Rank outsiders Uruguay named their 31-man World Cup squad on Sunday, including four European-based players.
Fly-half Felipe Berchesi (Carcassonne) and scrum-half Agustin Ormaechea (Mont-de-Marsan) play in the French second division while prop Mario Sagario (Massy) is in the third tier in France.
Full-back Gaston Mieres plays for Valpolicella in Italy while the rest of the squad is based in Uruguay, apart from prop Alejo Corral of Argentina’s San Isidro.
Uruguay are in Pool A at the World Cup alongside hosts England, Australia, Wales and Fiji.
Meanwhile, Asia’s representative Japan also named their squad, with coach Eddie Jones Monday named a 31-player squad comprising 17 forwards and 14 backs for the Rugby World Cup.
Japan are in Pool B alongside South Africa, Samoa, Scotland and the United States. They kick-off their campaign against the Springboks on 19 September in Brighton.
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Uruguay 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
Japan squad
Forwards: Justin Ives, Shoji Ito, Keita Inagaki, Hitoshi Ono, Takeshi Kizu, Hendrik Tui, Luke Thompson, Kensuke Hatakeyama, Michael Broadhurst, Ryu Holani, Shota Horie, Shinya Makabe, Amanaki Mafi, Masataka Mikami, Hiroshi Yamashita, Hiroki Yuhara, Michael Leitch.
Backs: Craig Wing, Kosei Ono, Ayumu Goromaru, Male Sau, Harumichi Tatekawa, Fumiaki Tanaka, Yu Tamura, Toshiaki Hirose, Atsushi Hiwasa, Kenki Fukuoka, Yoshikazu Fujita, Karne Hesketh, Kotaro Matsushima, Akihito Yamada.