Universitario Rugby Club is an Argentine sports institution for women's field hockey and men's rugby based in the city of

San Miguel de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán (; usually called simply Tucumán) is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Argentina, ...

. As a rugby team, it is a member of the

Unión de Rugby de Tucumán The Tucuman Rugby Union ( es, Unión de Rugby de Tucumán) or URT is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Tucumán, Argentina. History Rugby was first played in Tucumán in 1915, when British enthusia ...

, which in turn belongs to the Unión Argentina de Rugby and plays in the First Division of the Northwest Regional Tournament. The field hockey section of the club is affiliated to the Asociación Tucumana Amateur de Hockey (ATAH).

History

The club was founded by students and professors from the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology of the

Universidad Nacional de Tucumán Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

on September 21, 1943. Conceived as a "universal" multidisciplinary club, it had its first headquarters in Ayacucho and Combate de Las Piedras Street in Barrio Sur, San Miguel de Tucumán. It included among other disciplines

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and football. The first Tucumán championship in 1944 was played between the four clubs called "Founders", since they were the first in the province: Natación y Gimnasia, Tucumán Rugby, Cardenales and Uni. This championship was played mostly on the Faculty of Physical Education's pitch and on Natacion y Gimnasia's pitch. Universitario played their matches in these pitches near the Parque 9 de Julio until 1958 when the government donated for a short term a field inside the Park. In the year 1964, on the eve of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the

Battle of Tucumán The Battle of Tucumán was a battle fought on 24 and 25 September 1812 near the Argentine city of San Miguel de Tucumán, during the Argentine War of Independence. The Army of the North, commanded by General Manuel Belgrano, defeated the royal ...

, the club must return the land and settle in the university school of Physical Education (current headquarters of the Faculty of Physical Education or "FACDEF") In 1967, Uni bought the property on 4460th Lavalle Street in the Ojo de Agua area (since 1977, Barrio San Martín), but it continued to dispute the matches in the Park. In 1976 the club must move permanently to the headquarters of Ojo de Agua due to the

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that meant the closure of all the Faculties. On April 22, 1976, Universitario would debut with a 17–0 victory against Cardenales in its current headquarters. It is the maximum winner of the

Torneo del Noroeste The Torneo Regional del NOA (NorOeste Argentino – Argentine North-West), also known as Torneo del Noroeste, is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina. Originally, only clubs from the Tucumán RU took part. In successive editions the c ...

("Northwest Regional Tournament") with 24. It was runner-up of the

Torneo del Interior The Torneo del Interior A is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. Teams qualify from different tournaments along the provinces of Argentina, such as Litora ...

in 2002 and 2009.

Titles

Universitario RC since its foundation won 17 Tucumán championships (from 1944 to 1999) and 7 Northwest Tournament (from its establishment in 1999 to the present): *

(24): 1946, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Universitario Rugby Club de Tucuman Argentine rugby union teams Sport in San Miguel de Tucumán Rugby clubs established in 1943 Argentine field hockey clubs 1943 establishments in Argentina