1951 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

*7° Campeonato Argentino*
7° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Champions	Provincia (6th title)
Runners-up	Capital
	← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1951

National

The "Championship of Buenos Aires" was shared by Club Universitario de Buenos Aires
The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Jockey Club Córdoba
The North-East Championship was shared by Universitario and Tucumán Rugby Club

International

In November the Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata (as was called before) change their name in "Unión Argentina de Rugby", as requested by the Argentina Olympic Committee .
In September, was played the "Torneo Internacional ABCU", originally think as part of 1951 Pan American Games, played in February. But was no possible to arrange a tournament of rugby for those games, so it was arranged in September.^[1] The name "ABCU" was formed by the initial of nations participating.^[2] After the 1958 edition, this tournament was recognized as the first edition of the competition.^[3]

Tabellone

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		26 August

		Provincia	9
19 August
		UR Centro	6
Litoral	3
				26 August
UR Centro	22
				Provincia	14
19 August
				Capital	5
Río Paranà	3
		26 August
La Plata	22
		La Plata	3

		Capital	8

Knock out stages

QUARTERS OF FINALS
19 August	Litoral	-	UR del centro del Pais	3 - 22	Rosario
19 August	Río Paranà	-	La Plata	3 - 22	Paranà

SEMIFINALS
26 August	Capital	-	La Plata	8 - 3	Gim.y Esg., Buenos Aires
26 August	Provincia	-	UR del centro del Pais	9 - 6	Gim.y Esg., Buenos Aires

Final

2 September 1951

Provincia	16-5	Capital

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires

Provincia : H. Solveyra, E. Caffarone, A. Palma, J. L. Guidi, C. Arana, R. Giles, G. Ehrman, L. Allen, M. Sarandón, R. Ochoa, J. S. Morganti (Cap.), E. Domínguez, R. Follet, C. Swain, C. Travaglini.
Capital: M. A. Miguel Villar, D. Evans, E. Fernández del Casal, R. Bazán, K. Green, I. Comas, P. Felisari, C. Bertolotto, H. Fiorioli, J. O'Farrell, J. Piccardo, C. Morea, M. Lanusse, F. Erazun, R. Pont Lezica.

Notes

^ Memorias 1951^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ [1] Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine URU - Teros / Historia
^ [2] Clarín - Argentina, campeón sudamericano

Bibliography

(in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 1951^{[permanent dead link‍]}
(in Spanish) VII Campeonato Argentino

[1] Memorias 1951^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] [1] Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine URU - Teros / Historia

[3] [2] Clarín - Argentina, campeón sudamericano

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