Rodrigo Capó Ortega

Rodrigo Capó Ortega

File:2015 Rugby World Cup - Repechage qualifier - Uruguay vs Russia - Rodrigo Capó Ortega.jpg
Date of birth	(1980-12-08) December 8, 1980
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height
Weight	120 kg (260 lb)
Rugby union career
Current status
Current team	Castres Olympique
Playing career
Position	Lock, Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1999-2001	Carrasco Polo Club
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2002 2002–present	Millau Castres Olympique	0 307	(0) (125)
correct as of 25 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2000–2015	Uruguay	38	(45) 9t
correct as of 6 January 2015.

Rodrigo Capó Ortega (born 8 December 1980) is a Uruguayan rugby union player, currently playing in the Top 14 for Castres, where he won the 2012-13 championship.

Biography

Capó Ortega was born in Montevideo in Uruguay. He played for amateur side Carrasco Polo Club in Uruguay, earning three Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001. He would have earned a fourth title, but he signed for French side Castres Olympique in 2002 missing out on that season in Uruguay. He became the first Uruguayan fully professional rugby union player, and to date, is the only Uruguayan player to have earned a professional trophy, haven been part of the Castres side that won the 2012–13 Top 14 season.

He has 38 caps with 9 tries scored, 45 points on aggregate, for the Uruguayan national side. His first game was on 12 November 2000 against Chile in an 11–9 victory. He was part of the Uruguayan side that went to the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, playing in all four games, which included a try against South Africa. He later returned to the Uruguayan national side in 2006 haven been released by Castres to play in the final matches of the 2007 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification process. However, haven failed to qualify for any of the Americas berths, Uruguay faced Portugal in the repechage, in which Portugal won 24–23 on aggregate. He returned to the international scene in 2009 to help Uruguay try and qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and like 2007, Uruguay failed to qualify, after failing to qualify through both the 2011 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification and 2011 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification. In 2009, he left the Teros due to issues between the Uruguayan Rugby Union and Castres. However, Capó Ortega returned at the 2015 Rugby World Cup repechage, where he helped Uruguay beat Russia 57–49 on aggregate to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after a 12 years absence.

However, the 11 October clash with Russia was Capó Ortega's last, as on 25 June 2015, just 3 months out from the World Cup, he announced his retirement from international rugby, haven played 38 times, 12 as captain, and scoring 45 points in his 15 year international career.

Personal life

Capó Ortega likes to drink Mate before entering onto the pitch.

Honours

Carrasco Polo

• Uruguayan Championship (3): 1999, 2000, 2001

Castres

• Top 14 French League (1): 2013, 2014 (Runner-up)

External links

• Rodrigo Capo Ortega International Statistics
• Rodrigo Capo Ortega Club Statistics
• Mano a mano con Rodrigo Capó - El Espectador, 29 December 2014
• Capó ya es un ganador - El País, 16 June 2013
• "Es una alegría enorme vestir otra vez la camiseta celeste" - El País, 25 August 2014