Diego Lamelas is a Uruguayan rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.

Lamelas was a member of Argentinian team of Alumni Athletic Club

Alumni Athletic Club

Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is a rugby union and former football club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.-The beginning:...

. He is a senior Uruguayan rugby union player and a regular member of Uruguay national rugby union team

Uruguay national rugby union team

The Uruguay national rugby union team is the representative side of Uruguay, governed by the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay. They have been playing international rugby since 1948. Their jersey is blue and black and they are known as Los Teros. They qualified twice for the Rugby World Cup, in 1999 and...

. He played twice at the Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....

 finals, in 1999 and 2003. At the first time, he played three games, and at the second, four, scoring a try. Lamelas ended his international career with 51 caps for his side, with 6 tries scored and 28 points in aggregate.

Lamelas also played at the unsuccessful campaign for the 2007 Rugby World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...

finals.