RUGBY WORLD CUP: Results Saturday 10 October

Australia 15, Wales 6 at Twickenham (World Cup, Pool A)
England 60, Uruguay 3 in Manchester (World Cup, Pool A)
Scotland 36, Samoa 33 in Newcastle (World Cup, Pool B)

Briefly
Australia put on a stunning ten minute display of defence against Wales in the second half. Reduced to 13 players they held out a great effort by Wales to score in a thrilling encounter. The score was 12-6 to Australia. A Welsh try with the conversion would have put them in the lead. But Wales could not breach the defence. Stand up tall Australia and be proud. Yet another amazing game at this tournament.

Probably the best game of rugby at the tournament to date saw Scotland just edge out Samoa 36-33. What a game! Running rugby at its best. Whew!!

England defeated Uruguay 60-3. That was that!

After today’s results the quarter finals look like this.

Australia v Scotland
Wales v South Africa
New Zealand v Ireland or France
Ireland or France v Argentina

The quarter finals will take place next Saturday and Sunday

RUGBY WORLD CUP: Saturday’s Games

Due to other commitments previews have to be brief.

10.10.2015
Australia v Wales at Twickenham (World Cup, Pool A)

This is a crucial game in Pool A. The winner will take top spot and will play either Scotland or Japan in the quarter finals. The loser will have the much harder game against South Africa.

Prediction: Wales by 5 points. Score 26-21

England v Uruguay in Manchester (World Cup, Pool A)

Nothing much to write about this one. England are out of the tournament and will want to appease their fans with a huge win which they are capable of doing. Uruguay will be going home without a win and having to re qualify for the 2019 tournament.

Prediction: England by 73 points. Score 81-8

Samoa v Scotland in Newcastle (World Cup, Pool B)

Samoa has been a huge disappointment at this tournament. They will put up a good fight in the first half but I expect Scotland to be too strong in the second.

Prediction: Scotland by 13 points. Score 24-11

RUGBY WORLD CUP: Results 6 October

06.10.2015
Fiji 47, Uruguay 15 in Milton Keynes (World Cup, Pool A)
Romania 17, Canada 15 in Leicester (World Cup, Pool D)

Briefly
Fiji unleased their free flowing rugby against Uruguay to score a decisive victory. Meanwhile Romania came from 0-15 down to just overhaul the Canadians to register their first win in this Rugby World Cup.

RUGBY WORLD CUP: Sunday 27 September

27.09.2015
Australia 65, Uruguay 3 in Birmingham (World Cup, Pool A)
Scotland 39, United States 16 in Leeds (World Cup, Pool B)
Ireland 44, Romania 10 in London (World Cup, Pool D)

Briefly
Australia, Scotland and Ireland all got through their pool matches last night predictably with bonus points.

The next match is on Tuesday, Tonga v Namibia.

My next preview will be on Wednesday as I will be away.

RUGBY WORLD CUP: Today

27.09.2015
Australia v Uruguay in Birmingham (World Cup, Pool A)
Scotland v United States in Leeds (World Cup, Pool B)
Ireland v Romania in London (World Cup, Pool D)

I’m unable to review these games due to other commitments.

Predictions
Australia to defeat Uruguay by 55 points-Score 66-11
Scotland to defeat USA by 21 points-Score 33-12
Ireland to defeat Romania by 33 points-Score 49-16

WALES 54, URUGUAY 9: World Cup Pool A

20.09.2015
Wales 54, Uruguay 9 in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool A)

Review
Wales were too strong for Uruguay on their home turf and notched up a satisfactory 54-9 win. Their injury worries continued as Liam Williams, Paul James, Cory Allen and prop Samson Lee were all replaced during the game because of injuries. Prior to the tournament Leigh Halfpenny, Rhys Webb and Eli Walker withdrew from the team because of injuries.

It wasn’t a convincing performance but it was a good win. Uruguay were spirited in play, defended well early on and never gave up.

Wale’s next game is the big class against England at Twickenham this weekend whilst Uruguay face an even bigger opponent when the face Australia (and later England !) in 6 days time.

