Unión Entrerriana de Rugby

Entre Ríos Rugby Union
Unión Entrerriana de Rugby
Sport	Rugby union
Jurisdiction	Entre Ríos Province
Abbreviation	UER
Founded	30 March 1979; 45 years ago
Affiliation	UAR
Headquarters	Paraná
President	Nelson Di Palma
Vice president(s)	Gabriel Bourdin
Secretary	Alejandro Arnau
Official website
	uer.org.ar

The Entre Rios Rugby Union (Spanish: Unión Entrerriana de Rugby) (also known by its initials UER) is the organisational body that governs the game of rugby union in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. It is headquartered in the city of Paraná.

The best placed teams of the UER qualify to play in the Torneo del Litoral along with clubs from the Rosario and Santa Fe unions.

History

The Union was founded on 30 March 1979 when the rugby clubs of Paraná, Entre Ríos, decided to create their own body because they took part in the Unión Santafesina de Rugby. The founding members were Estudiantes de Paraná, Club La Salle, El Paraná Rowing Club and Tilcara.

Other clubs then asked to be part of the union from cities such as Diamante, La Paz, Concordia, Concepción del Uruguay, Gualeguay and Nogoyá.

Provincial team

The Unión is represented in the Campeonato Argentino, a competition in which each of the 25 unions that make up the Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) participate. The Union's best result was reaching the final in the 1984 edition.

Member clubs

Clubs affiliated to the Union as of June 2018:^[1]

Club	City
Atlético Echagüe	Paraná
Capibá	Paraná
Estudiantes	Paraná
Universitario	C. del Uruguay
Los Espinillos	Concordia
Salto Grande	Concordia
Tilcara	Paraná
Paraná Rowing Club	Paraná