Earlier this year, Rugby News sat down with World Cup winning Wallabies halfback George Gregan and spoke about what it takes to win the William Webb Ellis Cup.

“History shows that experience counts at the World Cup, so you want guys that have World Cup experience,” he said.

“It’s a different animal the World Cup; it’s not like any other competition that you’ll play.”

So then what do you do when your country hasn’t qualified for a World Cup since 2003?

You pick an entire squad of debutants.

And that’s exactly what Australia’s Pool A rivals Uruguay have done.

Los Teros’ coach Pablo Lemoine has named 25 domestic based players in his 31-man squad, with expats Felipe Berchesi (Carcassonne, France Pro2), Agustin Ormaechea (Stade Montois, Pro2, France), Mario Sagario (Massy, ​​France Pro2),  Gaston Mieres (Valpollicella, Serie A, Italy) and Alejo Corral (SIC, Argentina) filling the final five places.

The Wallabies face Uruguay on the 27th of September in Birmingham.

Uruguay RWC 2015 squad 

Forwards: Alejo Corral, Carlos Arboleya, Mateo Sanguinetti, Mario Sagario, Oscar Duran, Nicolas Klappenbach, German Kessler, Santiago Vilaseca, Jorge Zerbino, Mathias Palomeque, Franco Lamanna, Juan Manuel Gaminara, Diego Magno, Alejandro Nieto, Juan de Freitas, Agustin Alonso, Fernando Bascou, Matias Beer.

Backs: Agustin Ormaechea, Alejo Duran, Felipe Berchesi, Manuel Blengio, Andres Vilaseca, Joaquin Prada, Alberto Roman, Francisco Bulanti, Santiago Gibernau, Leandro Leivas, Jeronimo Etcheverry, Rodrigo Silva, Gaston Mieres.