1979 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

35° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	15
Champions	Buenos Aires (16th title)
Runners-up	Unión de Rugby de Rosario

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1979 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1979

• The Buenos Aires Championship was won by San Isidro Club
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Lawn Tennis
• The selection of Buenos Aires won also the "Campeonato Juvenil" (under-19)

International

• In 1979 the Argentine national team went to New Zealand. The tours was scheduled in the same period of this championship. That meant the absence of better players in the championship.

Further information: 1979 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand

• In October-November, Australia toured Argentina. Argentina won the first test-match 24-13, the Wallabies the second 17-12-

Further information: 1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina

Preliminaries

Zone 1

1st round 1 September Córdoba - San Juan 33 - 19 Athletic Club, Córdoba 1 September Salta - Rio Negro y Neuquén 7 - 21 Athletic Club, Córdoba

2nd round 2 September Córdoba - Salta 58 - 12 Athletic Club, Córdoba

Zone 2

1st round 1 September Austral - Buenos Aires 3 - 91 Parque Camet, Cipolletti

2nd round 20 August Buenos Aires - Mar del Plata 18 - 3 Parque Camet, Cipolletti

Zone 3

1st round 1 September Mar del Plata - Jujuy 57 - 0 Tennis Lwan, Tucumán

2nd round 2 September Cuyo - Mar del Plata 28 - 9 Tennis Lwan, Tucumán

Zone 4

1st round 1 September Santa Fe - Noreste 23 - 12 Club Nautico, Santa Fè 1 September Rosario - Tandil 53 - 0 Club Nautico, Santa Fè

2nd round 2 September Santa Fe - Rosario 9 - 22 Club Nautico, Santa Fè

Interzone

INTERZONE 9 September Córdoba - Buenos Aires 14 - 23 Athletic Club, Córdoba

Semifinals

15 September 1978

Sur	6-11	Rosario

Puerto Belgrano Referee: Sergio Morteo (Buenos Aires)

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15 September 1979

Buenos Aires	19-6	Cuyo

Puerto Belgrano Referee: Manuel Peralta Ramírez (Córdoba)

Third place final

16 September 1979

Cuyo	17-0	Sur

Parque de Mayo, Bahía Blanca Referee: Sergio Morteo (Buenos Aires)

Final

16 September 1979

Rosario	8-47	Buenos Aires
Try: Nogués 2		Try: Negri 2; Minguez 2; , Glastra, Ventura, García Terán Con: Beccar Varela 3, Sanguinetti 2 Drop: Sanguinetti

Parque de Mayo, Bahía Blanca Referee: Manuel Peralta Ramírez (Cordoba)

Rosario: 15.Baetti, 14.Nogués, 13.Trini, 12.Escalante (cap.), 11.Basilico, 10.Dip, 9.Niccia, 8.Marengo, 7.Imhoff, 6.Poet, 5.Milano, 4.Mangiamelli, 3.Sandionigi, 2.Cristini, 2.Fernández.
Buenos Aires: 15.Argerich, 14. Ramallo, 13.Beccar Varela, 12.Jacobi, 11.Puccio, 10. Sanguinetti, 9. Nicholson, 8. García Terán, 7.Negri, 6. Glastra, 5.Minguez, 4.Bottarini, 3.Devoto, 2.Sartori, 1.Ventura (cap.)

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1979
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)