PORTUGAL v URUGUAY

11.11.2012

Venue: Carrasco Polo RC, Montevideo

Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)

Preview
These two teams have met twice in the last year and each time Uruguay has prevailed. This time last year Uruguay toured Spain and Portugal. They defeated Portugal 16-9 in Lisbon. In June Portugal lost again to Uruguay 7-35 in Bucharest in the IRB Nations Cup.

Uruguay would be favoured to win.

GWC Rugby Rankings
World Table: Uruguay 16th, Portugal 17th

IRB Ranking Points
Uruguay 61.13, Portugal 56.58

Prediction: Uruguay by 13 points

TEAMS

Uruguay

15 Jerónimo Etcheverry

14 Francisco Bulanti

13 Rodrigo Martínez

12 Santiago Gibernau

11 Gastón Mieres

10 Alejo Durán

9 Francisco Vecino

8 Juan Diego Ormaechea

7 Diego Magno

6 Alejandro Nieto

5 Mathias Palomeque

4 Cristofer Soares de Lima

3 Mario Sagario

2 Nicolás Klapenbach Capt.

1 Alejo Corral

Replacements

16 Arturo Avalos

17 Oscar Durán

18 Juan Rombys

19 Juan De Freitas

20 Santiago Vilaseca

21 Alberto Roman

22 Rodrigo Silva

23 Leandro Leivas

Head Coach: Pablo Lemoine

Adapted from http://www.rugbynews.com.uy/banner/los-teros-tienen-el-xv/

Portugal Squad

Antonio Aguilar (GD Direito) 06/07/78

Fernando Almeida (AEIS Agronomia) 08/06/92

Francisco Appleton (Section Paloise, France) 15/03/90

Anthony Alves (Chalon sur Saone, France) 03/04/86

Laurent Balangue (Saint Jean de Luz, France) 25/05/88

Alexandre Barros (Rhodes, France) 14/10/85

João Correia (GD Direito) 19/08/78

Francisco de Sousa (GD Cascais) 03/03/90

David dos Reis (Châteaurenard, France) 15/01/77

Eric dos Santos (Mont de Marsan, France) 06/05/93

Francisco Fernandes (Béziers, France) 09/09/85

Gonçalo Foro (CD Univ.Lisboa) 14/04/82

Tiago Girao (CD Univ. Lisboa) 30/11/84

Jacques le Roux (Coventry RFC, England) 08/08/84

Jose Leal da Costa (AEIS Agronomia) 28/04/91

Pedro Leal (GD Direito) 28/04/84

José Lima (Narbonne, France) 24/04/92

Francisco Magalhães (CD Univ.Lisboa) 05/11/86

Samuel Marques (Albi, France) 08/12/88

Carl Murray (CD Univ.Lisboa) 27/03/85

Nuno Penha e Costa (CD Univ.Lisboa) 21/04/87

Bruno Rocha (AEIS Tecnico) 28/09/92

Wilfred Rodrigues (RC Massy, France) 04/06/88

Jorge Segurado (GD Direito) 19/06/84

Michael Tadjer (RC Massy, France) 10/03/89 

Gonçalo Uva (Narbonne, France) 03/10/84

 

Adapted from http://www.fpr.pt/ficheiros_site_fpr/imagens/noticias/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Convocat%C2%BEria%20Final%20-%20Uruguay%20e%20Chile.pdf