He played in Los Teros 7’s and was champion with Peñarol: the Uruguayan tryman who reached the URBA Top 14

He left the Uruguayan champion to join the URBA champion. Of Old Boys Newmanbut with a tour of Peñarol in the Super Rugby Americas and for Los Teros 7’s in the World Tour, Alfonso Silva He joined the Senior Squad of the Cardinal and little by little he is adding training and getting to know his new teammates.

“I always wanted to play in the URBA tournament”he tells her Silva to Scrum. “I wanted to come here but for that I had to change jobs”account of the operation to land through Benavidez.

The 23-year-old back trained in Old Boys and left his mark on Penarol. In his home club he became champion of the Top 12 of Uruguayan Rugby in 2025, also being the tryman, and with the Titmouse made the Olympic return in 2023 in the South American professional rugby tournament.

At the beginning of 2024 it took a few months, traveled to Australia and the vice also emerged with the oval in Wallabies lands. He came back, focused his energy on the oval and the rest is known history. What is not so well known is his change of position. He started in the youth ranks as a hooker until, on a tour with his club’s M17 to Japan, he decided to switch to the backs group. There he started as a center and finally reached his current position as a wing.

in the season 2024/25 served in The Teros 7’s With participation in the World Sevens Circuit and with the Uruguayan title in his pocket, he sought to cross the pond. “I knew people from Newman and I told them that I wanted to come live in Argentina and play for URBA and they encouraged me to join their club. I spoke with the head coach, Santiago Piccaluga, I met him on the beach and he told me everything about the club and that the best thing about Newman was its people.”

“Before entering -continue- me they made it feel like the doors were open and when I finally decided to move and take the step to change countries and clubs, they helped me a lot with everything. As soon as I settled in and started training, everything Santi had told me was true, they made me feel at home so I was very happy and grateful for that.”.

Now his new challenge will be to earn a place on the Bordo team where he has already been working alongside his teammates since February, but the most important thing for Silva is “enjoy the club and its people which is the fun of all this. I am a believer that in order to enjoy rugby as much as possible you have to have the desire to improve and demand yourself“.

Finally, he added that he wants “get to the highest level you can and compete with those next to you in a healthy way so that the entire club grows and raises the level.” “That’s where it all begins”summarized the wing.