Wales was just too much for Uruguay to handle
Image thanks to www.theguardian.com

Other Reviews
http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/275413.html

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/sep/20/wales-v-uruguay-rugby-world-cup-2015-live

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_81256,00.html

POOL A

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
WALES	1	1	0	0	54	9	45	8	0	1	5
ENGLAND	1	1	0	0	35	11	24	4	1	1	5
FIJI	1	0	0	1	11	35	-24	1	4	0	0
URUGUAY	1	0	0	1	9	54	-45	0	8	0	0
AUSTRALIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

18.09.2015	ENGLAND	35	FIJI	11	TWICKENHAM
20.09.2015	WALES	54	URUGUAY	9	CARDIFF
23.09.2015	AUSTRALIA		FIJI		CARDIFF
26.09.2015	ENGLAND		WALES		TWICKENHAM
27.09.2015	AUSTRALIA		URUGUAY		BIRMINGHAM
01.10.2015	WALES		FIJI		CARDIFF
03.10.2015	ENGLAND		AUSTRALIA		TWICKENHAM
06.10.2015	FIJI		URUGUAY		MILTON KEYNES
10.10.2015	AUSTRALIA		WALES		TWICKENHAM
10.10.2015	ENGLAND		URUGUAY		MANCHESTER

Data from www.rugbyinternational.net

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015: Coming Up Day 3

20.09.2015
Wales v Uruguay in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool A)
Samoa v United States at Brighton (World Cup, Pool B)
New Zealand v Argentina in London (World Cup, Pool C)

Briefly
New Zealand begin this tournament with what will probably be their toughest match. Argentina believe they can cause another sensational upset.

Wales and Samoa are favoured to win their first pool matches.

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015

THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. THE WEBB ELLIS TROPHY

Past winners
1987-New Zealand
1991-Australia
1995-South Africa
1999-Australia
2003-England
2007-South Africa
2011-New Zealand
2015-?

Opening Games This Weekend

18.09.2015
England v Fiji at Twickenham (World Cup, Pool A)

19.09.2015
South Africa v Japan in Brighton (World Cup, Pool B)
Tonga v Georgia in Gloucester (World Cup, Pool C)
Ireland v Canada in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool D)
France v Italy at Twickenham (World Cup, Pool D)

20.09.2015
Wales v Uruguay in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool A)
Samoa v United States at Brighton (World Cup, Pool B)
New Zealand v Argentina in London (World Cup, Pool C)

TEST RUGBY RESULT; 1 August

01.08.2015
Uruguay 30, Argentina XV 26 in Montevideo (World Cup Warm up)

Briefly
It may not have been Argentina’s first team (That team is in South Africa preparing for the Rugby Championship test against South Africa this Saturday) but a number of the Argentine side would have the opportunity to stake a claim for inclusion into the World Cup Puma’s side. They were in for a big shock!

Uruguay were playing their last test in front of their home crowd before they venture off the prepare for the Rugby World Cup. And play their hearts out they did. They inflicted a first ever defeat of an Argentinean side by another South American side.

TBILISI CUP: Final Day

21.06.2015
Emerging Ireland 45, Georgia 12 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)
Emerging Italy 23, Uruguay 13 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)

Briefly
The Emerging sides dominated the last day. Georgia’s performance, like that of Namibia’s in the parallel Nations Cup, was cause for some concern despite the fact that it was nowhere near their top squad.

TBILISI CUP

17.06.2015
Uruguay v Emerging Ireland in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)
Georgia v Emerging Italy in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)

Results Day 1
Georgia 19, Uruguay 10 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)
Emerging Ireland 25, Emerging Italy 0 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)

Preview
Georgia managed a win over Uruguay on day one and face an easier opponent in the Emerging Italy side.

Uruguay will have their hands full against an Irish side that won comfortably on Day one.

Predictions
Georgia to defeat Emerging Italy by 12. Score 22-10
Emerging Ireland to defeat Uruguay by 4 points. Score 32-28.

TEAMS

Emerging Ireland v Uruguay

15. Peter Nelson (Malone/Ulster)
14. Cian Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)
13. Eoin Griffin (London Irish)
12. Noel Reid (Clontarf/Leinster)
11. Matt Healy (Lansdowne/Connacht)
10. Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
9. John Cooney (Terenure College/Connacht)
1. James Cronin (Dolphin/Munster)
2. Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht)
3. Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster)
4. Andrew Browne (Galwegians/Connacht)
5. Billy Holland (Cork Constitution/Munster)
6. Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster) (capt)
7. Frankie Taggart (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
8. Eoghan Masterson (Corinthians/Connacht)

Replacements:
16. Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
17. Denis Buckley (Corinthians/Connacht)
18. Andrew Warwick (Ballymena/Ulster)
19. Ben Marshall (Old Belvedere/Connacht)
20. Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster)
21. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
22. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
23. JJ Hanrahan (UL Bohemians/Munster)

