Sebastián Aguirre (rugby union) Sebastián Aguirre (rugby union) Sebastián Aguirre (born Montevideo, 15 July 1976) is a Uruguayan rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half. He is the younger brother of Diego Aguirre, also an international player for the "Teros". Aguirre currently plays for Carrasco Polo Club. He was suspended for five months on October 2008, after incidents at the match with Old Christians. He had 28 caps for Uruguay, from 1998 to 2007, scoring 1 try, 3 conversions, 5 penalties and 1 drop goal, 29 points on aggregate. Aguirre was selected for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing a single match, and
Field goal (rugby) Northern Rugby Football Union broke away from the RFU, both codes' governing bodies retained the field goal. While the RFU abolished the field goal in rugby union in 1905, rugby league retained it. However, there was criticism about it on the 1908-09 Australia rugby league tour of Britain, whereby the Australia national rugby league team player Dally Messenger continuously and recklessly attempted field goals during a match against the England national rugby league team. A writer for the "Daily Chronicle" stated "I do not believe in the speculator at any time, it is bad rugby football" and expressed concern that