 1.00
39     Albania 1.00
40   4   Colombia 1.00
41   6   El Salvador 1.00
42     North Macedonia 1.00
43   1   Morocco 1.00
44   3   Sweden 0.00
45     Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00
46   3   Canada 0.00
47     Niue 0.00
48   9   Solomon Islands 0.00
49   1   Belgium 0.00
50   10   Hungary 0.00
51   5   Vanuatu 0.00
52   3   Argentina 0.00
53   3   Denmark 0.00
54   3   Latvia 0.00
55     Estonia 0.00
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

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

Current squad edit

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 edit

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
  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 edit

  1. ^ "League sevens with a Latino twist". 13 October 2015.