Uruguay

15 Jerónimo Etcheverry, 14 Leandro Leivas^Capt, 13 Joaquín Prada, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 11 Santiago Gibernau; 10 Alejo Durán, 9 Aguistín Ormaechea /

1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Germán Kessler, 3 Carlos Arboleya; 4 Franco Lamanna, 5 Mathias Palomeque; 6 Agustín Alonso, 7 Diego Magno,
8 Alejandro Nieto *

RS) 23 Alberto Román, 22 Manuel Blengio, 21 Mathias Braun / 16 Nicolás Klappenbach, 17 Mario Sagario, 18 Alejo Corral; 19 Santiago Vilaseca,
20 Fernando Bascou

http://site.rugby.ge/en/Tbilisi-Cup-2015-FF/

EMERGING ITALY v Georgia

15 Alberto CHIESA (Cammi Calvisano)
14 Filippo GUARDUCCI (Marchiol Mogliano)
13 Giovanni BENVENUTI (Marchiol Mogliano)
12 Roberto QUARTAROLI (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma, 5 Caps)
11 Gabriele DI GIULIO (Cammi Calvisano)
10 Carlo CANNA (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
9 Simone MARINARO (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
8 Maxime MBANDA' (Cammi Calvisano)*
7 Emiliano CAFFINI (Femi CZ Rugby Rovigo Delta)
6 Sebastian NEGRI (Hartpury RFC)
5 Filippo GEROSA (Rugby Viadana 1970)
4 Federico RUZZA (Rugby Viadana 1970)
3 Giuseppe DI STEFANO (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
2 Oliviero FABIANI (Zebre Rugby)
1 Federico ZANI (Petrarca Padova)
a disposizione
16 Luca BIGI (Petrarca Padova)
17 Laert NAKA (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
18 Pietro CECCARELLI (Macon Rugby)
19 Alessio ZDRILICH (Cammi Calvisano)
20 Mirko AMENTA (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
21 Simone PARISOTTO (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
22 Christian BECERRA (Pro Recco Rugby)
25 Matteo CORAZZI (Marchiol Mogliano)

Georgia

15 Giorgi Aptsiauri, 14 Muraz Giorgadze, 13 Giorgi Talakhadze, 12 Tamaz Mtchedlidze, 11 Alexandre Khutsishvili; 10 Lasha Malaghuradze, 9 Vazha Khutsishvili /

FW) 1 Anton Peikrishvili, 2 Simon Maisuradze, 3 Irakli Mirtskhulava; 4 Levan Datunashvili^Capt, 5 Giorgi Chkhaidze; 6 Saba Shubitidze, 7 Beka Gorgadze, 8 Beka Bitsadze *

RS) 23 Beka Tsiklauri, 22 Giorgi Pruidze, 21 Giorgi Begadze / 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Archil Bezhiashvili, 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili; 19 Kote Mikautadze, 20 Otar Giorgadze

http://site.rugby.ge/en/Tbilisi-Cup-2015-FF/

GEORGIA v URUGUAY: Tbilisi Cup

13.06.2015

Venue: Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee:

Preview
The 2015 Tbilisi Cup gets underway today northern time. Should be a comfortable win to Georgia although Uruguay looks to be close to full strength.

Prediction: Georgia by 22 points. Score 30-8

TEAMS

Uruguay Squad

Agustín Alonso (Montevideo Cricket Club) Age 23, 9 caps
Carlos Arboleya (Trébol RC) 29, 39
Fernando Bascou (PSG) 28, 19
Matías Beer (Old Christians) 21, 5
Manuel Blengio (Old Christians) 21, 7
Mathias Braun (PSG) 28, 26
Alejo Corral (San Isidro Club, Argentina) 33, 38
Alejo Durán (Trébol RC) 24, 24
Jerónimo Etcheverry (Carrasco Polo Club) 27, 37
Juan Manuel Gaminara (Old Boys) 26, 19
Santiago Gibernau (Carrasco Polo Club) 27, 26
Germán Kessler (Los Cuervos) 20, 6
Niclolás Klappenbach (Champagnat) 33, 40
Franco Lamanna (Carrasco Polo Club) 23, 18
Leandro Leivas (Old Christians) 26, 35
Diego Magno (Montevideo Cricket Club) 26, 43
Gastón Mieres (Valpoliecella, Italy) 25, 32
Alejandro Nieto (Champagnat) 27, 22
Aguistín Ormaechea (Stade Montois, France) 24, 17
Mathias Palomeque (Trébol RC) 28, 19
Joaquín Prada (Los Cuervos) 23, 22
Alberto Román (PSG) 28, 32
Mario Sagario (Massy, France) 28, 39
Mateo Sanguinetti (Los Cuervos) 22, 9
Andrés Vilaseca (Old Boys) 24, 7
Santiago Vilaseca (Capt.) (Old Boys) 30, 27
Jorge Zerbino (Old Christians) 23, 7

