Juan Antonio Echeverría Rodriguez (born 9 October 1991) is a Uruguayan

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player who generally plays as a

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represents

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internationally. He was included in the Uruguayan squad for the

2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening match ...

which was held in Japan for the first time and also marked his first World Cup appearance.

Career

He made his international debut for Uruguay against

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on 26 April 2014. He was also part of the Uruguayan team which won the

2017 World Rugby Nations Cup The 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby. It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of Romania and without their national team, with Uruguay ...

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