1963 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

19° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	9
Champions	Buenos Aires (2nd title)

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1963 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Cordoba.

The teams were divided as in 1962, in four "zones" . The winners went to semifinals. For discipline reason were excluded the selection of Mar del Plata and Valle de Lerma (Salta).

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1963

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by Belgrano AC
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario and La Tablada
• The North-East Championship was won by Uni Tucuman

Preliminaries

ZONE A 1 sept. Santa Fe - Rosario 8 - 31 Paranà

ZONE B 28 July Sur - Rio Negro y Neuquén 28 - 7 Base Naval, Puerto Belgrano 15 August Buenos Aires - Sur 63 - 3 CASI, Buenos Aires 7 sept. Rio Negro y Neuquén - Buenos Aires 0 - 98 Neuquen

• Ranking: 1. Buenos Aires 2. Rio Negro y Neuquén 3. Sur

ZONE C 15 sept. UR del Norte - Córdoba 11 - 19 Tucumán

ZONE D 1 sept. San Juan - Cuyo 19 - 15 San Juan

Semifinals

22 september 1963

Buenos Aires	30-14	Rosario
Try: Paván Con: Aletta de Sylvas Pen: Aletta de Sylvas 3		Try: Neri, Gradín , Goti, Queirolo , Álvarez, Otaño Con: Queirolo 3 Pen: Queirolo Drop: Haack.

CASI, Buenos Aires Referee: Tomás Blades (Buenos Aires)

Buenos Aires : 15.J.Lassalle, 14.H.Goti, 13.J.C.Queirolo,12.M.Molina Berro, 11.E.Neri, 10.J.Haack, 9.L.Gradín, 8.D.Churchill-Browne,7.E.Scharenberg, 6.C.Álvarez, 5.C.Iribarren, 4.B.Otaño (cap.), 3.G.McCormick, 2.M.Odriozola,1.E.Verardo.
Rosario: 15.C.Quijano, 14.E.España, 13.J.Benzi, 12.J.Orengo, 11.R.Mauro, 10.J.Ruiz, 9.O.Aletta de Sylvas (cap.), 8.W.Villar, 7.J.Imhoff, 6.M.Paván, 5.H.Ferraro, 4.M.Bouza, 3.R.Esmendi, 2.J.Benvenuto, 1.J.Gómez Kenny.

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22 september 1963

San Juan	0-32	Cordoba
		Try: Astrada 2, Pérez, Verde, E. Quetglas, Trakal

San Juan Referee: Fernando R. Malmierca (Tucumán)

San Juan: 15.E.Salas, 14.R.Posleman, 13.E.Vaca, 12.H.Spollansky, 11.E.Sánchez, 10.A.Basualdo (cap.), 9.D.Bustos, 8.M.Miguel, 7.H.Cipoletto, 6.R.Rodríguez, 5.A.Echegaray, 4.F.Ferreyra, 3.N.Tula, 2.R.Oliver, 1.G.Noris
Cordoba: 15.H.Garutti, 14.J.Astrada, 13.E.Quetglas, 12.A.Verde, 11.A.Quetglas, 10.C.Ferretti, 9.J.Ricciardello (cap.), 8.J.Ramírez Montrull, 7.J.Banus, 6.R.Loyola, 5.A.González, 4.E.Trakal, 3.J.Cocco, 2.A.Gener, 1.H.Pérez.

Final

29 september 1963

Cordoba	3-9	Buenos Aires
		Try: Neri 2

Cordoba Referee: Carlos M. Seminario (Buenos Aires )

Cordoba : 15.R.González del Solar, 14.L.Rodríguez, 13.J.Astrada, 12.E.Quetglas, 11.A Quetglas, 10.C.Feretti, 9.J.Ricciardello (cap.), 8.H.Banus, 7.J.Ramírez, 6.L.Loyola, 5.A.González, 4.E.Trakal, 3.H.Pérez, 2.A.Gener, 1.H.Cocco.
Buenos Aires: 15.J.Lasalle, 14.H.Gotí, 13.J.Queirolo, 12.M.Molina-Berro, 11.E.Neri, 10.J.Haack, 9.L.Gradín, 8.M.Puigdeval, 7.D.Churchill-Browne, 6.C.Álvarez, 5.B.Otaño (cap.), 4.C.Irribarren, 3.G.Mc Cormick, 2.M. Odriozola, 1.E.Verardo.

Special Events

Was played two special matches. The first between the "old" Buenos Aires selection of Capital and Provincia and one between a selection of Buenos Aires and another called "El resto" ("The rest")

9 July 1963

Capital	6-13	Provincia

C.A.S.I., Buenos Aires Referee: R. Caldwell (Buenos Aires)

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15 september 1963

Buenos Aires	10-11	El resto

C.A.S.I., Buenos Aires Referee: Emilio Aiccardi (Buenos Aires)

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External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1963
• Rugby Archive