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Los Teros will face Emerging Italy on Sunday in the final round of the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. The competition serves as vital preparation for squad members of the four competing countries ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup.
Uruguayan Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has made seven changes for the mitch from that which faced Emerging Ireland on Wednesday. Returning to captain the side is Santiago Vilaseca who will do so in the second-row. Other changes see places in the team for all of Alejo Corral, Nicolás Klappenbach, Jorge Zerbino, Matías Beer, Albeto Román and Gastón Mieres.
Uruguay’s opposition have named a team lacking amateur players. Emerging Italy’s team consists of players involved in the Italian domestic league in addition to players from the Guinness Pro 12 and lower divisions in England and France.
Despite there still being Sunady’s matches yet to be played Emerging Ireland has already been confirmed as the Tbilisi Cup Champion. The Irish defeated the Italians 25-0 and Uruguay by 33-7. Italy, in contrast, defeated Georgia 26-10 while the home side defeated Uruguay 19-10.
This Sunday’s matches are to be streamed live and can be viewed by clicking on the following link: www.rugbyge.tulix.tv. Kick-off is scheduled for 10am Uruguayan time.
Uruguay
1 Alejo Corral, 2 Nicolás Klappenbach, 3 Carlos Arboleya, 4 Santiago Vilaseca, (Captain), 5 Jorge Zerbino, 6 Juan Gaminara, 7 Matias Beer, 8 Alejandro Nieto, 9 Agustín Ormaechea, 10 Alejo Duran, 11 Santiago Gibernau, 12 Alberto Roman, 13 Joaquin Prada, 14) Leandro Leivas, 15 Gaston Mieres.
16 Mario Sagario, 17 Mateo Sanguinetti, 18 Agustin Alonso, 19 Franco Lamanna, 20 Diego Magno, 21 Fernando Bascou, 22 Manuel Blengio, 23 AndresVilaseca
Head Coach: Pablo Lemoine
Emerging Italy
1 Federico Zani, 2 Oliviero Fabiani, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 4 Federico Ruzza, 5 Alessio Zdrilich, 6 Sebastian Negri, 7 Emiliano Caffini, 8 Maxime Mbanda, 9 Simone Marinaro, 10 Carlo Canna, 11 Gabriele Di Giulio, 12 Roberto Quartaroli, 13 Giovanni Benvenuti, 14 Filippo Guarducci, 15 Alberto Chiesa
16 Luca Bigi, 17 Laert Naka, 18 Giuseppe Di Stefano, 19 Filippo Gerosa, 20 Matteo Corazzi, 21 Simone Parisotto, 22 Giovanni Massaro, 23 Christian Becerra
Head Coach: Umberto Casellato
