This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.
The Buenos Aires Rugby Union (Spanish: Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires), usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial Rugby Team for the national competitions of provinces of Argentina organised by the Unión Argentina de Rugby.
The union only deals with clubs from the city of Buenos Aires and part of the Buenos Aires Province, the remaining clubs from Buenos Aires province are distributed amongst four other provincial unions: Unión de Rugby del Oeste de Buenos Aires in the west, Unión de Rugby del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires in the centre, Unión de Rugby de Mar del Plata in the east, and Unión de Rugby del Sur in the south.
URBA is the most powerful of the provincial organisations of Argentina, providing more than half of the players of the Argentina national rugby union team. It also organises the Torneo de la URBA, the strongest club competition in Argentina.
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The precursor of both the Unión Argentina de Rugby and today's Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires, the "River Plate Rugby Union", was founded in Buenos Aires, in 1899, by four clubs: Buenos Aires FC, Belgrano and Lomas from Buenos Aires, and Club Atlético from Rosario.
That same year, the R.P.R.U. organised the first edition of the Buenos Aires' inter-club competition that is known today as the Torneo de la URBA. The first ever winners were Club Atlético del Rosario.
Today the URBA is Argentina's most powerful provincial union and the Torneo de la URBA the strongest club competition in the country, with 82 clubs playing in 4 divisions.
The Buenos Aires team, the strongest within the provincial teams in Argentina, won 34 Campeonato Argentino provincial titles of the 51 played, being by far the team with most victories.
Buenos Aires has also played several international matches, of which the following are the most important results of the last years:
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