1985 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

41° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	19
Champions	Tucumán (1st title)
Runners-up	Buenos Aires

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1985 was won for the first time by the selection of Tucumán that beat in the final the selection of Buenos Aires

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1985

National

• The selection of Buenos Aires won the "Campeonado de Minores" (Under21 Championship)
• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by C.A.S.I.
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Los Tarcos

International

• In 1985, Argentina, received two visits of international selections : France and New Zealand.

With France, Argentina draw the series (1 victory both)

Further information: 1985 France rugby union tour of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

With the "All Blacks", the Pumas lost the first test (20-33) but draw the second test.

Further information: 1985 New Zealand rugby union tour of Argentina

Preliminaries

Buenos Aires directly admitted to semifinals

Zone A

1st round 21 September Austral - Chubut 24 - 14 Comodoro Rivadavia 21 September Alto Valle - Sur 15 - 13 Comodoro Rivadavia

Final 24 September Chubut - Alto Valle 6 - 30 Comodoro Rivadavia

Zone B

PRELIMINARY 24 September Jujuy - Salta 13 - 52 Jujuy

1st round 21 September San Juan - Salta 20 - 13 San Juan 21 September Cuyo - Santa Fe 23 - 16 San Juan

Final 24 September San Juan - Cuyo 6 - 28 San Juan

Interzone A-B

INTERZONE 29 September Alto Valle - Cuyo 6 - 58 Neuquén

Zone C

1st round 28 September Santiago del estero - Córdoba 3 - 65 Santiago 28 September Tucumán - Misiones 49 - 6 Santiago

Final 28 September Tucumán - Córdoba 38 - 19 Santiago

Zone D

1st round 28 September Mar del Plata - Noreste 3 - 65 Mar del Plata 28 September Rosario - Entre Rios 49 - 6 Mar del Plata

Final 28 September Tucumán - Córdoba 38 - 19 Mar del Plata

Semifinals

SEMIFINALS 5 October Buenos Aires - Cuyo 58 - 9 Buenos Aires 5 October Tucumán - Mar del Plata 35 - 12 Buenos Aires

Final

6 October 1985

Buenos Aires	9-13	Tucumán
Pen: Hugo Porta 3		Try: Marcelo Ricci Pen: Lucas Perro 3

C.A. San Martin, Buenos Aires Referee: Miguel Angel Peyrone (Rosario)

Buenos Aires: 15.Bernardo Miguen, 14.Fernando Ibarrola, 13.Marcelo Loffreda, 12. Rafael Madero, 11.Marcelo Campo, 10. Hugo Porta (Cap.), 9.Martín Yanguela, 8.Marcos Giana, 7.Gabriel Traveglini, 6.Marcos Baeck, 5.Roberto Cobello, 4.Joaquín Uriarte, 3.Pablo Devoto, 2.Claudio Granno, 1.Daniel Sanés.
Tucuman:15.José Ríos, 14.Juan Soler, 13.Gabriel Terán, 12.Alvaro Carrizo, 11.José Gianotti, 10.Lucas Perro, 9.Pedro Merlo, 8.José Santamarina, 7.Marcelo Ricci (Cap.), 6.Pedro Garreton, 5.Roberto De Luce, 4.Sergio Bunader, 3.Ricardo Horte, 2.Ricardo Lefort, 1.Luto Molina.

External Links - Bibliography

• (in Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 1985
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)