Uruguay national rugby sevens team
The Uruguay national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. At the South American Sevens, Uruguay has won in 2012 and been runner-up six times. The team was fourth at both the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
| Union | Uruguayan Rugby Union | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Teros | ||
| Emblem(s) | Southern lapwing | ||
| Coach(es) | Luis Pedro Achard | ||
| Captain(s) | Gabriel Puig | ||
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They participated in the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens in the World Series Qualifier, reaching the quarterfinals after finishing second in their pool, but lost to Russia 21-14.[1] At the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens, they claimed wins over Brazil and Mexico and losses to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. The team did not qualify to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens.
The team will participate in the 2018 World Series Qualifier at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens.
Tournament history
Pan American Games
| Pan American Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||
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Current squad
Squad to 2015 Hong Kong Sevens.[2]
- Gabriel Puig (C)
- Nicolás Freitas
- Leandro Leivas
- Guillermo Lijstenstein
- Rodrigo Silva
- Tomás Jolivet
- Santiago Gibernau
- Alejo Durán
- Ian Schmidt
- Joaquín Prada
- Alfonso Falcón
- Sebastián Schroeder
References
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