1961 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1961 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by Mar del Plata who defeated Rosario in the final. There were several changes in this tournament:

• The selection of Provincia and Capital merged in the selection of Buenos Aires
• The teams were divided in four zones with a round-robin pool.
• For the first time success went to a team outside the direct control of the U.A.R.
• For the second time a foreigner was called to referee some matches of the championship: James Taylor of Scotland, who was also invited for a one-month educational visit for Argentine referees.

17° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Champions	Mar del Plata (1st title)

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1961

• Argentina won the third edition of South American Rugby Championship.

Further information: 1961 South American Rugby Championship

• The Buenos Aires Championship 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 September 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 September San Juan - Cuyo 9 - 6 San Juan

(Rio Cuarto withdrew)

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

• Rugby Archive

Bibliography

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