Rugby Union in Argentina in 1979
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International
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In 1979 the Argentine national team went to New Zealand. The tours was scheduled in the same period of this championship. That meant the absence of better players in the championship.
In October-November, Australia toured Argentina. Argentina won the first test-match 24-13, the Wallabies the second 17-12-
Preliminaries
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Semifinals
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Puerto Belgrano Referee: Sergio Morteo (Buenos Aires)
Puerto Belgrano Referee: Manuel Peralta Ramírez (Córdoba)
Third place final
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Parque de Mayo, Bahía Blanca Referee: Sergio Morteo (Buenos Aires)
Rosario 8-47 Buenos Aires Try: Nogués 2Try: Negri 2; Minguez 2; , Glastra, Ventura, García TeránCon: Beccar Varela 3, Sanguinetti 2Drop: Sanguinetti
Parque de Mayo, Bahía Blanca Referee: Manuel Peralta Ramírez (Cordoba)
Rosario : 15.Baetti, 14.Nogués, 13.Trini, 12.Escalante (cap.), 11.Basilico, 10.Dip, 9.Niccia, 8.Marengo, 7.Imhoff, 6.Poet, 5.Milano , 4.Mangiamelli, 3.Sandionigi, 2.Cristini, 2.Fernández.
Buenos Aires: 15.Argerich, 14. Ramallo, 13.Beccar Varela, 12.Jacobi, 11.Puccio, 10. Sanguinetti, 9. Nicholson, 8. García Terán, 7.Negri, 6. Glastra, 5.Minguez, 4.Bottarini, 3.Devoto, 2.Sartori, 1.Ventura (cap.)
External links
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Memorias de la UAR 1979
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000 , GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)