The Uruguay A national rugby union team are the second national rugby union team behind the
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
national side.
History
Uruguay A have played
Glasgow Caledonians and
Edinburgh Reivers
Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...
in a Challenge tournament in Ontario, Canada in August 1999.
In November 2014, the
URU
Uru or URU may refer to:
Language
* Uru dialect of Central Kilimanjaro, a Bantu language of Tanzania
* Uru language, the extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
* Uru of Ch'imu, an extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
...
decided to baptize the team as Charruas XV, days before travelling to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
to face locals on a friendly match. Uruguay 'A' won the match 25-6.
As international competition, in 2015 it played the
UruCup
The UruCup is a rugby union competition that was first held in 2015 (from 8–14 March) at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo with Charrúas XV, Argentina Jaguars, South American XV, Chile, Uruguay U20 and Argentina U20 taking part.
Argent ...
and in 2016 the
World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The Americas Pacific Challenge (APC) is a rugby union tournament funded by World Rugby that serves as a development competition for Americas and Pacific island nations. It provides a way to prepare players for participation with their senior na ...
.
Like ''provincial team'', after
2012
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, since 2015 the team also plays regularly on
Campeonato Argentino
The Campeonato Argentino de Mayores (also known as Campeonato Argentino) was an annual rugby union competition held in Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the s ...
. In 2015 season it finished in the 2nd place of Zona Ascenso B.
See also
*
Campeonato Argentino
The Campeonato Argentino de Mayores (also known as Campeonato Argentino) was an annual rugby union competition held in Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the s ...
- Provincial Championship of Argentina
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Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby
The Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby – named "Copa Amarok" due to sponsorship reasons, is the main competition of Uruguayan rugby union league system. It includes the first, second and third division competitions. It was played for the first time ...
- Club Championship of Uruguay
References
External links
Unión de Rugby del Uruguay- Official Site
Uruguay- Rugbydata.com
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