Head Coach: Pablo Lemoine

Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team and
http://uru.org.uy/tbilisi-cup-los-teros-confirmados/

Georgia Squad

Giorgi Aptsiauri (AIA)
Dimitri Basilaia (Perpignan, France)
Giorgi Begadze (Kochebi RC)
Beka Bitsadze (Locomotive RC)
Jaba Bregvadze (Kochebi RC)
Giorgi Chkhaidze (Lille, France)
Levan Datunashvili (Aurillac, France)
Revaz Giaguri (Montlucon, France)
Muraz Giorgadze (Armazi)
Vasil Kakovin (Toulouse, France)
Victor Kolelishvili  (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Nikoloz Khatiashvili (Aurillac, France)
Alexandre Khutsishvili (Kochebi RC)
Vazha Khutsishvili (Kharebi RC)
Lasha Lomidze (Beziers, France)
Simon Maisuradze (Valence, France)
Lasha Malaguradze (Bagneres, France)
Tamaz Mchedlidze (Agen, France)
Konstantine Mikautadze (Toulon, France)
Irakli Mirtskhulava (Tarbes, France)
Anton Peikrishvili (Brive, France)
Giorgi Pruidze (AIA)
Merab Sharikadze (Aurillac, France)
Giorgi Talakhadze (Lelo)
Beka Tsiklauri (Locomotive RC)
Zurab Zhvania (Stade Francais, France)

Head Coach: Milton Haig

Adapted from http://site.rugby.ge/en/news-view/?newsid=4490&callerModID=17363&Title=$TitleUrl$

In the other game (a non-test) Emerging Ireland will play Emerging Italy.

Prediction: Emerging Ireland to win by 19 points. Score 34-15

SOUTH AMERICAN RUGBY UPDATE

31.05.2015
Fiji XV 42, Uruguay 22 in Montevideo (Friendly)

23.05.2015
Argentina 71, Paraguay 7 in Asuncion (CONSUR CUP)

Argentina retains the CONSUR Cup for 2015. 2016 challengers will be Uruguay and Chile.

ARGENTINA 36, URUGUAY 14: CONSUR CUP

16.05.2015

Argentina, holder of the CONSUR Cup, has two challengers this year. Uruguay finished 1st and Paraguay 2nd in last years CONSUR A so they have the right to challenge Argentina.

Argentina are not fielding any of their overseas professionals in these challenge matches. In fact the team that takes on Paraguay in Asuncion next weekend will be completely different to the one that was fielded today. And , it is reported, a third squad will take on the Fiji Warriors, their ‘A’ team. in two weeks time.

URUGUAY v CHILE: CONSUR A

09.05.2015

Venue: Santiago

Image thanks to http://www.feruchi.cl/

Image thanks to https://twitter.com/fbascou

Referee: Mauro Rivera (Argentina)

Preview
This looks to be a virtual final of the CONSUR A. Both teams are undefeated in this tournament to date.

Uruguay struggled last time they played in Santiago. They are also without a number of leading overseas based players.

Last Five Encounters
14.05.2014 Uruguay 55-13 in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
04.05.2013 Uruguay 23-9 in Montevideo (WCQ America, CONSUR A)
23.05.2012 Uruguay 27-26 in Santiago (CONSUR A)
20.05.2011 Chile 21-18 in Iguazu (CONSUR A Preliminary)
19.05.2010 Uruguay 36-19 (CONSUR A)

Uruguay Last Five P 5, W 4, L 1
18.04.2015 v Brazil W 48-9 in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
11.04.2015 v Paraguay W 77-3 in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
12.10.2014 v Russia W 36-27 in Montevideo (WCQ Rep.; R2 Playoff 2nd leg)
27.09.2014 v Russia L 21-22 in Krasnoyarsk (WCQ Rep.; R2 Playoff 1st leg)
02.08.2014 v Hong Kong W 28-3 in Montevideo (WCQ Rep. R1 Playoff)

