Los Teros, who have qualified for the World Cup finals for the third time in their history, have already played eight Tests in the past three months. Last Saturday the South American side lost 19-10 to Georgia in the opening game of the Tiblisi Cup.
Games against Emerging Ireland and Italy A lie ahead of Pablo Lemoine’s team and the former Stade Francais Paris prop forward will be looking for an upturn in fortunes. His side’s only wins this year have come against Paraguay (77-3) and Brazil (48-9), but the last six games have all ended in defeat.
A 13-3 reverse against a USA XV was followed by a disappointing 30-15 home loss to Chile. An Argentina XV went away with a 36-14 triumph and May ended with two games against Fiji Warriors.
The south sea islanders’ managed to win both games reasonably comfortably, although Uruguay managed to score three tries in each game. The Warriors won the first game 30-22 and the second 42-22.
Los Teros battled back from being down 34-3 in the second game as they used the power of their pack to pin down the Fijians.
Uruguay trailed 13-10 against Georgia at the break, but two second half penalties gave the home side a hard earned victory as Los Teros continue their World Cup preparations in earnest.
Uruguayan Squad (Tiblisi Cup): Agustín Alonso, Carlos Arboleya, Fernando Bascou, Matías Beer, Manuel Blengio, Mathias Braun, Alejo Corral, Alejo Durán, Jerónimo Etcheverry, Juan Manuel Gaminara, Santiago Gibernau, Germán Kessler, Niclolás Klappenbach, Franco Lamanna, Leandro Leivas, Diego Magno, Gastón Mieres, Alejandro Nieto, Aguistín Ormaechea, Mathias Palomeque, Joaquín Prada, Alberto Román, Mario Sagario, Mateo Sanguinetti, Andrés Vilaseca, Santiago Vilaseca (captain), Jorge Zerbino.
