# 1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1959 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.

## Rugby Union in Argentina in 1959

* The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Buonos Aires CRC
* The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario
* The North-East Championship was won by Universitario Tucuman
* The selection of Junior Springboks, 27 years after their first tour, visit Argentina and Chile, winning all the 13 matches (two against Argentina national team)

## Knock out stages

("Provincia" and "Capital" directly admitted to quarter of finals)
PRELIMINARY :
| 2 August | Río Paranà | - | Valle de Lerma | 24 - 8 | Paranà |
| 2 August | UR del Norte | - | San Juan | 19 - 9 | Tucumán |
| 2 August | Rio Cuarto | - | Córdoba | 6 - 17 | Rio Cuarto |
| 2 August | Santa Fe | - | Mar del Plata | 3 - 8 | Santa Fe |
| 2 August | Sur | - | La Plata | 3 - 8 | Bahía Blanca |
| 2 August | Cuyo | - | Rosario | 6 - 27 | Córdoba |
QUARTERS OF FINALS :
| 16 August | UR del Norte | - | Río Paranà | 21 - 0 | Tucumán |
| 16 August | Córdoba | - | Capital | 5 - 18 | Córdoba |
| 16 August | Mar del Plata | - | Provincia | 0 - 14 | Mar del Plata |
| 16 August | Rosario | - | La Plata | 6 - 9 | Rosario |

## Semifinals

* 27 September 1959
| Provincia | 12-0 | La Plata |
| Try: Bianchetti, Pulido, Rosenblat, Bernacchi | | |
* Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco Lamastra
Provincia: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Guidi, A. Salinas, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, J. Pulido, F. Varela, A. Moreno, R. Schimdt, B. Otaño, J. Lucas, J. Casanegra, O. Martínez. La Plata: J. Manes, P. Grossi, R. La Rosa, R. Wilt, R. Posadas, E. Cáceres, J. Buriñigo, E. Foulkes, H. Carnicero, A. Nogueira, A. Cervini, L. Nápoli, R. Goso, A. Dentone, R. Gorostiaga.
* 27 September 1959
| Capital | 10-9 | UR del Norte |
| Try: Trebotich, Karplus | | Try: Peiró, Terán Con: Lafleur 2 Pen: Terán , |
* Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: César de Elizalde
Capital: R. Raimundez, C. Raimundez, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Giuliano, A Guastella, V. Mayol, S. Hogg, M. Azpiroz, J. La¬fleur, J. Trebotich, R. Rumboll, E. Gaviña, H. Vidou, E. Verardo Norte: Nougués, J. Terán, C. Valdez, A. Peiró, J. Esteban, J. Nucci, A. Frías Silva, O. Paz, L. Nieva Moreno, J. Paz, C. Diam¬bra, J. Carlino, J. Ritorto, J. Centurión, R. Terán Vega

## Final

* 10 October 1959
| Provincia | 3-0 | Capital |
| Try: Bernacchi | | |
* Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: Chris Ackermann (South Africa)
Provincia : R. Raimundez, C. Giuliano, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Raimundez, A. Guastella, V. Mayol, J. Lafleur, M. Azpiroz, S. Hogg, R. Hogg, J. Trebotich, E. Verardo, H. Vidou, E. Gaviña. Capital: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Álvarez, J. Guidi, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, A. Moreno, F. Varela, J. Pulido, R. Schmidt, B. Otaño, O. Martínez, J. Casanegra, J. Lucas
The referee of the match was the South African Ackermann, that was following the South African selection of Junior Springboks, that ended his tour in South America. The selection of "Capital" and Provincia, was without with the national team against South Africa. In the same day, was arranged a match between two mixed teams of Southafrican and Argentine and players.