1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

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42nd Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Number of teams	19
Champions	Buenos Aires
Runners-up	Rosario.
Relegated	Mar del Plata and
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The 1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Rosario.

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[]

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		3	0	0	3	17	238	-221	0

Pool B[]

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		3	1	0	2	48	80	-32	2
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	33	100	-67	0

Semifinals[]

3rd place final[]

Final[]

• Champions: Tucumán
• Relegated : Mar del Plata and

Torneo "Ascenso"[]

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

Pool "A"[]

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		3	2	0	1	56	35	21	4
3		3	1	0	2	31	71	-40	2
4		3	0	0	3	42	80	-38	0

Promoted: Santa Fè Relegated:

Pool B[]

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		3	2	0	1	65	21	44	4
3		3	1	0	2	39	51	-12	2
4		3	0	0	3	12	122	-110	0

Promoted: Entre Rios Relegated:

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[]

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

Promoted:

External links[]

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