1956 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

12° Campeonato Argentino
Countries	Argentina
Champions	Provincia (9th title)
Runners-up	La Plata
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of La Plata.

Twelve team participated, because the club of Santa Fè Province left the Unión de Rugby del Río Paranà founding the Unión santafesina de rugby. Cause the contemporary Oxford-Cambridge combined tour, "Provincia" and "Capital" selection were directly admitted to semifinals

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1956

The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by C.A.S.I.
The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario Cordoba and Jockey Club Córdoba
The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC
A mixed selection, formed also of many international player of British national team, student at Oxford and Cambridge universities visit Argentina, for the second historical tour, the second after the tours in 1948- The visitors won \0 match on 11, and 2 test on 2 againsta Argentina.

For more details on this topic, see 1956 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina.

Knock out stages

1st PRELIMINARY
22 July	UR del centro del Pais	-	Río Paranà	3 - 11	Córdoba
22 July	Rio Cuarto	-	Santa Fe	5 - 3	Rio Cuarto

2nd PRELIMINARY
29 July	Río Paranà	-	Rosario	6 - 10	Paraná
29 July	San Juan	-	UR del Norte	9 - 3	San Juan
29 July	Rio Cuarto	-	La Plata	9 - 14	Rio Cuarto
29 July	Cuyo	-	Mar del Plata	6 - 3	Mendoza

3° PRELIMINARY
19 August	Rosario	-	San Juan	22 - 12	Rosario
26 August	La Plata	-	Cuyo	27 - 6	Buenos Aires

SEMIFINALS
23 sept.	Provincia	-	Rosario	27 - 3	San Isidro, Buenos Aires
23 sept.	Capital	-	La Plata	3 - 6	San Isidro, Buenos Aires

Final

16 october 1956

Provincia	13-9	La Plata
Try: Mitchelstein, Bernacchi, Caffarone, Con: Bernacchi , Comas,		Try: Dupeyron, Suárez Pen: = Gorostiaga

San Isidro Club, Buenos Aires
Referee: Eric Kember

Bibliography

(Spanish) Memorias de la UAR 1956
(Spanish) XII Campeonato Argentino

Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

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