Chile Last Five P 5, W 3, L 2
03.05.2015 v Paraguay W 35-25 in Asuncion (CONSUR A)
25.04.2015 v Brazil W 32-3 in Santiago (CONSUR A)
25.05.2014 v Argentina L 12-73 in Santiago (CONSUR CUP)
10.05.2014 v Uruguay L 13-55 in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
03.05.2014 v Paraguay W 22-18 in Conception (CONSUR A)

GWC Rugby Rankings
CONSUR Table: Uruguay 2nd, Chile 3rd

World Rugby Ranking Points
Uruguay 63.58, Chile 55.87

Prediction: Uruguay by 15 points. Score 28-13

TEAMS

Chile

1- Ramón Ayarza (US Carcassonne, France)
2- Manuel Gurruchaga, Capt. (COBS)
3- Luis Sepúlveda (Troncos RC)
4- Ignacio Álvarez (COBS)
5- Matías Cabrera (Old Boys)
6- Benjamín Soto (Stade Francais)
7- Francisco Hurtado (Old Georgians)
8- Javier Richard (COBS)
9- Juan Pablo Perrotta (Univ. Catolica)
10- Javier Valderrama (Old Macks)
11- Italo Zunino (COBS)
12- Cristián Onetto (COBS)
13- Matías Nordenflycht (COBS)
14- Matías Contreras (Alumni RC)
15- Francisco Urroz (Old Reds)

Replacements
16- Cristóbal Niedmann (PWCC)
17- Claudio Zamorano (Stade Francais)
18- José Tomás Munita (Univ. Catolica)
19- Felipe Molinare (Stade Francais)
20- Manuel Dagnino (Old Macks)
21- Sergio Bascuñán (Old Macks)
22- José Ignacio Larenas (Univ. Catolica)
23- Iñaki Barturen (Old Reds)

Head Coach: Paul Healy

Adapted from http://www.feruchi.cl/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3679&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=54ef51dd0b

COBS-Craighouse Old Boys RFC
Old Boys- Old Grangonian Club
Old Macks- Old Mackayans RFC
Alumni RC-Santiago College Alumni Rugby Association
Old Reds- Redland School
PWCC-Prince of Wales Country Club
Old Georgians-Old Georgians Association. St George’s College
Old Johns-St John’s College Old Boys

Uruguay

1- Alejo Corral (San Isidro Club, Argentina)
2- Nicolas Klappenbach, Capt. (Champagnat)
3- Carlos Arboleya (Trébol RC)
4- Mathias Palomeque (Trébol RC)
5- Jorge Zerbino (Old Christians)
6- Fernando Bascou (PSG)
7- Diego Magno (Montevideo Cricket Club)
8- Santiago Vilaseca (Old Boys)
9- Alejo Durán (Trebol RC)
10- Manuel Blengio (Old Christians)
11- Santiago Gibernau (Carrasco Polo Club)
12- Alberto Román (PSG)
13- Joaquín Prada (Los Cuervos)
14- Leandro Leivas (Old Christians)
15-Jerónimo Etcheverry (Carrasco Polo Club)

Replacements
16- Óscar Duran (Carrasco Polo Club)
17- Arturo Ávalo (Carrasco Polo Club)
18- Mateo Sanguinetti (Los Cuervos)
19- Gabriel Puig (Uruguay 7s)
20- Mathias Braun (PSG)
21- Agustín Alonso (?)
22- Federico Favaro (?)
23- Rodrigo Silva (Carrasco Polo Club)

Head Coach:Pablo Lemoine

Adapted from http://www.feruchi.cl/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3679&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=54ef51dd0b

CONSUR A

18.04.2015
Uruguay 48, Brazil 9 in Montevideo (CONSUR A)

Briefly
Brazil held Uruguay until towards the end of the second half when Uruguay’s better physical condition and experience saw them score 4 tries and blow out the score. This was a most encouraging display by Brazil.

TEST RUGBY RESULTS: 11 April

11.04.2015
Uruguay 77, Paraguay 3 in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
Czech Republic 12, Croatia 9 in Zagreb (REC 2A)

Briefly
Uruguay, without their top players ran out 77-3 against Paraguay to notch up their first victory in the 2015 CONSUR A. Uruguay plays Brazil next weekend.

The Czech Republic just squeaked past Croatia in Zagreb.

URUGUAY v PARAGUAY CONSUR A

11.04.2015

Venue: Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

Referee: Henrique Platais (Brasil);

Image thanks to http://uru.org.uy

Preview
Uruguay has a huge advantage over their neighbours Paraguay. They have a greater exposure in world rugby. They have qualified for the Rugby World Cup Finals later in the year, get invited annually to European competitions and have a healthy cross-border relationship with Argentina. Urugauy has already been active with their "Charrúas XV", playing in Argentina.

