Uruguay national rugby union team
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| Nickname(s) | Los Teros |
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| Emblem | Southern lapwing |
| Union | Unión de Rugby del Uruguay |
| Head coach | Esteban Meneses |
| Captain | Juan Manuel Gaminara |
| Most caps | Diego Magno (68) |
| Top scorer | Federico Sciarra (261) |
| Top try scorer | Diego Ormaechea (33) |
| Home stadium | Estadio Charrúa |
| World Rugby ranking | |
| Current | 21 (as of 15 February 2016) |
| Highest | 15 (2005) |
| Lowest | 23 (2012) |
| First international | |
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Uruguay 3–21 Chile (5 August 1948) |
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| Biggest win | |
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Uruguay 102–6 Paraguay (14 May 2011) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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South Africa 134–3 Uruguay (11 June 2005) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1999) |
| Best result | Pool stage, 1999, 2003, 2015 |
| Website | www.uru.org.uy |
The national rugby union team of Uruguay is the representative side of Uruguay, governed by the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay. They have been playing international rugby since 1948. Their jersey is blue and black and they are known as Los Teros (Southern lapwing). They have qualified three times for the Rugby World Cup, in 1999, 2003 and most recently for the 2015 tournament. As of 8 August 2015 they are ranked 19th in the world.
Uruguay won the South American Rugby Championship in 1981, the only time (pre-2014) that a team other than Argentina won the tournament. They came second on 19 occasions and third the remaining 9. As yet, Uruguay have never beaten Argentina in an official match between the two nations, despite some close results.
Their home stadium is Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo and holds up to 14,000 people.
Uruguay made their official international debut in 1948, in a game against Chile, which Uruguay lost 21–3. Following their debut match, they return to competition in the Pan American Games, first against the more experienced Argentina, resulting in a 0–62 loss. Uruguay then faced Chile for the second time, defeating them by 8–3. The final match of the competition was a 17–10 win over Brazil. Uruguay thus became runners up in the first unofficial South American Rugby Championship.
Uruguay, after a four years hiatus, played Chile in 1956, who defeated them by 6–3. In 1958, they played for the first official South American Rugby Championship, in a pool of three countries. They first played Chile, this time losing by 9–34. The "Teros" met again Argentina, having another loss, this time by 3–50. Uruguay managed to defeat Peru (10–6) in the last game.
In 1960, Uruguay faced for the first time one of the powers of the Northern Hemisphere rugby, France XV, losing by 0–59 in Montevideo during a South American tour. Uruguay after this match entered their second South American Rugby Championship. They first won Brazil in a close game (11–8), losing then to Chile (5–28) and Argentina (3–36), in the closest result to then between both countries.
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