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

ZONE A 20 July Rosario - Santa Fe 17 - 12 Rosario 18 August Buenos Aires - Rosario 3 - 11 Buenos Aires 11 sept. Buenos Aires - Santa Fe 3 - 0 (withdraw)

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

ZONE B 17 July Rio Negro y Neuquén - Mar del Plata 6 - 22 17 August Rio Negro y Neuquén - Sur 0 - 14 18 July Mar del Plata - Sur 22 - 6 Mar del Plata

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

ZONE C 18 July Córdoba - Valle de Lerma 33 - 6 Córdoba 28 July Córdoba - UR del Norte 0 - 3 Córdoba 28 July Valle de Lerma - UR del Norte 0 - 11 Salta

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

ZONE D 11 sept. San Juan - Cuyo 9 - 6 San Juan

((withdraw of Rio Cuarto))

Final Phase

Semifinals

24 september 1961

Mar del Plata	14-11	San Juan

Parque Calmet, Mar del Plata Referee: Carlos Seminario (Argentina)

24 september 1961

Rosario	9-3	UR del Norte

Plaza Jewell, Rosario Referee: Alberto Camardón (Argentina)

Final

30 september 1961

Mar del Plata	16-6	Rosario
Try: Ferrari , Prieto, Larosa, Con: Boublath, Tiribelli , Pen: Boublath		Pen: Caballero, Drop: Orengo

C.A.S.I., Buenos Aires Referee: Eduardo Niño (Argentina)

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

1. Memorias de la UAR 1961 pag. 6

• Rugby Archive

Bibliography

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