# 1963 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1963 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Cordoba.
The teams were divided as in 1962, in four "zones" . The winners went to semifinals. For discipline reason were excluded the selection of Mar del Plata and Valle de Lerma (Salta).

## Rugby Union in Argentina in 1963

* The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Belgrano AC
* The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario and La Tablada
* The North-East Championship was won by Uni Tucuman

## Preliminaries

ZONE A :
| 1 September | Santa Fe | - | Rosario | 8 - 31 | Paranà |
ZONE B :
| 28 July | Sur | - | Rio Negro y Neuquén | 28 - 7 | Base Naval, Puerto Belgrano |
| 15 August | Buenos Aires | - | Sur | 63 - 3 | CASI, Buenos Aires |
| 7 September | Rio Negro y Neuquén | - | Buenos Aires | 0 - 98 | Neuquen |
* Ranking: 1. Buenos Aires 2. Rio Negro y Neuquén 3. Sur
ZONE C :
| 15 September | UR del Norte | - | Córdoba | 11 - 19 | Tucumán |
ZONE D :
| 1 September | San Juan | - | Cuyo | 19 - 15 | San Juan |

## Semifinals

* 22 September 1963
| Buenos Aires | 30-14 | Rosario |
| Try: Paván Con: Aletta de Sylvas Pen: Aletta de Sylvas 3 | | Try: Neri, Gradín , Goti, Queirolo , Álvarez, Otaño Con: Queirolo 3 Pen: Queirolo Drop: Haack. |
* CASI, Buenos Aires Referee: Tomás Blades (Buenos Aires)
Buenos Aires : 15.J.Lassalle, 14.H.Goti, 13.J.C.Queirolo,12.M.Molina Berro, 11.E.Neri, 10.J.Haack, 9.L.Gradín, 8.D.Churchill-Browne,7.E.Scharenberg, 6.C.Álvarez, 5.C.Iribarren, 4.B.Otaño (cap.), 3.G.McCormick, 2.M.Odriozola,1.E.Verardo. Rosario: 15.C.Quijano, 14.E.España, 13.J.Benzi, 12.J.Orengo, 11.R.Mauro, 10.J.Ruiz, 9.O.Aletta de Sylvas (cap.), 8.W.Villar, 7.J.Imhoff, 6.M.Paván, 5.H.Ferraro, 4.M.Bouza, 3.R.Esmendi, 2.J.Benvenuto, 1.J.Gómez Kenny.
* 22 September 1963
| San Juan | 0-32 | Cordoba |
| | | Try: Astrada 2, Pérez, Verde, E. Quetglas, Trakal Con: Feretti 4 Pen: Feretti 2 |
* San Juan Referee: Fernando R. Malmierca (Tucumán)
San Juan: 15.E.Salas, 14.R.Posleman, 13.E.Vaca, 12.H.Spollansky, 11.E.Sánchez, 10.A.Basualdo (cap.), 9.D.Bustos, 8.M.Miguel, 7.H.Cipoletto, 6.R.Rodríguez, 5.A.Echegaray, 4.F.Ferreyra, 3.N.Tula, 2.R.Oliver, 1.G.Noris Cordoba: 15.H.Garutti, 14.J.Astrada, 13.E.Quetglas, 12.A.Verde, 11.A.Quetglas, 10.C.Ferretti, 9.J.Ricciardello (cap.), 8.J.Ramírez Montrull, 7.J.Banus, 6.R.Loyola, 5.A.González, 4.E.Trakal, 3.J.Cocco, 2.A.Gener, 1.H.Pérez.

## Final

* 29 September 1963
| Cordoba | 3-9 | Buenos Aires |
| Pen: Ferretti | | Try: Neri 2 Drop: Queirolo |
* Cordoba Referee: Carlos M. Seminario (Buenos Aires )
Cordoba : 15.R.González del Solar, 14.L.Rodríguez, 13.J.Astrada, 12.E.Quetglas, 11.A Quetglas, 10.C.Feretti, 9.J.Ricciardello (cap.), 8.H.Banus, 7.J.Ramírez, 6.L.Loyola, 5.A.González, 4.E.Trakal, 3.H.Pérez, 2.A.Gener, 1.H.Cocco. Buenos Aires: 15.J.Lasalle, 14.H.Gotí, 13.J.Queirolo, 12.M.Molina-Berro, 11.E.Neri, 10.J.Haack, 9.L.Gradín, 8.M.Puigdeval, 7.D.Churchill-Browne, 6.C.Álvarez, 5.B.Otaño (cap.), 4.C.Irribarren, 3.G.Mc Cormick, 2.M. Odriozola, 1.E.Verardo.

## Special Events

Was played two special matches. The first between the "old" Buenos Aires selection of Capital and Provincia and one between a selection of Buenos Aires and another called "El resto" ("The rest")
* 9 July 1963
| Capital | 6-13 | Provincia |
* C.A.S.I., Buenos Aires Referee: R. Caldwell (Buenos Aires)
* 15 September 1963
| Buenos Aires | 10-11 | El resto |
* C.A.S.I., Buenos Aires Referee: Emilio Aiccardi (Buenos Aires)