Unión Santafesina de Rugby

The Santa Fe Rugby Union (Spanish: Unión Santafesina de Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Santa Fe Province in Argentina. The union runs rugby competitions in the province of Santa Fe with the exception of Rosario clubs, who are part of the Unión de Rugby de Rosario.

Santa Fe Rugby Union
SportRugby union
JurisdictionSanta Fe Province [note 1]
AbbreviationUSR
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
AffiliationUAR
HeadquartersSanta Fe
PresidentEsteban Fainberg
Vice president(s)Federico Caputto
SecretaryJorge Santoja
Official website
www.usr.org.ar
Argentina

USR is one of the Argentine Rugby Union's 25 regional governing bodies. The Unión Santafesina also runs the Santa Fe team that represented the province in the now defunct Campeonato Argentino.

The best placed teams of USR competitions qualify to play the Torneo del Litoral, along with clubs from the Rosario and Entre Ríos Unions. A Santa Fe championship also exists for the clubs at underage levels.

History

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In 1949 the Unión de Rugby del Río Paraná was founded. Its role was to represent and organise competitions for clubs from both Santa Fe and Entre Ríos provinces.

Due to different point of views the URRP was split in two soon after. Clubs from Entre Ríos would go on to form the Unión Entrerriana de Rugby and clubs from Santa Fe the "Unión Santafesina de Rugby".

Clubs

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As of September 2021, affiliated clubs that participate in competitions organised by the USR are:[1]

Club City
C.A. Adelante Reconquista
Atlético Brown San Vicente
Alma Juniors Esperanza
Ateneo Inmaculada Santo Tomé
Calchaquí F.C. Calchaquí
Ceres R.C. Ceres
Coronda R.C. Coronda
Círculo Rafaelino de Rugby (CRAR) Rafaela
Cha Roga Santa Fe
Guaycurúes Sunchales
Jorge Newbery Villa Gobernador Gálvez
La Salle Jobson Santa Fe
Querandí Santa Fe
San Carlos R.C. San Carlos Centro
C.A. San Jorge San Jorge
San Justo R.C. San Justo
Santa Fe RC Santa Fe
C.A. Tostado Tostado
Unión Sunchales
Unión Santa Fe
Universitario Santa Fe

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ With the exception of Rosario, controlled by the Unión de Rugby de Rosario.

References

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  1. ^ Clubes on USR website
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