1978 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

34° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	15
Champions	Buenos Aires (15th title)
Runners-up	Unión de Rugby de Rosario
← 19771978 →

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1978 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1978

National

The selection of Buenos Aires won also the "Campeonato Juvenil" (under-19)
The Buenos Aires Championship was won by San Isidro Club
The Cordoba Province Championship was won by La Tablada
The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

International

1978 is an important year for Argentine rugby : the "Pumas" made a tour in Europe. They obtain an historical draw with England, beat Wales "B" and Leinster. But in the end they lost surprising with Italy Main article: 1978 Argentina rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Italy

Results

Zone 1

1st round
19 August	Chubut	-	Sur	7 - 21	Cipolletti

2nd round
20 August	Sur	-	Rio Negro y Neuquén	0 - 14	Cipolletti

Zone 2

1st round
19 August	Tandil	-	Buenos Aires	9 - 55	Parque Camet, Mar del Plata

2nd round
20 August	Buenos Aires	-	Mar del Plata	18 - 3	Parque Camet, Mar del Plata

Zone 3

1st round
19 August	Salta	-	Tucumán	19 - 20	Jockey Club, Salta
19 August	Córdoba	-	Jujuy	49 - 0	Jockey Club, Salta

2nd round
20 August	Tucumán	-	Córdoba	15 - 18	Jockey Club, Salta

Zone 4

1st round
19 August	San Juan	-	Santa Fe	15 - 16	Universidad Nacional, San Juan
19 August	Cuyo	-	Noreste	37 - 0	Universidad Nacional, San Juan

2nd round
20 August	Santa Fe	-	Cuyo	19 - 57	Universidad Nacional, San Juan

Interzone

Interzone
2 September	Buenos Aires	-	Córdoba	21 - 12	Plaza Jewell, Rosario

Semifinals

2 September 1978

Buenos Aires	21-12	Cordoba

Plaza Jewell, Rosario
Referee: Roque Daneri (Tucuman)

2 September 1978

Rosario	32-16	Cuyo

Plaza Jewell, Rosario
Referee: Roberto Magnani (Buenos Aires)

Final

Score system: Try= 4 points, Conversion=2 points .Penalty and kick from mark= 3 points. Drop= 3 points.

3 September 1978

Rosario	18-31	Buenos Aires
Try: scrum, Madero, Sansot, Cubelli Con: Porta 4 Pen: Porta		Try: Macat, Poet Con: Seaton, Dip Pen: Dip, Baetti

Plaza Jewell, Rosario
Referee: Alberto Roldán (Mar del Plata)

Rosario: 15.D. Baetti (M. Dip), 14.A. Nogués, 13.R. Rodríguez, 12.G. Torno, 11.C. Bisio, 10.J. Escalante, 9.R. Castagna, 8.D. Poet, 7.R. Seaton, 6. Risler (cap.), 5. C. Svetaz, 4.G. Sinópoli, 3. F. Semino (F. Rodríguez), 2. V. Macat, 1. R. Imhoff,
Buenos Aires: 15.M. Sanzot, 14.M. Campo, 13.R. Madero, 12.J. Trueco, 11.A. Puccio, 10.H. Porta (cap.), 9. R. Landajo, 8.T. Petersen, 7.C. Serrano, 6.H. Silva, 5.S. Iachetti, 4.G. Travaglini, 3.H. Nicola, 2.A. Cubelli, 1.A. Cerioni.

External links

Memorias de la UAR 1978
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)

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Provincial sides	Buenos Aires Córdoba Cuyo Entre Rios Mar del Plata Rosario Santa Fe Tucuman
Guest teams	Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay B
Seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Rugby union in Argentina

National teams

Men's	Pumas (Team history) Argentina XV Sevens U20
Women's	Sevens

Other notable teams

Bodies

National	UAR
Regional	Buenos Aires Córdoba Cuyo Entre Ríos Mar del Plata Rosario Santa Fe Tucumán

Competitions

International	Rugby Championship
Transnational	Super Rugby Súper Liga Americana
Provincial	Campeonato Argentino
Club	Nacional de Clubes Interior URBA Córdoba Litoral Nordeste Noroeste Oeste Pampeano Patagónico
Hosted	Mar del Plata Sevens

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