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Uruguay will play three matches in Europe as part of the 2021 November Internationals. Two of the three matches are to be capped test matches. The South Americans will have a roster mainly made-up of home-based players. They will be joined by Major League Rugby (MLR) and European-based players.
Those based in the Americas are to travel to Italy today. Head Coach Esteban Meneses has named ten players from the u23’s, that being the side who competed as Uruguay ‘A’ in the Americas Pacific Challenge (APC). They are Ignacio Perillo, Mateo Péculo, Guillermo Pujadas, Felipe Aliaga, Juanjuan Garese, Carlos Deus, Juan Tafenaberry, Felipe Arcos Pérez, Baltazar Amaya, and Mateo Viñals.
Those named today will be joined by additional players. European-based players will be named in the coming days. It is unconfirmed who they will be. One player not involved is NOLA Gold’s Ignacio Dotti. The second-rower is to sit out the tour through injury.
Former MLR player Diego Magno is among the players who could start in place of Dotti. Others are Uruguay ‘A’ players Felipe Aliaga, and Juanjuan Garese.
The tour is Uruguay’s first since qualifying for RWC 2023. Los Teros pushed the Eagles in Colorado and defeated the USA in Montevideo. The combined results saw Uruguay qualifying for France 2023 on aggregate. Meneses will now be able to begin preparations for the World Cup; something that has not happened at the same stage for Uruguay in prior RWCs.
NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS – URUGUAY ROSTER
HOOKER
Facundo Gattas, Guillermo Pujadas, Mateo Perulo
Prop
Diego Arbelo, Matías Benítez, Juan Echeverría, Ignacio Peculo
SECOND-ROW
Felipe Aliaga, Juanjuan Garese, Diego Magno
FLANKER
Manuel Ardao, Santiago Civetta, Eric Dosantos,
N8
Manuel Diana, Carlos Deus*
SCRUM-HALF
Tomás Inciarte, Juan Manuel Tafernaberry*
FLY HALF
Felipe Etcheverry
CENTER
Felipe Arcos Pérez, Nicolás Freitas, Andrés Vilaseca
WING
Federico Favaro, Gastón Mieres, Mateo Viñals*
FULLBACK
Baltazar Amaya,* Rodrigo Silva
* Uncapped
NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS – URUGUAY FIXTURES
Nov 7 Romania vs Uruguay (Verona, It)
Nov 14 Italy ‘A’ vs Uruguay (Padua, It)
Nov 20- Italy vs Uruguay (Parma, It)
