Los Teros will be looking to add to their famous victory over Fiji

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

URUGUAY
Coach: Esteban Meneses
Captain: Andres Vilaseca
Uruguay are beginning to shed upstart status. This will be their fifth Rugby World Cup and the third tournament on the trot they have qualified for and rugby fans have quickly learned to treat them with respect.
A typically tough South American scrummaging pack augmented, increasingly, with clever developing backs and all underpinned by a camaraderie second to none.
That all came to fruition four years ago when they recorded the most famous win in their history, a 30-27 victory over Fiji at the Kamaishi Recovery...

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