The Entre Rios Rugby Union () (also known by its initials UER) is the organisational body that governs the game of

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. It is headquartered in the city of

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. The best placed teams of the UER qualify to play in the

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along with clubs from the

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and Santa Fe unions.

History

The Union was founded on 30 March 1979 when the rugby clubs of

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, decided to create their own body because they took part in the

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. The founding members were

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, Club La Salle, El Paraná Rowing Club and

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. Other clubs then asked to be part of the union from cities such as Diamante, La Paz, Concordia, Concepción del Uruguay, Gualeguay and Nogoyá.

Provincial team

The Unión is represented in the

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, a competition in which each of the 25 unions that make up the Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) participate. The Union's best result was reaching the final in the 1984 edition.

Member clubs

Clubs affiliated to the Union as of June 2018:Clubes
on UER website

References

External links

* Cor Sports organizations established in 1979 1979 establishments in Argentina {{Argentina-sport-org-stub