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The Uruguay national rugby sevens team participates at the
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Sudamérica Rugby Sudamérica Rugby (previously known as Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (abbreviated CONSUR) between 1988 and 2015),rugby sevens national teams. Uruguay won the
Sudamérica Rugby Sevens Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, previously known as the CONSUR Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament for national teams organized by Sudamérica Rugby Sudamérica Rugby (previously known as Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (abbreviated ...
in 2012, and was runner-up six times. The team was fourth at both the 2011 and 2015
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. Uruguay played six rounds of the inaugural
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, scoring series points at the 2000 Punta del Este Sevens and 2000 Fiji Sevens. They participated in the
2014 Hong Kong Sevens The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium. The Cup title was claimed by New Zealand, with ...
World Series Qualifier, reaching the quarterfinals after finishing second in their pool, but lost to Russia 21-14. At the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens World Series Qualifier, they claimed wins over Brazil and Mexico and losses to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. The team did not qualify to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens. The team participated in the 2018 World Series Qualifier at the
2018 Hong Kong Sevens The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The performance from this tournament determined the first fourteen seedings of the 2018 Rug ...
. Uruguay qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens after winning the regional qualifiers at the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens. They finished in 20th place after losing to Uganda. They became a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series having qualified after winning the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile.


World Rugby Series


World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series


Tournament history


Pan American Games


Rugby World Cup Sevens


Players


Former squads

Squad to 2015 Hong Kong Sevens.http://www.rugbytime.com.uy/espanol/prada-vuela-a-hong-kong-7?nid=240 *Gabriel Puig (C) *Nicolás Freitas *
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*Guillermo Lijstenstein * Rodrigo Silva *Tomás Jolivet * Santiago Gibernau *
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*Ian Schmidt *
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*Alfonso Falcón *Sebastián Schroeder


References

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