Club Atlético San Antonio de Padua, familiarly known as CASA de Padua, is an

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located in the city of

San Antonio de Padua San Antonio de Padua, or plainly Padua, is a city in the Greater Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It is located in Merlo Partido. The city has an area of and a population of around 38,000. The name commemorates the village founded by Francisco de Me ...

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. Although CASA is mostly known for its

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team, the club hosts the practise of other sports and activities such as

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and

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. The rugby union team currently plays in the Primera C, the 4th division of the

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league system, although CASA has focused on children and youth categories, where near 250 players are registered to the club. The institution was founded as a

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club on December 12, 1926, under the name "Lancaster Club". The meeting was held in the San Antonio de Padua railway station. The team debuted vs Club Nacional de Merlo (today Club Independiente) being hardly defeated 7-0. In 1928, the club changed to its current name. Rugby was added as sport in 1981.

History in rugby

Predecessors

Rugby in the city of San Antonio de Padua started when a group of students of the Instituto San Antonio moved to Morón to continue their education. In the local institution, a priest related to club Los Matreros (the only team in the region) invited them to join and practise the sport. As the students' enthusiasm increased, four of them tried to play rugby near the S.A. de Padua Church, being taught by Roberto Schamun, senior player of

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and

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. They named the team "Padua Rugby Club". The recently formed club was introduced to the

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by the

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(SIC). Nevertheless, Padua RC would be dissolved soon after. In 1974, two players of Porteño A.C. of

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, formed a rugby team in Padua and then met former players of Padua R.C., forming the rugby team of "Ateneo S.A. de Padua", linked to the Franciscal Order. They registered with UAR as members, with Miguel A. Bruno and Eduardo Jar as coaches. The shirt was squared (like a draughts board) in red and green. Ateneo participated in UAR tournaments as guest team, in "preclasificación" division.

CASA rugby team

90px, Logo of CASA de Padua Rugby Club. The team was formed in 1981 as the rugby section of the main club, breaking up in 2013 to become an independent club In 1981, the Ateneo RC dissolved due to internal problems. Some players went to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Ituzaingó (GEI) and others to Mariano Moreno. Most players and their coaches decided to join Club Atlético San Antonio de Padua. As part of the club, the rugby team adopted the institution's colors, black, gold and purple. The Municipality of Merlo gave CASA de Padua a vacant land on Antezana street, where the club built a rugby venue. That same year the club debuted playing in ''Preclasificación'', the lowest division of the UAR (then took over by the URBA). One year after, the whole rugby team of GEI joined CASA. In 1983, they took part of UAR championships as guests, two years later the team promoted to the next division, while rugby at the club increased its categories to different age levels. In 1989, CASA de Padua promoted to ''Ascenso'' division and two years later promoted to the second division. The first international tour came in 1993, when CASA toured on

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and

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playing some friendly matches with those national teams. CASA reached the first division (Grupo I) in 1995 and went on a tour again, visiting

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and

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to play there. The club would trip to South Africa two more times, in 2001 and 2009.Historia del Club SA de Padua
(archived, 4 Jul 2014) In 2011, CASA was near to be relegated to Grupo III, but the team finally remained in second division after beating La Salle 21-17. In 2013, the CASA de Padua rugby section broke up from the main club to form and independent institution. The recently formed club was named "Casa de Padua Rugby & Hockey", focusing on the sports of rugby union and field hockey.Nuestro club
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