The Uruguay Rugby World Cup squad is out and Esteban Meneses has named 18 forwards and 15 backs.

And 19 of the sqaud were in Japan in 2019 – when Uruguay shocked the world with their 30-27 win over Fiji, in Kamaishi.

Will this group, led by Andrés Vilaseca, pull off another stunner?

If you want to see Uruguay’s matches – or any other nation’s – have a read of our Rugby World Cup fixtures here.

Uruguay Rugby World Cup squad 2023

Forwards

Felipe Aliaga
Diego Arbelo
Manuel Ardao
Matías Benítez
Lucas Bianchi
Santiago Civetta
Carlos Deus
Manuel Diana
Eric dos Santos
Ignacio Dotti
Facundo Gattas
Germán Kessler
Manuel Leindekar
Ignacio Péculo
Reinaldo Piussi
Guillermo Pujadas
Juan Manuel Rodríguez
Mateo Sanguinetti

Backs

Juan Manuel Alonso
Santiago Álvarez
Baltazar Amaya
Santiago Arata
Felipe Arcos Pérez
Bautista Basso
Felipe Berchesi
Felipe Etcheverry
Ignacio Facciolo
Nicolás Freitas
Tomás Inciarte
Gastón Mieres
Agustín Ormaechea
Rodrigo Silva
Andrés Vilaseca (captain)

Uruguay Rugby World Cup Pool

Uruguay have been drawn in Rugby World Cup Pool A alongside New Zealand, France, Italy and Namibia.

The knockout stages will follow the same format as previous years, with teams from Pools A and B then Pools C and D meeting in the quarter-finals. So Uruguay and Scotland could meet in the last eight, for example.

QF1 – Winner Pool C v Runner-up Pool D
QF2 – Winner Pool B v Runner-up Pool A
QF3 – Winner Pool D v Runner-up Pool C
QF4 – Winner Pool A v Runner-up Pool B

Then the semi-finals will be the Winner of QF1 v Winner QF2 and the Winner QF3 v Winner QF4.

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