Uruguay are the 20th of 24 teams confirmed for Rugby World Cup 2027. Australia 2027 will be Uruguay’s second World Cup in the country and sixth overall. Los Teros famously defeated Georgia in Sydney during Rugby World Cup 2003. Additional Uruguayan wins at Rugby World Cups have come against Spain, Fiji and Namibia.
Los Cóndores can still qualify but it is a harder route compared to other regions, most notably teams from Asia or Africa. The Chileans will now regroup and catch-up on videos from the Pacific Nations Cup. As South America 2, Chile take-on a PNC team in the South America vs Pacific play-off. The winner of that will qualify for the World Cup.
Chile’s opponent in the South America vs Pacific play-off will be one of Samoa, Canada or the USA. Game one will be in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 20 with the return fixture being in Santiago, Chile on September 27.
The losing team from the play-off will not be eliminated; rather, the team will join Belgium Namibia and either Brazil or Paraguay in repechage to determine the final place qualifier for Australia 2027.
- Uruguay Qualified for Rugby World Cup 2027 as South America 1.
- Chile face the bottom team from the Pacific Nations Cup in a play-off. The winner of Sudamérica 2 vs Pacific 4 will qualify for Australia 2023 as the Sudamérica vs Pacific play-off winner.
- Uruguay won in Montevideo for the first time since 1978.
URUGUAY (18)
TRY – F Etcheverry (24′); M Diana (65′)
CON – F Etcheverry (25′)
PEN – F Etcheverry 2 (54′, 59′)
YC – JM Alonso (46′); S Arata (70′); M Ardao (74′)
CHILE (21)
TRY – M Dittus 2 (45′, 74′); S Lues (61′)
CON – S Videla (46′, 62′, 75′)
URUGUAY
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Germán Kessler, 3 Reinaldo Piussi, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Leindekar (capt.), 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Ardao, 9 Santiago Arata, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Ignacio Álvarez Akiki, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Bautista Basso, 15 Juan González
Replacements: 16 Facundo Gattas, 17 Francisco Suárez, 18 Ignacio Péculo, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Carlos Deus, 21 Manuel Diana, 22 Santiago Álvarez, 23 Juan Manuel Alonso
CHILE
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Diego Escobar, 3 Iñaki Gurruchaga, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Javier Eissmann, 6 Raimundo Martínez, 7 Clemente Saavedra (capt.), 8 Alfonso Escobar, 9 Benjamín Videla, 10 Santiago Videla, 11 Iñaki Ayarza, 12 Nicolás Saab, 13 Matías Garafulic, 14 Nicolás Garafulic, 15 Cristóbal Game
Replacements: 16 Augusto Böhme, 17 Salvador Lues, 18 Matías Dittus, 19 Joaquín Milesi, 20 Ernesto Tchimino, 21 Lucas Berti, 22 Juan Cruz Reyes, 23 Tomás Salas
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
Assistant Referees: Tomás Bertazza (Argentina); Federico Longobardi (Argentina)
TMO: Lucas Galan (Argentina)
