Uruguay Starting Formation 2024 – Americas Rugby News
Uruguay played six test matches in 2024. The test matches were played in July at home and in November in Europe. The starting formation underwent changes from one game to the next, sometimes the alterations were minor while other times they were substantial.
In total, thirty-two players started test matches for Uruguay in 2024. Fourteen different forwards and eighteen different backs had test starts for Los Teros. Certain players started different test matches in two or more positions.
Every player that started a test match in 2024 for Los Teros is shown below. The players are listed according to the position in which they started. The number beside the player refers to the quantity of starts the player made in the position he is listed in.
| URUGUAY – 2024 ALL STARTING PLAYERS |
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, (5); Ignacio Péculo (1)
2 Guillermo Pujadas (4); Germán Kessler (2)
3 Reinaldo Piussi (2) Diego Arbelo (2); Ignacio Péculo (2)
4 Felipe Aliaga (5); Ignacio Dotti (1)
5 Manuel Leindekar (6)
6 Manuel Ardao (3); Santiago Civetta (3)
7 Lucas Bianchi (4); Santiago Civetta (2)
8 Manuel Diana (4); Carlos Deus (2)
9 Santiago Álvarez (5); Santiago Arata (1)
10 Felipe Etcheverry (3); Ícaro Amarillo (2); Ignacio Álvarez (1)
11 Bautista Basso (3); Nicolás Freitas (2); Ignacio Facciolo (1)
12 Andrés Vilaseca (2); Juan Manuel Alonso (2); Tomás Inciate (1); Joaquín Suárez (1)
13 Felipe Arcos Pérez (5); Tomás Inciarte (1)
14 Mateo Viñals (2); Juan Manuel Alonso (1); Juan Bautista Hontou (1) Bautista Basso (1); Gastón Mieres (1)
15 Baltazar Amaya (2); Ignacio Álvarez (2); Juan González (2)
Manuel Leindekar is the only play who started every match in the same position. He took over the captaincy from Andrés Vilaseca for the home match against Scotland in July. Leindekar retained the captaincy in November. Vilaseca missed the tour to Europe through injury.
Three players started in place of Vilaseca during 2024. Aside from Vilaseca, Juan Manuel Alonso was the one player to start more than one test match at inside center for Uruguay. Overall, this made inside center the position with the second most starting players during the year. Only right wing had more starting players with five in total.
Three players had two starts each at tight head prop. Ignacio Péculo is one of them and he also had one start at loose head prop. Fullback was similar with three different starting players. Ignacio Álvarez had two starts as well as one start at fly half.
Santiago Álvarez dominated scrum-half with five starts. He did not play in the first match of the year. Santiago Arata started against France in what was his 50th test cap. He left injured in the opening quarter. It was his only match of the year. Tomás Inciarte replaced Arata against Les Bleus.
Manuel Ardao and Santiago Civetta both started two test matches at 6. Civetta also had two starts on the other flank. For this reason Civetta, rather than Ardao, is listed below in the most common selection at 6 for 2024.
Similarly, Juan Manuel Alonso is listed as the inside center despite having the same number of starts as Vilaseca. The difference is that Alonso also had a test start in 2024 on the right wing. Of the five players who started on the right wing only Mateo Viñals had more than one start; however, Bautista Basso had one start on the right wing and three starts on the left wing.
 URUGUAY – 2024 MOST COMMON SELECTIONS |
1 Mateo Sanguinetti
2 Guillermo Pujadas
3 Ignacio Péculo
4 Felipe Aliaga
5 Manuel Leindekar (capt.)
6 Santiago Civetta
7 Lucas Bianchi
8 Manuel Diana
9 Santiago Álvarez
10 Felipe Etcheverry
11 Bautista Basso
12 Juan Manuel Alonso
13 Felipe Arcos Pérez
14 Mateo Viñals
15 Ignacio Álvarez
| URUGUAY – 2024 ALL LINEUPS |
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URUGUAY vs FRANCE (Montevideo, UY)
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Germán Kessler, 3 Reinaldo Piussi, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Leindekar, 6 Manuel Ardao, 7 Santiago Civetta, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Arata, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Bautista Basso, 12 Andrés Vilaseca (capt.), 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Mateo Viñals, 15 Baltazar Amaya
Replacements: 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Ignacio Péculo, 18 Diego Arbelo, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Lucas Bianchi, 21 Carlos Deus, 22 Tomás Inciarte, 23 Ignacio Álvarez
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URUGUAY vs ARGENTINA (Punta del Este, UY)
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Germán Kessler, 3 Reinaldo Piussi, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Leindekar, 6 Manuel Ardao, 7 Santiago Civetta, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Nicolás Freitas, 12 Andrés Vilaseca (capt.), 13 Tomás Inciarte, 14 Juan Manuel Alonso, 15 Ignacio Álvarez
Replacements: 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Ignacio Peculo, 18 Diego Arbelo, 19 Diego Magno, 20 Lucas Bianchi, 21 Carlos Deus, 22 Joaquín Suárez, 23 Juan Bautista Hontou
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URUGUAY vs SCOTLAND (Montevideo, UY)
1 Ignacio Peculo, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Diego Arbelo, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Leindekar (capt.), 6 Manuel Ardao, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Carlos Deus, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Nicolás Freitas, 12 Tomás Inciarte, 13 Juan Manuel Alonso, 14 Juan Bautista Hontou, 15 Ignacio Álvarez
Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myszka, 17 Mateo Sanguinetti, 18 Reinaldo Piussi, 19 Diego Magno, 20 Santiago Civetta, 21 Manuel Diana, 22, Santiago Gini 23 Joaquín Suárez
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SPAIN vs URUGUAY (Madrid, ES)
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Ignacio Peculo, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Leindekar (capt.), 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Carlos Deus, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Ignacio Álvarez, 11 Bautista Basso, 12 Juan Manuel Alonso, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Mateo Viñals, 15 Baltazar Amaya
Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myszka, 17 Diego Arbelo, 18 Mateo Perillo, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Manuel Diana, 21 Joaquín Suárez, 22 Ícaro Amarillo, 23 Juan Gonzalez
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JAPAN vs URUGUAY (Chambéry, FR)
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Diego Arbelo, 4 Ignacio Dotti, 5 Manuel Leindekar (capt.), 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Ícaro Amarillo, 11 Ignacio Facciolo, 12 Juan Manuel Alonso, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Bautista Basso, 15 Juan González
Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myzska, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Ignacio Péculo, 19 Felipe Aliaga, 20 Carlos Deus, 21 Joaquín Suárez, 22 Ignacio Álvarez, 23 Gastón Mieres
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ROMANIA vs URUGUAY (Bucharest, RO)
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Ignacio Péculo, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Leindekar (capt.), 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Ícaro Amarillo, 11 Bautista Basso, 12 Joaquín Suárez, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Gastón Mieres, 15 Juan González
Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myzska, 17 Diego Arbelo, 18 Mateo Perillo, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Carlos Deus, 21 Ignacio Álvarez, 22 Mateo Viñals, 23 Ignacio Facciolo
