1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

15° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Champions	Provincia (10th title)
Runners-up	Capital
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The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1959 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1959

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by Buonos Aires CRC
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario
• The North-East Championship was won by Universitario Tucuman
• The selection of Junior Springboks, 27 years after their first tour, visit Argentina and Chile, winning all the 13 matches (two against Argentina national team)

Knock out stages

("Provincia" and "Capital" directly admitted to quarter of finals)

PRELIMINARY 2 August Río Paranà - Valle de Lerma 24 - 8 Paranà 2 August UR del Norte - San Juan 19 - 9 Tucumán 2 August Rio Cuarto - Córdoba 6 - 17 Rio Cuarto 2 August Santa Fe - Mar del Plata 3 - 8 Santa Fe 2 August Sur - La Plata 3 - 8 Bahía Blanca 2 August Cuyo - Rosario 6 - 27 Córdoba

QUARTERS OF FINALS 16 August UR del Norte - Río Paranà 21 - 0 Tucumán 16 August Córdoba - Capital 5 - 18 Córdoba 16 August Mar del Plata - Provincia 0 - 14 Mar del Plata 16 August Rosario - La Plata 6 - 9 Rosario

Semifinals

27 september 1959

Provincia	12-0	La Plata
Try: Bianchetti, Pulido, Rosenblat, Bernacchi

Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco Lamastra

Provincia: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Guidi, A. Salinas, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, J. Pulido, F. Varela, A. Moreno, R. Schimdt, B. Otaño, J. Lucas, J. Casanegra, O. Martínez.
La Plata: J. Manes, P. Grossi, R. La Rosa, R. Wilt, R. Posadas, E. Cáceres, J. Buriñigo, E. Foulkes, H. Carnicero, A. Nogueira, A. Cervini, L. Nápoli, R. Goso, A. Dentone, R. Gorostiaga.

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27 september 1959

Capital	10-9	UR del Norte
Try: Trebotich, Karplus		Try: Peiró, Terán Con: Lafleur 2 Pen: Terán ,

Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: César de Elizalde

Capital: R. Raimundez, C. Raimundez, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Giuliano, A Guastella, V. Mayol, S. Hogg, M. Azpiroz, J. La¬fleur, J. Trebotich, R. Rumboll, E. Gaviña, H. Vidou, E. Verardo
Norte: Nougués, J. Terán, C. Valdez, A. Peiró, J. Esteban, J. Nucci, A. Frías Silva, O. Paz, L. Nieva Moreno, J. Paz, C. Diam¬bra, J. Carlino, J. Ritorto, J. Centurión, R. Terán Vega

Final

10 october 1959

Provincia	3-0	Capital
Try: Bernacchi

Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: Chris Ackermann (South Africa)

Provincia : R. Raimundez, C. Giuliano, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Raimundez, A. Guastella, V. Mayol, J. Lafleur, M. Azpiroz, S. Hogg, R. Hogg, J. Trebotich, E. Verardo, H. Vidou, E. Gaviña.
Capital: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Álvarez, J. Guidi, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, A. Moreno, F. Varela, J. Pulido, R. Schmidt, B. Otaño, O. Martínez, J. Casanegra, J. Lucas

The referee of the match was the South African Ackermann, that was following the South African selecion of Junior Springboks, that ended his tour in South America. The selection of "Capital" and Provincia, was without with the national team against South Africa. In the same day, was arranged a match between two mixed teams of Southafrican and Argentine and players.

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1959