1985 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

41° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	19
Champions	Tucumán (1st title)
Runners-up	Buenos Aires

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1985 was won for the first time by the selection of Tucumán that beat in the final the selection of Buenos Aires

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1985

National

The selection of Buenos Aires won the "Campeonado de Minores" (Under21 Championship)
The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by C.A.S.I.
The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
The North-East Championship was won by Los Tarcos

International

In 1985, Argentina, received two visits of international selections : France and New Zealand.

With France, Argentina draw the series (1 victory both)

With the "All Blacks", the Pumas lost the first test (20-33) but draw the second test.

Preliminaries

Buenos Aires directly admitted to semifinals

Zone A

1st round
21 sept.	Austral	-	Chubut	24 - 14	Comodoro Rivadavia
21 sept.	Alto Valle	-	Sur	15 - 13	Comodoro Rivadavia

Final
24 sept.	Chubut	-	Alto Valle	6 - 30	Comodoro Rivadavia

Zone B

PRELIMINARY
24 sept.	Jujuy	-	Salta	13 - 52	Jujuy

1st round
21 sept.	San Juan	-	Salta	20 - 13	San Juan
21 sept.	Cuyo	-	Santa Fe	23 - 16	San Juan

Final
24 sept.	San Juan	-	Cuyo	6 - 28	San Juan

Interzone A-B

INTERZONE
29 sept.	Alto Valle	-	Cuyo	6 - 58	Neuquén

Zone C

1st round
28 sept.	Santiago del estero	-	Córdoba	3 - 65	Santiago
28 sept.	Tucumán	-	Misiones	49 - 6	Santiago

Final
28 sept.	Tucumán	-	Córdoba	38 - 19	Santiago

Zone D

1st round
28 sept.	Mar del Plata	-	Noreste	3 - 65	Mar del Plata
28 sept.	Rosario	-	Entre Rios	49 - 6	Mar del Plata

Final
28 sept.	Tucumán	-	Córdoba	38 - 19	Mar del Plata

Semifinals

SEMIFINALS
5 oct.	Buenos Aires	-	Cuyo	58 - 9	Buenos Aires
5 oct.	Tucumán	-	Mar del Plata	35 - 12	Buenos Aires

Final

6 october 1985

Buenos Aires	9-13	Tucumán
Pen: Hugo Porta 3		Try: Marcelo Ricci Pen: Lucas Perro 3

C.A. San Martin, Buenos Aires
Referee: Miguel Angel Peyrone (Rosario)

Buenos Aires: 15.Bernardo Miguen, 14.Fernando Ibarrola, 13.Marcelo Loffreda, 12. Rafael Madero, 11.Marcelo Campo, 10. Hugo Porta (Cap.), 9.Martín Yanguela, 8.Marcos Giana, 7.Gabriel Traveglini, 6.Marcos Baeck, 5.Roberto Cobello, 4.Joaquín Uriarte, 3.Pablo Devoto, 2.Claudio Granno, 1.Daniel Sanés.
Tucuman:15.José Ríos, 14.Juan Soler, 13.Gabriel Terán, 12.Alvaro Carrizo, 11.José Gianotti, 10.Lucas Perro, 9.Pedro Merlo, 8.José Santamarina, 7.Marcelo Ricci (Cap.), 6.Pedro Garreton, 5.Roberto De Luce, 4.Sergio Bunader, 3.Ricardo Horte, 2.Ricardo Lefort, 1.Luto Molina.

External Links - Bibliography

(in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 1985
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)

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