1976 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

32° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Champions	Buenos Aires (14th title)

The 1976 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Cuyo

Rugby union in Argentina in 1976

National

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by C.A.S.I.
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario
• The North-East Championship was won by Los Tarcos and Natación y Gimnasia

International

• All Blacks visit for the first time Argentina. They won both test against Argentina

Further information: 1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South America and this tour

• In 1976, Argentina, visited Wales in the same period of the finals of championship. Is a greta tour with a sefetat at last minute with Wales

Further information: 1976 Argentina rugby union tour of Wales and England and this tour

Preliminaries

Zone 1

1st round 4 sept. Mar del Plata - Jujuy 60 - 3 Jockey Club, Córdoba 4 sept. Córdoba - Rio Negro y Neuquén 28 - 6 Jockey Club, Córdoba

2nd round 5 sept. Córdoba - Mar del Plata 3 - 9 Jockey Club, Córdoba

Zone 2

1st round 18 sept. Buenos Aires - Noreste 49 - 4 Jockey Club, Limache

2nd round 19 sept. Salta - Buenos Aires 6 - 24 Jockey Club, Limache

Zone 3

1st round 11 sept. Rosario - San Juan 69 - 3 Duendes, Rosario 11 sept. Tucumán - Sur 14 - 4 Duendes, Rosario

2nd round 12 sept. Rosario - Tucumán 18 - 9 Duendes, Rosario

Zone 4

1st round 4 sept. Cuyo - Austral 69 - 3 Mendoza RC, Bernejo 4 sept. Santa Fe - Tandil 14 - 4 Mendoza RC, Bernejo

2nd round 5 sept. Cuyo - Santa Fe 19 - 14 Mendoza RC, Bernejo

Interzone

Interzone 26 sept. Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires 10 - 25 Parque Camet, Mar del Plata

Semifinals

Score system: Try= 4 points, Conversion=2 points .Penalty and kick from mark= 3 points. Drop= 3 points.

9 october 1976

Buenos Aires	25-9	Rosario
Try: Ventura, Balfour, Sansot Con: Capalbo 2, Pen: Capalbo 2, Drop: Sansot		Try: Romero Acuña Con: Baetti , Pen: Baetti

Trelew Referee: Alberto Roldán ( Mar del Plata)

Buenos Aires:S. Gutiérrez, O'Farrell, Benyon, Sansot, Balfour, U. O'Farrell, Capalbo, Devoto, Lucke, De Vedia, M. García Haymes, Casaba, J. Rodríguez jurado, Suárez, Correa, Ventura.
Rosario:' B. Blanco, Giner, C. Blanco, Escalante, Romero Acuña, Scilabra, Baetti, Pavani, Senatore, Pecce, Mangiamelli, Svetez, Imhoff, Macat, Todeschini.

---

9 october 1976

Chubut	3-34	Cuyo
Pen: Vidal		Try: Terranova 2, Tarquin, Morgan, Campoy , Con: Guarrochena 3, Gancia , Pen: Guarrochena 2 ,

Trelew Referee: Ricardo J. Colombo (Buenos Aires)

Chubut: Ojeda, Vidal, Van Gelderen, Amorós, Maldonádo, Rivas, Clarke, Vernetti, R. Domínguez, Iliana, Paits, Sansinena, Aguirre, Fernández, Couderc (Schmidt).
Cuyo:' Stahringher, Massera, Morgan, Tarquini, Terarnova, Guarrochena, Gancia, Crivelli, Campoy, Antonini, Viaso, Ituarte, Carro, Cichitti, Scaiola.

Final

10 october 1976

Buenos Aires	19-9	Cuyo
Try: Sansot, Benyon Con: Igarzábal , Pen: Igarzábal 2, Drop: Igarzábal		Pen: Terranova

Trelew Referee: Alberto Roldán ( Mar del Plata)

Buenos Aires: S. Gutiérrez O'Farrell, Benyon, Balfour (U. O'Farrell), I. Gutiérrez O'Farrell, Sansot, Igarzábal, Landajo (cap), García Haymes, Lucke, Casaba, Green, J. Rodríguez jurado, Ventura, Vila, Cerioni.
Cuyo:' Muñiz, Massera, Morgan, Tarquini, Terranova, Guarrochena, Chacón, Nasazzi, Naves¡, Antonini, Serpa, Ituarte, Cruz, Crivelli, Micheli.

Bibliography

• Template:Es icon Memorias de la UAR 1976
• Template:Es icon XXXII Campeonato Argentino
• Template:It icon Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).