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Uruguay name squad for Rugby World Cup 2023

Uruguay head coach Esteban Meneses has named his squad of 33 players to compete at Rugby World Cup 2023 in France.

This current group of Uruguayan players has already made history by making it to Rugby World Cup 2023 as the top qualifier from the Americas region with a home-and-away victory over USA. Their next goal will be a first-ever third-place pool finish and automatic qualification for RWC 2027 in Australia.

Meneses, who also led los Teros to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, has named 18 forwards and 15 backs.

Forwards

Prop
Diego Arbelo (played RWC 2019)
Matías Benítez
Ignacio Péculo
Reinaldo Piussi

Mateo Sanguinetti (RWC 2015, 2019)

Hooker
Facundo Gattas (RWC 2019)
Germán Kessler (RWC 2015, 2019)

Guillermo Pujadas (RWC 2019)

Second row
Felipe Aliaga

Ignacio Dotti (RWC 2019)
Manuel Leindekar (RWC 2019)
Juan Manuel Rodríguez 

Flanker / Number 8

Manuel Ardao (RWC 2019)
Lucas Bianchi
Santiago Civetta (RWC 2019)
Carlos Deus
Manuel Diana (RWC 2019)
Eric dos Santos

Backs

Scrum-half
Santiago Álvarez
Santiago Arata (RWC 2019)
Felipe Berchesi (RWC 2015, 2019)

Agustín Ormaechea (RWC 2015, 2019)

Fly-half

Felipe Etcheverry (RWC 2019)

Centre
Juan Manuel Alonso
Felipe Arcos Pérez
Tomás Inciarte (RWC 2019)

Andrés Vilaseca – captain – (RWC 2015, 2019)

Wing / full back / utility back
Baltazar Amaya
Bautista Basso
Ignacio Facciolo
Nicolás Freitas (RWC 2015, 2019)
Gastón Mieres (RWC 2015, 2019)
Rodrigo Silva (RWC 2015, 2019)

Uruguay will play pool matches against hosts France (14 September), Italy (20 September), Namibia (27 September) and New Zealand (5 October).