Centro Naval, is an Argentine

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and

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club, established in 1882 by a group of Argentine Navy officers. The

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

team currently plays in Primera C, the fourth division of the

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league system. The club has also a women's rugby team competing in "Torneo Femenino", organised by the same body. Centro Naval has also a

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team affiliated to

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.Guía de Clubes, AHBA website
/ref> Other sports that can be practised at Centro Naval are

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, football,

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, karate,

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, and

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.Sede Olivos at official web
/ref>

History

Rugby began to be played at the Escuela Naval of Río Santiago (where Liceo Naval Militar was located) by a group of cadets. They used a ball which had been given to them by the crew of an

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ship some weeks ago. Although the cadets were enthusiasts, they did not know the rules, so their first teacher was Mr. Hume, who had British ancestors and worked at Río Santiago navy base, apart from being member of

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Club. During the 1930 and 1940 decades, the Escuela Naval played some friendly matches against relevant teams such as CASI,

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, Olivos, Universitario (LP), and

. In 1950 the team began to participate in the defense forces tournaments of Argentina, where the

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and

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teams took part. In 1953 Escuela Naval affiliated to Argentine Rugby Union, although the team did not participate in official matches for many years. In 1980 the

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(URBA) demanded the club to have a field where rugby games could be disputed, as a request to affiliate to the Federation. For that reason a field began to be built in

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, where the team would play its home games. In the navy base of

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, a group of officers that had played for Escuela Naval, founded their own team, Club de Rugby Puerto Belgrano, in 1963. The team became a member of Unión de Rugby del Sur (Southern Rugby Union) In 1988 some internal problems force to find a solution to continue with the practise of rugby. The objective was to create a new rugby club where not only the members of the army were included but civilians too. The location chosen was the Núñez district of

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. Due to the former denomination Escuela Naval could not be used. In 1989 Centro Naval affiliated to

as a guest member, being supported by clubs

and

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.Centro Naval rugby brochure
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Facilities

The club currently has four facilities in the Buenos Aires Province. They are: * Sede Central, in the city of

, mostly used for social activities and events. * Sede Ñúñez in

, hosts the practise of

, and

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.Sede Nuñez at official web
/ref> * Sede Olivos in Olivos ( Greater Buenos Aires), with sports such as

, football,

, karate,

, and

. * Sede Tigre, in

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, with

, and

.Sede Tigre at official web
/ref>

Uniforms

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Centro Naval Sports clubs and teams established in 1882 Rugby union clubs in Buenos Aires Rugby clubs established in 1882 Women's rugby union teams in Argentina c Rowing clubs in Argentina