1981 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

37° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	15
Champions	Buenos Aires (18th title)
Runners-up	Tucumàn

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1981 was won by selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1981

National

• The Buenos Aires Championship was won by C.A.S.I.
• 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

• England made a tour in Argentina played two times against "Pumas" in Buenos Aires . The Pumas made an historical draw in the first and lost the second.

Preliminaries

Zone A

1st round
20 June	Chubut	-	Sur	16 - 24	Patoruzú R.C, Trelew
20 September	Mar del Plata	-	Rosario	6 - 18	Patoruzú R.C, Trelew

2nd round
2 September	Sur	-	Rosario	3 - 9	Patoruzú R.C, Trelew

Zone B

1st round
24 May	San Juan	-	Austral	3 - 0	San Juan
24 May	Rio Negro y Neuquén	-	Buenos Aires	6 - 55	San Juan

2nd round
25 May	San Juan	-	Buenos Aires	0 - 44	San Juan

Zone C

1st round
1 August	Santa Fe	-	Cuyo	6 - 55	Paraná E.R.

2nd round
2 August	Entre Rios	-	Cuyo	22 - 18	Paraná E.R.

Zone D

1st round
8 August	Córdoba	-	Noreste	72 - 3	Club Nautico, Cordoba

2nd round
9 August	Córdoba	-	Tucumán	12 - 24	Club Nautico, Cordoba

Interzone

INTERZONE
9 July	Rosario	-	Buenos Aires	4 - 42	Plaza Jewell, Rosario

Semifinals

11 October 1981

Buenos Aires	87-9	Salta

Salta Referee: Edmundo Aguiar (Buenos Aires)

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11 October 1981

Entre Rios	19-49	Tucumàn

Salta Referee: Douglas Kerr (Buenos Aires)

Final

12 October 1981

Buenos Aires	32-12	Tucumàn

Salta Referee: Douglas Kerr (Buenos Aires)

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1981
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)