{"id":27530,"date":"2025-07-28T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/27530\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:13:10","slug":"uruguayan-debutants-since-rugby-world-cup-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/27530\/","title":{"rendered":"Uruguayan Debutants Since Rugby World Cup 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since taking-over as Head Coach of Uruguay in 2024, Rodolfo Ambrosio has not shied away from blooding new players. This past weekend against Paraguay saw the latest Uruguayan debutant under Ambrosio with Alfonso Perillo Albarracin earning his first cap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115652 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uruguay-Paraguay-2025-Alfonso-Perillo-Albarracin-e1753705610682-660x330.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"309\"  \/>Foto: Prensa URU<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"tie-appear alignnone wp-image-25177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-uruguay-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\"\/>URUGUAYAN DEBUTANTS 2024-2025<\/p>\n<p>In taking to the field in Asunc\u00edon, Paraguay, Alfonso Perillo Albarracin became the eighth Uruguayan debutant since Rugby World Cup 2023. His first cap came in a win and in a Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifying match.<\/p>\n<p>2024 was a relatively busy year for Uruguayan test debutants.\u00a0Center Joaqu\u00edn Su\u00e1rez and winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/07\/20\/argentina-storm-to-biggest-ever-win-over-uruguay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Bautista Hontou both debuted against Argentina<\/a> in Punta del Este in July, 2024. A week later, hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/07\/27\/uruguay-play-with-pride-to-frighten-scotland-in-montevideo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joaquin Myszka<\/a> and center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/07\/27\/uruguay-play-with-pride-to-frighten-scotland-in-montevideo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santiago Gini earned their first caps against Scotland<\/a> in Montevideo in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2024, fly half <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/11\/09\/spain-battle-past-uruguay-in-madrid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00cdcaro Amarillo debuted against Spain<\/a> in Madrid as did fullback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/11\/09\/spain-battle-past-uruguay-in-madrid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>. No players debuted in the test matches against Japan in France nor against Romania in Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>Loose Head Prop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2025\/07\/12\/uruguay-hand-romania-record-breaking-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francisco S\u00faarez was the first Uruguay debutant in 2025. He earned his first cap against Romania<\/a> in Montevideo. No players debuted for Uruguay in the away test match against Argentina in Salta. As such, Alfonso Perillo Albarracin is the second Uruguayan debutant in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"tie-appear alignnone wp-image-25177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-uruguay-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\"\/>ADDITIONAL UNCAPPED PLAYERS<\/p>\n<p>Ambrosio\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2025\/07\/01\/regulars-and-rookies-on-uruguay-roster-for-july-internationals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first roster for 2025<\/a> contained additional uncapped players. The year began with seven uncapped players. Of them two are now capped: Francisco Su\u00e1rez and Alfonso Perillo Albarrac\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p>The five others can be classified as players expected to make their test debuts at some point this year. Pe\u00f1arol hooker Sebasti\u00e1n P\u00e9rez, second-rower Federico de Los Santos, and N8 Manuel Rosmarino are the remaining uncapped forwards.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso Perillo Albarrac\u00edn\u2019s debut leaves the young duo of Justo Ferrario (fullback \/ wing) and Francisco Landauer (Fly half \/ fullback) as the uncapped backs on Ambrosio\u2019s roster for the July 2025 Internationals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since taking-over as Head Coach of Uruguay in 2024, Rodolfo Ambrosio has not shied away from blooding new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-27530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}