1989 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

The 1989 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby (Campionato argentino de Mayores) was won for the third consecutive year by the selection of Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn that beat in the final the selection of Rosario.

45th Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Champions	Tucumán (4th title)
Runners-up	Rosario
Relegated	San Juan and Santiago del estero

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1989

National

• The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Alumni and Banco Nación
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC
• The selection of Buenos Aires. Won the "Juvenil" (Under-21) championship.

International

• The Italy national rugby union team, visited South America for the first time, lost honorably against "Pumas" (16-21).

Further information: 1989 Italy rugby union tour of Argentina

• The Argentine national team visited New Zealand, obtained two heavy loss in the test match (9-60) and (12-49).

Further information: 1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand

"Campeonato" Tournament

The better eight teams played for the title. They were divided into two pools of four, the first two of each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated to the secondo division

Pool A

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	101	60	41	6
2	Córdoba	3	1	1	1	90	64	26	3
3	Entre Rios	3	1	1	1	42	53	-11	3
4	Santiago del estero	3	0	0	3	42	98	-56	0'

Pool B

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Rosario	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6
2	Cuyo	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
3	Buenos Aires	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
4	San Juan	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0

Semifinals

28 October 1989

Tucumàn	32-15	Cuyo

C.A. Mitre, Santiago del estero

28 October 1989

Rosario	18-17	Córdoba

C.A. Mitre, Santiago del estero

3rd place final

29 October 1989

Córdoba	30 - 13	Cuyo

C.A. Mitre, Santiago del estero

Final

29 October 1989

Tucumàn	12-3	Rosario
Pen: Mesón 4		Pen: Del Castillo

C.A. Mitre, Santiago del estero Referee: Lindsay McLachlan (New Zealand)

Tucumàn 15. F. Williams, 14. J. Soler, 13. J. Gianotti, 12. S. Mesón, 11. G. Terán, 10. R. Sauze, 9. P. Merlo (capt.), 8. J. Santamarina, 7. S. Bunader, 6. P. Garretón, 5. O. Fascioli (Macome 77'), 4. P. Buabse, 3. L. Molina (R. Paz Posse 57'), 2. S. Paz Posse, 1. R. Hortas.
Rosario: 15. Del Castillo, 14. Sarrabayrousse, 13. Paván, 12. Romero Acuña, 11. García, 10. Ansaldi, 9. Crexell, 8.P. Baraldi, 7. Schnaider, 6. Pérez, 5. Minoldo (Rossi), 4. Discaciatti (capt.), 3. Céspedes, 2. M. Baraldi, 1. Mansilla.

• Champion: Tucumán
• Relegated: San Juan and Santiago del estero

"Classificacion" Tournament

Teams are divided in two pools: the winners of each, promoted to "Campeonato" tournament.

Pool "C"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Mar del Plata	4	4	0	0	257	18	+239	8
2	Sur	4	3	0	1	73	0	6
3	Alto Valle	4	2	0	2	122	77	+45	4
4	Austral	4	1	0	3	25	146	-121	2
5	Chubut	4	0	0	4	12	241	0	0

Promoted: Mar del Plata

Pool "D"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Santa Fè	4	4	0	0	268	28	+240	8
2	Noreste	4	2	0	1	94	29	+65	4
3	Salta	4	2	0	1	122	77	+45	4
4	Misiones	4	1	0	3	25	146	-121	2
5	Jujuy	4	0	0	4	12	241	-229	0

The match between Noreste and Misiones wasn't played.

Promoted: Santa Fè

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1989
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)