New Blood in Uruguay Roster for November Internationals

New blood has been named in the Uruguay roster for the November Internationals. Los Teros will play a three-match tour of Europe. They will play against Germany, Spain and Romania. The team is to fly out of Montevideo on Sunday November 06.

For the tour Head Coach Esteban Meneses has selected 28 players. 25 of these athletes play their rugby in Uruguay. Of the three players selected from abroad two are based in France. Pro D2 players Agustín Ormaechea and Felipe Berchesi are set to play in the halves for Los Teros. The third is utility forward Franco Lamanna who plays for Pro Recco in Italy’s Serie A.

The will be captained by Mario Sagario. The formidable tighthead takes over from the injured Alejandro Nieto. Like Nieto, Sagario was a starting player at Rugby World Cup 2015. A crucial difference between them is that Sagario has years of experience abroad. He has previously played professionally in both France and Ireland.

Also named by Meneses are members of Uruguay’s u20 side from the Junior World Trophy. Five players have been selected. They are Santiago Arata, Juan Manuel Cat, Marcos Chamyan, Facundo Gattas, and Gonzalo Soto. The number may have been higher but second row Manuel Leindekar is unavailable.

One player of note not to make the tour is Matías Beer. The flanker has not been selected based on fitness. Meneses determined it was in his best interests to rest rather than play in November as Beer continues to recover from a serious knee injury.

ROSTER

Position	Player	Club	Union
Hooker	Carlos Arboleya	Trébol de Paysandú	URU
Hooker	Marcos Chamyan	Pucaru Stade Gaulois	URU
Hooker	Facundo Gattas	Lobos	URU
Prop	Juan Echeverría	Old Christians	URU
Prop	Francisco Jiménez	Champagnat	URU
Prop	Mario Sagario	Carrasco Polo	URU
Prop	Mateo Sanguinetti	Los Cuervos	URU
Prop	Ignacio Secco	Trébol de Paysandú	URU
Second Row	Diego Ayala	Montevideo Cricket	URU
Second Row	Ignacio Dotti	Los Cuervos	URU
Second Row	Diego Magno	Montevideo Cricket	URU
Back Row	Joaquín Dell’Acqua	Montevideo Cricket	URU
Back Row	Franco Lamanna	Pro Recco	FIR
Back Row	Juan Manuel Gaminara	Old Boys	URU
Back Row	Santiago Hernández	Carrasco Polo	URU
Back Row	Gonzalo Soto	Carrasco Polo	URU
Scrum Half	Santiago Arata	Old Christians	URU
Scrum Half	Guillermo Lijtenstein	Trébol de Paysandú	URU
Scrum Half	Agustín Ormaechea	Mont de Marsan	FFR
Flyhalf	Felipe Berchesi	Carcassonne	FFR
Flyhalf	Manuel Blengio	Old Christians	URU
Centre	Juan Manuel Cat	Old Boys	URU
Centre	Nicolás Freitas	Carrasco Polo	URU
Centre	Santiago Gibernau	Carrasco Polo	URU
Wing	Mauro Daverio	Montevideo Cricket	URU
Wing	Andrés Rocco	Old Boys	URU
Fullback	Jerónimo Etcheverry	Carrasco Polo	URU
Fullback	Rodrigo Silva	Carrasco Polo	URU

FIXTURES

Date	Match	Location
Saturday November 12	vs Germany	Frankfurt
Saturday November 19	vs Spain	Málaga
Saturday November 26	vs Romania	Bucharest