1980 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

36° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	16
Champions	Buenos Aires (17th title)
Runners-up	Córdoba

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1980 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Córdoba

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1980

National

The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by San Isidro Club
The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
The North-East Championship was won by Lawn Tennis
The selection of Buenos Aires won also the "Campeonato Juvenil" (under-19)

International

In April 1980 the selection del Sudamérica XV in April went to South Africa.

In October, the Springboks were in South America, but no matches were allowed by Argentina government, so the matches was played in Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay.

In November, Fiji visited Argentina on tour.

Preliminaries

Zone 1

1st round
28 June	Noreste	-	Buenos Aires	4 - 83	Resistencia
1 sept.	Jujuy	-	Tucumán	12 - 45	Resistencia

2nd round
2 sept.	Buenos Aires	-	Tucumán	22 - 14	Resistencia

Zone 2

1st round
20 sept.	Cuyo	-	Tandil	3 - 0	El Challeo, (withdraw)
20 sept.	San Juan	-	Chubut	16 - 12	El Challeo, Mendoza

2nd round
21 sept.	Cuyo	-	San Juan	31 - 15	El Challeo, Mendoza

Zone 3

1st round
27 sept.	Salta	-	Entre Rios	20 - 30	Salta
27 sept.	Rosario	-	Santa Fe	25 - 16	Salta

2nd round
28 sept.	Entre Rios	-	Rosario	42 - 12	Salta

Zone 4

1st round
27 sept.	Mar del Plata	-	Austral	20 - 4	Club Nautico, Santa Fe
27 sept.	Córdoba	-	Sur	26 - 9	Club Nautico, Santa Fe

2nd round
28 sept.	Mar del Plata	-	Córdoba	9 - 15	Club Nautico, Santa Fe

Interzone

INTERZONE
28 sept.	Cuyo	-	Buenos Aires	15 - 21	Maristas, Mendoza

Semifinals

11 october 1980

Buenos Aires	46--19	Rosario

Marabunta RC, Cipolletti
Referee: Felipe Ferrari ( Buenos Aires)

11 october 1980

Rio Negro y Neuquén	14-38	Córdoba

Marabunta RC, Cipolletti
Referee: Ricardo Colombo ( Buenos Aires)

Third place final

12 october 1980

Rosario	78-9	Rio Negro y Neuquén

Marabunta RC, Cipolletti
Referee: Felipe Ferrari ( Buenos Aires)

Final

12 october 1980

Buenos Aires	56-3	Córdoba
Try: Cappelleti 2; Iachetti 2, Puccio 2, Ure 2, Madero , Travaglini Con: Porta 8		Pen: Virgollini

Marabunta RC, Cipolletti
Referee: Ricardo Colombo ( Buenos Aires)

Buenos Aires : 15. M. Campo, 14. Cappelletti, 12.M. Loffreda, 12. R. Madero, 11.A. Puccio, 10.H. Porta (cap.), 9. R. Landajo, 8.T. Petersen, 7.A. Travaglini, 6.C. Serrano, 5.E. Ure, 4.A. Iachetti, 3.C. Saint Trápaga, 2,A. Cubelli, 1.F.Morelo
Còrdoba : 15.M. Villarino, 14.D. Grecco, 13.J. Cannote, 12.N. Albrisi (cap., 11.N.Ambrogio, 10. R. Virgolini, 9. M.Ferrara, 8.M. Martínez, 7.J. Aguad (Gastoldi), 6.R. Boroch, 5.R. Lobato, 4. D. Praddaude, 3.E. Rodríguez, 2. J. Albrisí, 1.A. Cravero.

External links

Memorias de la UAR 1980
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)

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