1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Rosario.

42nd Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Number of teams	19
Champions	Buenos Aires
Runners-up	Rosario.
Relegated	Mar del Plata and Misiones

Rugby union in Argentina in 1991

National

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by Alumni
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

International

• In order to prepare the 1991 Rugby World Cup Argentina, host the la New Zealand team in tour. Both test-match was easily won by All Blacks (14-28) and (6-36), that won all the matches against provincial selection.

• At the 1991 Rugby World Cup, Argentina lost al the matches against Wales, Samoa and Australia.
• Few days before the Rugby World Cup, Argentina won, with the second line players, the South American Championship.

"Campeonato" Tournament

The better eight teams played for title. They were divided in two pools of four, the first two each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated in secondo division Pool A.

Pool A

	B-A	ROS	TUC	MIS
Buenos Aires	––––	36-12	35-6	81-10
Rosario	12-36	––––	30-18	78-3
Tucumàn	6-35	18-30	––––	79-4
Misiones	10-81	3-78	4-79	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	152	28	124	6
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	120	57	63	4
3	Tucumàn	3	1	0	2	103	69	34	2
4	Misiones	3	0	0	3	17	238	-221	0

Pool B

	CUY	CBA	S-J	MdP
Cuyo	––––	13-7	27-19	50-6
Córdoba	7-13	––––	35-6	27-9
San Juan	19-27	6-35	––––	23-18
Mar del Plata	6-50	9-27	18-23	––––

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Cuyo	3	3	0	0	90	32	58	6
2	Córdoba	3	2	0	1	69	28	41	4
3	San Juan	3	1	0	2	48	80	-32	2
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	33	100	-67	0

Semifinals

2 November 1991

Buenos Aires	37-12	Córdoba

Paturuzu RC, Trelew

2 November 1991

Rosario	27-17	Cuyo

Paturuzu RC, Trelew

3rd place final

3 November 1991

Córdoba	26-14	Cuyo

Paturuzu RC, Trelew

Final

3 November 1991

Buenos Aires	28-16	Rosario

Paturuzu RC, Trelew

• Champions: Tucumán
• Relegated : Mar del Plata and Misiones

Torneo "Ascenso"

Eight team divided in two pools, the winner of each promoted, the last relegated

Pool "A"

	SFE	NOE	SAL	STG
Santa Fè	––––	16-12	26-6	45-12
Noreste	12-16	––––	28-6	16-13
Salta	6-26	6-28	––––	19-17
Santiago del estero	12-45	13-16	17-19	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Santa Fè	3	3	0	0	87	30	57	6
2	Noreste	3	2	0	1	56	35	21	4
3	Salta	3	1	0	2	31	71	-40	2
4	Santiago del estero	3	0	0	3	42	80	-38	0

Promoted: Santa Fè Relegated: Santiago del estero

Pool B

	E-R	A-V	SUR	OES
Entre Rios	––––	17-9	26-6	56-6
Alto Valle	9-17	––––	19-4	37-0
Sur	6-26	4-19	––––	29-6
Oeste	6-56	0-37	6-29	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Entre Rios	3	3	0	0	99	21	78	6
2	Alto Valle	3	2	0	1	65	21	44	4
3	Sur	3	1	0	2	39	51	-12	2
4	Oeste	3	0	0	3	12	122	-110	0

Promoted: Entre Rios Relegated: Oeste

Torneo "Clasificacion"

Was played for the first time a "Third level" tournament, with a promotion in "Ascenso"

Pool A

The tournament was cancelled

Pool B

	CEN	AUS	CHU
Centro	––––	12-12	18-3
Austral	12-12	––––	12-10
Chubut	3-18	10-12	––––

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Centro	2	1	1	0	30	15	15	3
2	Austral	2	1	1	0	24	22	2	3
3	Chubut	2	0	0	2	13	30	-17	0

Promoted: Centro

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1991
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)