Uruguayan Rugby Union

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Uruguayan Rugby Union
Unión de Rugby del Uruguay

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1951; 73 years ago (1951) (1951; 73 years ago (1951))
World Rugby affiliation	1989
Sudamérica Rugby affiliation	1989
President	Sebastian Piñeyrua
Men's coach	Meneses
Website	uru.org.uy

The Uruguayan Rugby Union (Spanish: Unión de Rugby del Uruguay) is the governing body for rugby union in Uruguay.

Foundation and affiliation

It was founded in 1951 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1989.

They have been represented in the 1999, 2003 and 2019 Rugby World Cups.

Period	Name
1951–1957	Carlos E. Cat
1957–1962	Jorge Jiménez de Aréchaga
1962–1963	Eduardo Crispo Ayala
1963–1971	Gordon Adams
1971–1973	Ernesto Llovet
1973–1975	Nigel Davies
1975–1977	Domingo Tricánico
1978–1983	Ernesto Llovet
1984–1987	Andrés Pollak
1987–1989	Eduardo Fynn Larriera
1990–1997	Atilio Rienzi
1998	Pedro Bordaberry, Richard Van Rompaey and Jorge Villa
1999–2001	Andrés Sanguinetti
2002–2003	Atilio Rienzi
2004–2005	Antonio Vizintín
2006–2007	Pablo Ferrari
2008–2009	Gustavo Zerbino
2010–2011	Gustavo Zerbino

v t e Sports governing bodies in Uruguay (URU)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure,
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Uruguayan Olympic Committee Uruguayan Paralympic Committee

v t e World Rugby members
Africa	Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Egypt Eswatini Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
North America	Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Guyana Jamaica Mexico St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
South America	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Guatemala Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Azerbaijan Brunei China Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Lao Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Georgia Germany Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Wales Turkey
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Associate unions are in italics

Member associations

Representative side

Competitions

National	Sudamericano Sudamericano U-20 Sevens Women's Sevens
Clubs	Super Rugby Americas

v t e Rugby union in Uruguay
Governing body	URU
National teams	Uruguay A 7's U-20 Uruguay at the World Cup
Other notable teams	Sudamérica XV
Competitions	Americas Championship Campeonato Uruguayo PARA Pan American Championship Punta Del Este Sevens South American Championship South American Junior UruCup
Related articles	1960 France tour 1985 France tour Flight 571 International players list
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