1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Campeonato Argentino 1966
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	12
Champions	Buenos Aires (4th title)
Runners-up	Tucumán
← 1965 1967 →

Il 1966 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by selection of Buenos Aires beating in the final the selection of Tucumán

That year in Argentina rugby union

The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Belgrano AC
The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
The North-East Championship was won by Los Tarcos
The "Unión de Rugby del Norte" take definitely the name of Unión de Rugby de Tucumán
The "Gazelles", Under-23 South African selection visit Argentina

Further information: 1966 South African Gazelles rugby union tour in Argentina

Knock out stages

PRELIMINARY
20 June	Noreste	-	Valle de Lerma	6-15 (extra time)	Salta
20 June	Rosario	-	-	3 - 0	San Juan (forfeited)
19 June	Córdoba	-	Cuyo	22 - 6	Córdoba
25 May	Rio Negro y Neuquén	-	Buenos Aires	3 - 48	General Roca

QUARTER FINALS
17 July	Tucumán	-	Valle de Lerma	17 - 8	Tucumán
17 July	Sur	-	Rosario	0 - 26	Bahia Blanca
17 July	Mar del Plata	-	Córdoba	0 - 5	Mar del Plata
17 July	Santa Fe	-	Buenos Aires	6 - 36	Santa Fe

Semifinals

13 August 1966

Tucumàn	0-0	Rosario

Tucumán
Referee: Jorge Comotto (Buenos Aires).

Tucuman: C. Ponce, G. Casanova, H. Barbero, A. Alonso, N. Antoni, W. Rumboll, J. Frías Silva, J. Paz, J. Ghirin¬ghelli, J. C. Ghiringhelli, J. Lomáscolo, S. Bellomio, S. Poujade, R. Roldán, M. Gasparre.
Rosario J. Seaton, E. España, G. Escobar, J. Scilabra, J. Bresciaroli, J. Caballero, C. Cristi, M. Chesta, R. Seaton, R. Esmendi, M. Bouza, L. Belizan, M. Pavón, J. Costante, J. Imhoff.

14 August 1966

Cordoba	6-17	Buenos Aires
Pen: Mezquida 2		Try: Pascual, Pagano, Cornille, Loyola Con: Casenave Pen: Casenave

Tucuman
Referee: Jorge Bordabehere

Cordoba D. Morgán, C. Cornille, A. Pagano, M. Pascual, E. Neri, R. Cazenave, A. Etchegaray, R. Loyola, E. Elowson, G. Plesky, B. Otaño, L. García Yáñez, G. Me Cormick, R. Handley, R. Foster.
Buenos Aires F. Mezquida, R. Mule, J. Mancini, E. Quetglas, L. Rodríguez, C. Feretti, J. Del Valle, P. Demo, J. Masjoan, J. Ramírez, E. Cornella, J. Imasi, J. Coceo, C. Félix, G. Ribeca.

Final

17 August 1966

Tucumàn	3-38	Buenos Aires
Pen: Ponce		Try: Cornille 2 Cazenave, Morgan, Otaño Con: Cazenave 4 Pen: Cazenave 6

Tucumàn
Referee: Jorge Bordabehere

Tucumàn: C. Ponce, G. Casanova, R. Cuello, A. Alonso, N. Antoni, F. Burgos, J. Frías Silva, J. Paz, J. Ghiringhelli, J. C. Ghiringhelli, E. Bellomio, H. Roldán, S. Poujade, R. Roldán, F. Bach.
Buenos Aires : D. Morgan, E. Neri, M. Pascual, A Pagano, C. Cornille, R. Cazenave, L. Gradín, L. García Yáñez, N. González del Solar, G. Me Cormick, B. Otaño, A. Anthony, A. Dunn, G. Plesky, R. Loyola.

Notes

after o.t. . Tucuman was declared winner by toss of coin

External links

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