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]
| Nickname | Gauchos Uruguayos (English: Uruguayan Gauchos) | |
|---|---|---|
| Governing body | - | |
| Region | - | |
| Head coach | Joshua Gadea-Hellyer | |
| Captain | Josh Gadea-Hellyer, Nicolas Cama | |
| Most caps | - | |
| Top try-scorer | - | |
| Top point-scorer | Matt Cama | |
| RLIF ranking | N/Ath | |
| ||
| First international | ||
 Chile 20-4 Uruguay  (Sydney, Australia; 17 October 2015) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
Uruguay 20-12  Peru | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
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Chile 20-4 Uruguay (Sydney, Australia; 17 October 2015) | ||
| World Cup | ||
| Appearances | - (first time in -) | |
| Best result | - | |
History
| Official Rankings as of November 2016[2] | |||
| Rank | Change | Team | Points |
| 1 |  |  Australia | |
| 2 |  |  New Zealand | |
| 3 |  |  England | |
| 4 | |  Scotland | |
| 5 | |  Samoa | |
| 6 |  France | ||
| 7 |  Fiji | ||
| 8 |  Ireland | ||
| 9 |  Wales | ||
| 10 | |  United States | |
| 11 |  Serbia | ||
| 12 | |  Canada | |
| 13 |  Italy | ||
| 14 | |  Tonga | |
| 15 |  Papua New Guinea | ||
| 16 | |  Russia | |
| 17 | |  Jamaica | |
| 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | ||
| 19 | |  Spain | |
| 20 |  Malta | ||
| 21 |  Lebanon | ||
| 22 | |  Ukraine | |
| 23 |  Germany | ||
| 24 |  Czech Republic | ||
| 25 | |  Cook Islands | |
| 26 | |  Norway | |
| 27 |  Denmark | ||
| 28 |  Greece | ||
| 29 |  Sweden | ||
| 30 |  Netherlands | ||
| 31 |  South Africa | ||
| 32 | |  Niue | |
| 33 | |  Philippines | |
| 34 | | Chile | |
| 35 |  Vanuatu | ||
| 36 |  Latvia | ||
| 37 |  Solomon Islands | ||
| 38 |  Hungary | ||
| 39 |  El Salvador | ||
| 40 |  Morocco | ||
Rugby League Has yet to be played on Uruguayan soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the Latin Heat Rugby League. After the Latin Heat fielded enough Uruguayan players to make up a Rugby league sevens team so they entered into the first ever Latino Rugby League Sevens Tournament.
Current squad
The following is the Uruguayan team named for the 2015 Latino Sevens.[3]
Michael Bolz (Tweed Coast Raiders, NSW)
Matty Booth (Bondi United, NSW)
Javier Britos (CVD Cobras, NSW)
Matt Cama
Nicholas Cama (Wyong, NSW)
Noah Cama (Naraweena Hawks, NSW)
Miguel Falcon
Josh Gadea-Hellyer
Chris Gee
Damian Gee
Adrian Gela
Adam Kungl (Coogee Randwick Wombats, NSW)
Michael Pizzorno
Andres Rossini (Mascot Jets, NSW)
Christopher Santander
Eduardo Vega
Record
Below is table of the representative rugby league matches played by Uruguay at test level up until 14 June 2016:
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | For | Aga | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 4 | 20 | -16 |
| El Salvador | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 14 | 22 | -8 |
| Peru | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100 | 34 | 22 | +12 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 50% | 52 | 64 | -12 |