Uruguay at the Rugby World Cup (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Uruguay has competed in two Rugby World Cup tournaments.A huge success for them was qualifying for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. They won their pool fixture against Spain, Uruguay finished third in their pool.They again qualified for the World Cup in 2003. They won their pool fixture against Georgia 24 to 12.Uruguay's qualification for the 2007 World Cup started in Americas Round 3a, where they were pooled with Argentina and Chile. After losing their first match 26 points to nil to Argentina, they defeated Chile 43 to 15 in Montevideo, which saw them enter Round 4, where they faced the USA. Uruguay lost on aggregate, and moved onto the repechage round as Americas 4. They played Portugal over two legs - losing the first in Lisbon and winning the second in Montevideo. Portugal qualified on aggregate points.