1961 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

17° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Champions	Mar del Plata (1st title)
← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Mar del Plata that beat in the final the selection of Rosario There were a lot of changement:

• The selection of Provincia and Capital merged in the selection of Buenos Aires
• The teams were divides in 4 zone with round robin pool.
• For the first team the success went to a team outside the direct control of della U.A.R.
• For the second time a stranger referee has called to dirige some match of the championship. It was the Scottish James Taylor, inivited also for a one month educational stage for arnentine referee^[1]

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1961

• Argentina won the third edition of South American Rugby Championship.

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by C.A.S.I.
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario and La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Nat. y Gimnasia and Tucumán RC

Preliminaries

• Ranking: 1. Rosario, 2. Buenos Aires, 3. Santa Fe

• Ranking: 1. Mar del Plata, 2. Sur, 3. Rio Negro y Neuquén

• Ranking: 1. Norte, 2. Valle del Lerma 3. Cordoba

((withdraw of Rio Cuarto))

Final Phase

Semifinals

Final

Mar del Plata: Sastre O., Beverino G., Prieto L., Mollo A., Marenco C., Tiribelli H., Meyer R., Larosa R., Ferrari E., Ferrari L., Olivera C., Boublath R., Arroyo O., Esnaola M. (cap.), Vial S.
Rosario:: Caballero J., Mauro R., Puccio A., Dimaje J., Abalos R., Orengo J., Conti R., Villar W., Cerfoglio R. (cap.), Paillole C., Paquez E., Ferraro M., Esmendi R., Carosini A., Gómez Kenney J.

Notes

• Rugby Archive

Bibliography

• (Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 1961
• (Spanish) XVII Campeonato Argentino