1989 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

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45th Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Champions	Tucumán (4th title)
Runners-up	Rosario
Relegated	and
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The 1989 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby (Campionato argentino de Mayores) was won for the third consecutive year by the selection of Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn that beat in the final the selection of Rosario.

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1989[]

National[]

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by Alumni and Banco Nación
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC
• The selection of Buenos Aires. Won the "Juvenil" (Under-21) championship.

International[]

• The Italy national rugby union team, visited South America for the first time, lost honorably against "Pumas" (16-21).

• The Argentine national team visited New Zealand, obtained two heavy loss in the test match (9-60) and (12-49).

"Campeonato" Tournament[]

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

Pool A[]

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	101	60	41	6
2	Córdoba	3	1	1	1	90	64	26	3
3	Entre Rios	3	1	1	1	42	53	-11	3
4		3	0	0	3	42	98	-56	0'

Pool B[]

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Rosario	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6
2	Cuyo	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
3	Buenos Aires	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
4		3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0

Semifinals[]

3rd place final[]

Final[]

Tucumàn 15. F. Williams, 14. J. Soler, 13. J. Gianotti, 12. S. Mesón, 11. G. Terán, 10. R. Sauze, 9. P. Merlo (capt.), 8. J. Santamarina, 7. S. Bunader, 6. P. Garretón, 5. O. Fascioli (Macome 77'), 4. P. Buabse, 3. L. Molina (R. Paz Posse 57'), 2. S. Paz Posse, 1. R. Hortas.
Rosario: 15. Del Castillo, 14. Sarrabayrousse, 13. Paván, 12. Romero Acuña, 11. García, 10. Ansaldi, 9. Crexell, 8.P. Baraldi, 7. Schnaider, 6. Pérez, 5. Minoldo (Rossi), 4. Discaciatti (capt.), 3. Céspedes, 2. M. Baraldi, 1. Mansilla.

• Champion: Tucumán
• Relegated: and

"Classificacion" Tournament[]

Teams are divided in two pools: the winners of each, promoted to "Campeonato" tournament.

Pool "C"[]

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Mar del Plata	4	4	0	0	257	18	+239	8
2		4	3	0	1	73	0	6
3		4	2	0	2	122	77	+45	4
4		4	1	0	3	25	146	-121	2
5		4	0	0	4	12	241	0	0

Promoted: Mar del Plata

Pool "D"[]

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Santa F��	4	4	0	0	268	28	+240	8
2		4	2	0	1	94	29	+65	4
3		4	2	0	1	122	77	+45	4
4		4	1	0	3	25	146	-121	2
5		4	0	0	4	12	241	-229	0

The match between Noreste and Misiones wasn't played.

Promoted: Santa Fè

External links[]

• Memorias de la UAR 1989
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)