Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby

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Campeonato Uruguayo
SportRugby union
Inaugural season1950; 72 years ago (1950)
Number of teams11
RegionUruguay (URU)
Current champion Old Boys (2021)
Most titlesCarrasco Polo (27 titles)
Websiteuru.org.uy/index.php/competencia-local/primera-division
Broadcast partnerESPN

The Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby – named "Copa Amarok" due to sponsorship reasons,[1] is the main competition of Uruguayan rugby union league system. It includes the first, second and third division competitions. It was played for the first time in 1950.

History[]

Rugby was introduced to Uruguay as early as the late 19th century, but did not really take off in formal terms until the mid-20th. The spur for this was Carlos E. Cat,[2] who helped establish the Club Championship in 1950, and would become the first president of the URU in January 1951.[2] The first Club Championship was contested by Old Boys, Colonia Rugby, and multisport clubs such as Montevideo Cricket Club (MVCC) and Carrasco Polo (which supplied two XVs).[2] This was successful enough to lead to the establishment of the Uruguayan Rugby Union on 31 January 1951, with Cat as president.

Over the years, various other clubs would join the Championship, including Los Cuervos (the Crows) at the end of the 1950s, Old Christians at the beginning of the 1960s, as well as Champagnat and El Trébol de Paysandú in the 1970s, and Pucaru in the early 1990s, as well as La Cachila, Trouville, and Colonia Rowing.

Current teams[]

Teams participating at the 2014 Torneo Apertura:[3]

Club City Estab.
Carrasco Polo Montevideo 1933
Champagnat Montevideo 1975
Los Cuervos Montevideo 1959
Montevideo Cricket Montevideo 1861
Old Boys Montevideo 1914
Old Christians Montevideo 1962
Pucaru Stade Gaulois (PSG) Montevideo 2005
El Trébol Paysandú 1927

Champions[]

Year Club
1950 Old Boys
1951 Montevideo Cricket
1952 Old Boys / Carrasco Polo [a]
1953 Montevideo Cricket
1954 Trouville
1955 Colonia Rowing
1956 Montevideo Cricket / Old Boys / Trouville [a]
1957 Old Boys
1958 Colonia Rowing / Trouville [a]
1959 Old Boys
1960 Los Cuervos
1961 Carrasco Polo
1962 Old Boys
1963 Old Boys
1964 Old Boys
1965 Old Boys
1966 Carrasco Polo
1967 Old Boys
1968 Old Christians Club
1969 Old Boys
1970 Old Christians
1971 La Cachila
1972 La Cachila
1973 La Cachila
1974 La Cachila
1975 La Cachila / Old Boys [a]
1976 Old Christians
1977 Old Christians
1978 Old Christians|
1979 Old Christians
1980 Old Christians
1981 Carrasco Polo
1982 Old Christians
1983 Carrasco Polo
1984 Old Christians
1985 Old Christians
1986 Old Christians
1987 Old Christians
1988 Old Christians
1989 Old Christians
1990 Carrasco Polo
1991 Carrasco Polo
1992 Carrasco Polo
1993 Carrasco Polo
1994 Carrasco Polo
1995 Carrasco Polo
1996 Carrasco Polo
1997 Carrasco Polo
1998 Carrasco Polo
1999 Carrasco Polo
2000 Carrasco Polo
2001 Carrasco Polo
2002 Carrasco Polo
2003 Carrasco Polo
2004 Carrasco Polo
2005 Carrasco Polo
2006 Carrasco Polo
2007 Old Christians
2008 Carrasco Polo
2009 Carrasco Polo
2010 Old Boys
2011 Carrasco Polo
2012 Carrasco Polo
2013 Old Boys
2014 Carrasco Polo
2015 Old Christians
2016 Old Christians
2017 Old Christians
2018 El Trébol
2019 Old Christians

Titles by club[]

Club Titles Titles won
Carrasco Polo 28 1952, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2020
Old Christians 20 1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Old Boys 16 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 2010, 2013, 2021
La Cachila 5 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Montevideo Cricket 3 1951, 1953, 1956
Trouville 3 1954, 1956, 1958
Colonia Rowing 2 1955, 1958
Los Cuervos 1 1960
El Trébol 1 2018

Bibliography[]

  • Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5)

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Shared title.

References[]

  1. ^ "Volkswagen unveiled as sponsor", RugbyReferee.net, 30 May 2013
  2. ^ a b c Richards, p164, Chapter 9 From Muller to Mias
  3. ^ "Primera División at Uruguayan Rugby Union website". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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