Fullback Baltazar Amaya scored a brace of tries as Uruguay kept their faint Rugby World Cup quarter-final hopes alive with a bonus-point 36-26 victory over ill-disciplined Namibia on Wednesday.
Namibia led 2src-12 at half-time but paid for their indiscipline in the second half as prop Johan Coetzee and captain Tjiuee Uanivi were yellow-carded, while replacement prop Desiderius Sethie saw red.
Uruguay could still make the knock-out stages after their first win in three Pool A matches, but it would take a highly improbable victory over New Zealand next week to do so.
For Namibia, their long wait for a first World Cup win goes on after a 26th straight defeat across seven editions.
The build up to this match had not been good for the Africans.
Their three previous matches had been chastening experiences, shipping 219 points and scoring only 11.
That included a bruising 96-src defeat to hosts France.
Uruguay by contrast had earned plaudits and new fans for their enterprising displays against France and Italy, s
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