# 1996 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1996 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won with a shared victory by the selection of Buenos Aires and Cordoba.

## Rugby Union in Argentina in 1996
### International

* In June, France toured Argentina, winning two test match against the "Pumas" and all the other match
* Before to visit Europe, South Africa toured Argentina. The Springboks played and won four match, four of them against "Pumas".
* In late November The "Pumas" toured England. The Pumas won all the match against regional selection and lost only against England "A" and the England first team
* "The Pumas" won the second edition of Pan American Championship

### National

* The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Buenos Aires
* The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) victory was shared by Buenos Aires and Tucumàn
* The "National Championship for clubs" was won by Hindú
* The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by Hindú and Atlético del Rosario
* The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Córdoba AC
* The North-East Championship was won by Natación y Gimnasia

## "Campeonato"

For the first time were played a single round robin with 6 teams
1ª giornata :
| 6 April | Tucumàn - Cuyo | 39-33 |
| 6 April | Cordoba - Rosario | 37-12 |
| 6 April | Buenos Aires - San Juan | 65-13 |
2ª giornata :
| 13 April | San Juan - Rosario | 20-23 |
| 13 April | Cuyo - Buenos Aires | 28-24 |
| 13 April | Cordoba - Tucumàn | 21-16 |
3ª giornata :
| 20 April | Rosario - Cuyo | 41-34 |
| 20 April | Tucumàn - Buenos Aires | 15-16 |
| 20 April | San Juan - Cordoba | 25-36 |
4ª giornata :
| 27 April | Cordoba - Cuyo | 59-24 |
| 27 April | Buenos Aires - Rosario | 39-29 |
| 27 April | Tucumàn- San Juan | 64-11 |
5ª giornata :
| 1 May | Buenos Aires - Cordoba | 27-15 |
| 1 May | Rosario - Tucumàn | 29-30 |
| 1 May | Cuyo - San Juan | 21-19 |
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 100 | 71 | 8 |
| 1 | Cordoba | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 110 | 45 | 8 |
| 3 | Tucumàn | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 110 | 54 | 6 |
| 4 | Cuyo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 182 | -42 | 4 |
| 4 | Rosario | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 147 | -7 | 4 |
| 6 | San Juan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 209 | -121 | 0 |
Relegated: San Juan

## Zone "Ascenso"

* Results
| | MdP | E-R | NOE | SFE | SAL | SUR |
| Mar del Plata | –––– | 18-17 | 29-30 | 47-27 | 20-17 | 36-9 |
| Entre Rios | 17-18 | –––– | 17-15 | 30-22 | 33-31 | 32-17 |
| Noroeste | 30-29 | 15-17 | –––– | 26-33 | 27-27 | 14-11 |
| Santa Fè | 27-47 | 22-30 | 33-26 | –––– | 18-19 | 45-28 |
| Salta | 17-20 | 31-33 | 27-27 | 19-18 | –––– | 47-48 |
| Sur | 9-36 | 17-32 | 11-14 | 28-45 | 48-47 | –––– |
* Ranking Final
* Promoted
* Relegated
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Mar del Plata | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 100 | 50 | 8 |
| 2 | Entre Rios | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 103 | 26 | 8 |
| 3 | Noroeste | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 117 | -5 | 5 |
| 4 | Santa Fè | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 150 | -5 | 4 |
| 5 | Salta | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 146 | -5 | 3 |
| 6 | Sur | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 174 | -61 | 2 |
Promoted: Mar del Plata Relegated: Sur

## Zone "Promocional"
### Pool A

| | A V | AUS | CHU | CEN |
| Alto Valle | –––– | 35-8 | 40-23 | 118-0 |
| Austral | 8-35 | –––– | 32-17 | 20-24 |
| Chubut | 23-40 | 17-32 | –––– | 45-31 |
| Centro | 0-118 | 24-20 | 31-45 | –––– |
* Promoted
| Place | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Team | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Alto Valle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 31 | 162 | 6 |
| 2 | Austral | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 76 | -16 | 2 |
| 3 | Chubut | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 103 | -18 | 2 |
| 4 | Centro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 183 | -128 | 2 |

### Pool B

The Pool B was not completed