By contrast Paraguay plays in the annual CONSUR competitions. That’s it!

On that basis there should be daylight between these two teams. Paraguay surprise all last year by cutting Chile out of the ‘Big 3’ CONSUR Cup contest.
Uruguay will not field their strongest side however I can’t see the Paraguayans getting close.Uruguay has a huge home advantage.

Last Five Encounters
26.04.2014 Uruguay 34-10 in Asuncion (South America A Championship)
14.05.2011 Uruguay 102-6 in Iguazu (CONSUR A Preliminary)
16.05.2010 Uruguay 47-14 in Santiago (CONSUR A Preliminary)
25.04.2009 Uruguay 85-7 in Montevideo (CONSUR A Preliminary)
30.04.2003 Uruguay 53-7 in Montevideo (24th Sth.American Champ., Div.1)

Paraguay has never defeated Uruguay in contests going back to 1971.

GWC Rugby Rankings
CONSUR Table: Uruguay 2nd, Paraguay 3rd.

World Rugby Ranking Points
Uruguay 63.58, Paraguay 47.74

Prediction: Uruguay by 33 points. Score 45-12

TEAMS

Uruguay

1- Mateo Sanguinetti, 2- Germán Kessler, 3- Oscár Durán, 4- Jorge Zerbino, 5- Mathias Palomeque, 6- Agustín Alonso, 7- Diego Magno, 8- Mathias Broun, 9- Guillermo Lijtenstein, 10- Manuel Blengio, 11- Jerónimo Etcheverry, 12- Alberto Román, 13- Santiago Gibernau, 14- Francisco Bulanti y 15- Federico Favaro.

Banco de suplentes:

16- Carlos Arboleya, 17- Arturo Ávalo, 18- Rodolfo De Mula, 19- Ignacio Dotti, 20- Santiago Vilaseca, 21- Fernando Bascou, 22- Alejo Durán y 23- Leandro Leivas.

Head Coach:Pablo Lemoine

http://uru.org.uy/los-teros-confirmados-2/

Paraguay Squad

Federico Cattaneo
Cristian Martínez
Juan Gavigán
César De Brix
Alvaro Rojas
Martín Sitjar
Alejandro Montiel
Jorge Riveros
Luis Mauger
Carlos Bareiro
Carlos Plate
Sebastián Ortíz
Leonardo Glizt
Gonzalo Bareiro
Gerard Cuttier
Martín Ortíz
Pablo Espínola
Mateo Arévalo
Rodrigo Llamosas
Horacio Agüero
Eymard Brizuela
Sergio Alvarenga
Diego Argaña

Head Coach: Eduardo Acosta

Adapted from http://uru.org.uy/paraguay-llega-con-nuevo-entrenador/

TEST RUGBY THIS WEEKEND

11.04.2015
Paraguay v Uruguay in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
Czech Republic v Croatia in Croatia (REC 2A)
Greece v Estonia in Montenegro (REC 3, Semi-final 1)
Slovakia v Montenegro in Montenegro (REC 3, Semi-final 2)
Mexico v Cayman Islands in Grand Cayman (Caribbean Championship, North)
Guyana v Trinidad Tobago (Caribbean Championship, South)
St Lucia v Curacao in Castries (Caribbean Cup, South)

Briefly
CONSUR A 2015 competition begins with Paraguay travelling to Montevideo. This round is to find the qualifiers for the 2016 CONSUR Cup, the elite level of South American rugby.

Montenegro will become the latest member of the test rugby family when they host the REC Division 3 competition this weekend. The finals will be played next week mid-week.

The Caribbean Championship and Cup competitions continue. Mexico and Cayman Islands will be virtually playing for the North title, the winner facing the South winner. That will be either Guyana or Trinidad Tobago who also play this weekend. The surprise is the USA South is already out of the competition and will in fact have to face the Cup North winner in a promotion-relegation match later.

MID-YEAR INTERNATIONAL TEST RUGBY FIXTURES

The usually heavy June programme is much reduced in 2015 due to the international window moving to July. This has been organised to allow friendlies and the Pacific Nations Cup to be used as pre World Cup warm-ups.

31.05.2015
Fiji v Uruguay in Montevideo

26.06.2015
Fiji v Tonga in Suva

08.07.2015
New Zealand v Samoa in Apia