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1923 River Plate Rugby Union Championship

The 1923 River Plate Rugby Union Championship was the 25th. edition of the RPRU championshp, a rugby union club competition held in Argentina, organised by the "River Plate Rugby Union" (current Argentine Rugby Union). The growth of rugby in the country was signified by its increasing popularity, number of players, teams, and supporters.[1]

1923 River Plate Rugby Union Championship
C.A. San Isidro, champions
Countries Argentina
Number of teams5
ChampionsSan Isidro (6th. title)
Runners-upUniversitario
Matches played11
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The competition was contested by five teams from the Buenos Aires city and conurbation area, and played in a double round-robin tournament format.[2] San Isidro was the winner with 16 points earned in eight match played.,[3] also winning their 6th. consecutive league title.[4]

Participating clubs

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Club Est. Home venue Neighborhood Ref.
Belgrano
1896
Virrey del PinoBelgrano[5][6]
Buenos Aires
1886
BACC GroundPalermo[7][8]
Gimnasia y Esgrima
1880
Estadio GEBAPalermo[9][10]
San Isidro
1902
Estadio del CASISan Isidro[11][12]
Universitario
1918
n/a [n 1]n/a[13]
Notes
  1. ↑ According to CUBA's website, the club did not have a field for the practise of the sport. It was not specified where the field was located on.[13]

Results

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Note: some results are missed.[2]

Home \ Away BAC BAF GIM CAS UNI
Belgrano – 7–5 3–10 0–10
Buenos Aires 17–8 – 0–4 –
Gimnasia y Esgrima 3–15 – 0–30 –
San Isidro 11–8 16–0 30–0 8–3
Universitario 10–0 5–3 – 0–8
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Isidro 8 8 0 0 100 12 +88 16 Champion
2 Universitario 8 6 0 2 70 30 +40 12
3 Belgrano 8 3 0 5 52 72 −20 6
4 Buenos Aires 8 3 0 5 60 64 −4 6
5 Gimnasia y Esgrima 8 0 0 8 32 136 −104 0
Source: [3]

Aftermath

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The 1923 season consolidated the dominance of San Isidro in domestic rugby, winning their 6th. consecutive title since their first championship in 1917, the same year San Isidro affiliated to RPRU.[14] The team would achieve an impressive (and still unmatched) record of 13 consecutive titles from 1917 to 1930.[15][10][16]

That record has been compared with football club Racing's, which won seven consecutive Primera División titles between 1913 and 1919. Both institutions share the privilege of being the only teams with such records in Argentina.[17]

Some notable players for San Isidro in the tournament were Claudio Bincaz.[18][19] Antonio Bilbao La Vieja[20]

References

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  1. ↑ published on El Gráfico #212. 21 Jul 1923
  2. 1 2 Rugby (1923–24) by Martín Estévez on "Derrota Digna" blogsite. 12 Jun 2015
  3. 1 2 Memoria 1923 at uar.com.ar
  4. ↑ "Historia – URBA – Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires". urba.org.ar. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Estadio de Belgrano Athletic Club by Adrián Redi
  6. ↑ Estadios actuales que alguna vez fueron de fútbol on GCBA
  7. ↑ Iwanczuk, Jorge (1992). Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina [History of amateur football in Argentina] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol. ISBN 978-950-43-4384-4.
  8. ↑ "50 años del Buenos Aires Football Club" by Hugo Mackern on El Gráfico #877, 2 May 1936
  9. ↑ "Estadio GEBA at Time for Fun website". Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 "El estadio de Maldonado" on Viejos Estadios website
  11. ↑ Sede San Isidro at casi.org.ar
  12. ↑ Guía de Instituciones Afiliadas 1923. Asociación Amateurs de Football. at biblioteca.afa.org.ar
  13. 1 2 Una ilusión de estudiantes universitarios at cuba.org.ar
  14. ↑ Historia del Rugby Argentino (1917–30) by Hugo Mackern (1986)
  15. ↑ El historial pertenece al CASI, pero los últimos tres fueron para el SIC on Infobae. 28 Oct 2005
  16. ↑ La historia viva del rugby at clarin.com
  17. ↑ único e irrepetible heptacampeón de nuestro fútbol at racingclub.com.ar
  18. ↑ "Conociendo nuestro rugby "Club Atletico de San Isidro" CASI". DeRugby.net. Retrieved 9 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  19. ↑ "Unión Argentina de Rugby. Memoria" (PDF). Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  20. ↑ Recuerdo ovalado at periodismo rugby. 27 Sep 2006
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