Cardenales Rugby Club

Cardenales
Full name Cardenales Rugby Club
Union Unión de Rugby de Tucumán
Nickname(s) Purpurados, Nales
Founded 23 February 1944
Location San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Ground(s) Silvano Bores
President Marcelo Vidal
League(s) Torneo del Noroeste
2011 4th [1]
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.cardenalesrugbyclub.org.ar

Cardenales Rugby Club, or simply Cardenales, is a rugby union and field hockey club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1944 as a rugby club, Cardenales co-founded the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán.[2]

One of the oldest rugby clubs in Tucumán, Cardenales won the Torneo del Noroeste 3 times.

History

In 1944, rugby enthusiasts from San Miguel de Tucumán were planning on founding a provincial union in order to facilitate the practice of the sport in the region. However, at the time only 3 rugby clubs existed in the city: Tucumán Rugby Club, Universitario and Club Natación y Gimnasia; and the minimum number of clubs required to found a provincial union was four. With this in mind, students from all over the province met in Natación's club house and decided to found Cardenales Rugby Club.

Along with the other three clubs, Cardenales became a co-founder of the Unión de Rugby del Norte (today's Unión de Rugby de Tucumán) that same year. A field hockey section for women was started at the club in the 1980s.

Titles

1954, 1964, 2002

References

  1. Posiciones Torneo del Noroeste 2011
  2. "Club History" (in Spanish). 21 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

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