With Uruguay prop Mario Sagario in the sin bin midway through the second half, centre Junior Sifa found a gap in the middle to dart through for another try that Hercus converted.
Echeverry began the Uruguay fight back with four well taken penalties before he picked up a well placed, left-footed, soccer style kick into his path on the left from scrumhalf Juan Campomar to score in the corner a minute into injury time.
“We have to correct our mistakes. We gave away all four tries,” Campomar told reporters.
Uruguay missed the last World Cup in France in 2007 after playing at the previous two.
■SCOTLAND V FIJI
AFP, EDINBURGH
New Scotland coach Andy Robinson had mixed emotions in the wake of his side’s 23-10 triumph over Fiji and he warned they will need to be “at least 15 percent better” to have any propsect of beating Australia next weekend.
Robinson picked out try scorer Johnnie Beattie for special mention, along with front row pair Moray Low and Ross Ford.
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