Club de Rugby Los Tilos is an

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club based in the city of Tolosa in

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. The team currently plays in Top 12, the first division of the

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league system.

History

In 1944, the city of La Plata had two rugby clubs:

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and

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; disabused players of the former seceded and went on to found the ''Club de Rugby Los Tilos'' on January 29, 1944. The name "Los Tilos" was chosen to honour the city's nickname. La Plata is often called "the city of

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" because of the large number of that species lining many streets and squares. Originally sharing the city's university installations, the club moved to its current location in Barrio Obrero at the beginning of the 1950s. Los Tilos only spent two seasons in the

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(URBA) third division before being promoted to second division. Promotion to the top level would come in the 1990s although Los Tilos has been promoted and relegated many times since then. While the team has won many titles at underage level, Los Tilos has not won any URBA title at senior level to date. The team's best run in the competition was in 2002 when it reached the semi-final stage, eventually losing to

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(SIC) 34-20. Some of its team player are Matías Albina, Nicolás Barán, Ramiro Bernal, Federico Cortopasso, Martín Etcheverry, Andrés Fernández, Karim Guevara, Diego Herrera, Federico Méndez, León Salim, Luis y Rafael Silva, Sebastián y Mariano Stephens, Martín Pardo y Andrés Volcoff Los Tilos won the promotion in 2010 and currently plays at the top level of the URBA league system since 2011 season.

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* {{URBA Top 12 t t 1944 establishments in Argentina