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Uruguay's World Cup preparations take a hit after suffering loss to Spain

Leandro Leivas (l) of Uruguay, Juan Echeverria and German Kessler of Uruguay. (Photo by Alex Davidson / Getty Images)

After taking out the Rugby Nations Cup just last weekend, Uruguay have now suffered a comprehensive 41-21 defeat at the hands of Spain.

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Uruguay, who are ranked 17th in the world, are the Americas 1 qualifiers for the World Cup while 19th ranked Spain did not qualify for this year’s showcase tournament.

Uruguay have just one more scheduled game to right the ship between now and the World Cup kick-off but will have to wait until September for their fixture with Brazil.

Whilst Los Teros topped the log in the Nations Cup, their performances were hardly comprehensive. Wins against Russia and the Argentina XV sandwiched a loss to fellow World Cup attendees Namibia.

The South Americans, who are drawn in Pool D with Australia, Wales, Georgia and Fiji have recorded two wins over the three tournaments they’ve taken part in. In the 1999 competition the Uruguayians bested Spain whilst they overcame Georgia in 2003. Georgia have progressed considerably since 2003, however, and a win this year will be hard to come by.

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GP 1 hour ago
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McKenzie is better than Barrett , but not better than Richie Mo'unga. Richie regularly outplayed DMac in Super Rugby. , as he did in the 2023 Final in Hamilton. I remember the 2021 Aotearoa Super Rugby Final here in CHCH. Mo'unga took him to the cleaners. McKenzie is a fine footballer , but at best a hybrid 10 . Fergus Burke , ( now playing in England ), who made a big difference when he came back late in the Crusaders season , is a better 10 than DMac. I also think 140 game + Crusader Matt Todd was always a better no 7 than Sam Cane.A big part of 3 title winning teams when South African teams were still in the comp. How many titles did the Chiefs win in that period of time?

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Andrew Nichols 3 hours ago
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Are there actually any japanese at all in the courageous flowers?

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Carlos 3 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Interestingly, this is how I played when we were young. I am surprised that it has become such a penalty magnet. Coached coaching to gain penalties...referees obliging, world rugby y behind it. No one wins.

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vP 4 hours ago
Kieran Read names his 2025 British and Irish Lions captain

Not sure why we care what a New Zealander thinks about a tour going to Australia?

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Ace 5 hours ago
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Case in point. Your canned response is believed by no-one, not even you. You're a joke.

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AA 8 hours ago
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The prem games this season have mainly been great to watch , with the exception of Sale. So boring and predictable.

Let's have more of Bristol, Bath , Quins etc style of play.

Rugby needs expansive play to put more bums on seats . Not the dirge of rolling forward mauls constantly trying to bully their way over the line.

It has its place yes to draw the defence but the fans want to see more running rugby . Not win at any cost and sod the entertainment .

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fl 9 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

So Borthwick should drop Marcus Smith? He's the odd one out, forcing the rest of the English backline into a gameplay they don't know. Replacing him with Fin or Ford makes everyone more likely to succeed.

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fl 9 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Why aren't you complaining that JVP and Spencer weren't given a fair shot because they were paired with Marcus? One or both of them should be given a run of games alongside a flyhalf that is on their wavelength.

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RedWarrior 10 hours ago
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Ile De Re is some spot. Plenty of coastal paths for jogs, and internal paths through vinyards. O'Gara in La Flotte too. That's why I dont see O'Gara moving any time soon. They have a life there

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NB 15 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Yes no point in continually penalizing say, a prop for having inadequate technique. A penalty is not the sanction for that in any other aspect of the game!


If you keep the defending 9 behind the hindmost foot and monitor binds strictly on the defending forwards, ample attacking opportunities should be presented. Only penalize dangerous play like deliberate collapses.

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NB 15 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

Partly true but all players have their preferences and a diff background of experience. Give players more of what they know and it makes them more likely to succeed!

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NB 15 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

He could have started by giving him Randall from the start of games in November F. Spencer and JVP are both good players but not on the saem wavelength as a Porter or Danny Care!

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YeowNotEven 16 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

9 years and no win? Damn. That’s some mighty poor biasing right there.

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Icefarrow 16 hours ago
Every country in the world where you can be paid to play rugby

Semi-professional. A mixture of amateurs and paid players. It's basically NPC for the lower-tier unions.

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NE 17 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

SA has consistently been protected by WR/IRB officials for the past 3 decades. This same protection and bias was also clearly evident in SR when they competed there and SA were never the top SA rugby nation. They went 9 years without winning it before fleeing.

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NE 17 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

Yet more confirmation that you know nothing about the game. Thanks, appreciated.

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BB 20 hours ago
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Absolutely spot on Marc!

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GP 21 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

You and I are never going to agree. He was brilliant in the Final. You just do not like him because he is/was a Crusader.

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JW 22 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

I hope that administrators keep it that way and dont go further towards a Rugby League style situation.

Keep? Do you have any idea what league is like? That is what rugby has turned into, not where it's trying to go. The universal body type of mass, the game needs to stop heading towards the physically gifted and go back to its roots of how it's played. Much like how SA are trying to add to their game by taking advantage of new laws.

Why not rather empower teams to choose how they want to play and create a framework that favours neither size nor agility. That favours neither slow tempo play or rock n roll rugby.

That's what's happening, but as Nick suggests the slow tempo team can still too easyily dictate how the fast tempo team can play.

If World Rugby can create a game like that then it will be the ultimate winner.

You mean how rugby used to be before teams started trying to manipulate everything to take advantage for their own gain to the discredit of the game.

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JW 23 hours ago
Every country in the world where you can be paid to play rugby

Is that "paid" or compensated?

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