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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia lost their International Test match 26-18 to Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay on Saturday as the 2023 Rugby World Cup final preparations continued.<\/p>\n The clash was seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France later this year, as both teams are in Group A with hosts France, Italy and favourites New Zealand.<\/p>\n Uruguay dominated the early stages of the match as they put Namibia under pressure, with their captain Andre\u0301s Vilaseca scoring the first try from a maul to put the hosts 7-0 up.<\/p>\n Eighth man Carlos Deus caught the Welwitschias napping when he scored the second try for his team following a pick and after Namibia had been penalised on their five-metre line, leaving the scoreboard reading 12-0 in favour of the home team.<\/p>\n Namibia suffered a further setback when Divan Roussouw was given a yellow card in the 36th minute, but the Welwitschias dug deep to score a penalty a minute later and a try in the 39th minute, leaving the scoreline at 12-8 at halftime.<\/p>\n Uruguay also lost Felipe Aros Perez in the dying minutes of the half to a yellow card.<\/p>\n The second half saw a mini-revival for Namibia as Wian Conradie crossed the whitewash for Namibia to take a 13-12 lead.<\/p>\n That was as good as it could be for the Welwitschias, as Perez scored a converted try to put the hosts ahead 19-13 in the 48th minute.<\/p>\n Namibia made a raft of changes, and that seemed to stabilise them, but Uruguay struck again with Augustin Ormaechea in the 63rd minute.<\/p>\n That left Namibia with a mountain to climb as the host nation led 26-13.<\/p>\n Danco Burger reduced the deficit with a try, which was not converted, as the match ended 28-18 in favour of the host nation.<\/p>\n The victory will certainly boost Uruguay\u2019s belief as these two sides will meet at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France on 27 September at the OL Stadium, Lyon.<\/p>\n Uruguay takes on the Argentina XV next weekend at home, while Namibia travels to Santiago, Chile, before concluding their preparations with a match against the South African franchise team, the Blue Bulls, in Windhoek.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maqonda Ndlovu Africa-Press – Namibia. Namibia lost their International Test match 26-18 to Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay on Saturday as the 2023 Rugby World Cup final preparations continued. The clash was seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France later this year, as both teams are in Group A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,249],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-50833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n