1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

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

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 Championship 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.

Further information: 1991 New Zealand rugby union tour of Argentina

• 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		B-A	ROS	TUC	MIS
1	Buenos Aires	3	3	0	0	152	28	+124	6	Qualified for Semifinals			36–12	35–6	81–10
2	Rosario	3	2	0	1	120	57	+63	4			12–36		30–18	78–3
3	Tucumàn	3	1	0	2	103	69	+34	2			6–35	18–30		79–4
4	Misiones	3	0	0	3	17	238	−221	0	Relegated		10–81	3–78	4–79

Source:

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CUY	CBA	S-J	MdP
1	Cuyo	3	3	0	0	90	32	+58	6	Qualified for Semifinals			13–7	27–19	50–6
2	Córdoba	3	2	0	1	69	28	+41	4			7–13		35–6	27–9
3	San Juan	3	1	0	2	48	80	−32	2			19–27	6–35		23–18
4	Mar del Plata	3	0	0	3	33	100	−67	0	Relegated		6–50	9–27	18–23

Source:

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"

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion or relegation		SFE	NOE	SAL	STG
1	Santa Fè	3	3	0	0	87	30	+57	6	Promoted			16–12	26–6	45–12
2	Noreste	3	2	0	1	56	35	+21	4			12–16		28–6	16–13
3	Salta	3	1	0	2	31	71	−40	2			6–26	6–28		19–17
4	Santiago del estero	3	0	0	3	42	80	−38	0	Relegated		12–45	13–16	17–19

Source:

Promoted: Santa Fè Relegated: Santiago del estero

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion or relegation		E-R	A-V	SUR	OES
1	Entre Rios	3	3	0	0	99	21	+78	6	Promoted			17–9	26–6	56–6
2	Alto Valle	3	2	0	1	65	21	+44	4			9–17		19–4	37–0
3	Sur	3	1	0	2	39	51	−12	2			6–26	4–19		29–6
4	Oeste	3	0	0	3	12	122	−110	0	Relegated		6–56	0–37	6–29

Source:

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion		CEN	AUS	CHU
1	Centro	2	1	1	0	30	15	+15	3	Promoted			12–12	18–3
2	Austral	2	1	1	0	24	22	+2	3			12–12		12–10
3	Chubut	2	0	0	2	13	30	−17	0			3–18	10–12

Source:

Promoted: Centro

External links

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