1990 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

The 1990 Campeonato Argentino de rugby was won for the fourth consecutive year by the selection of Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn that beat in the final the selection of Cuyo

Main article: Campeonato Argentino

46° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Champions	Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn (5th title)
Relegated	Santa Fè and Entre Rios

Rugby Union in Argentina in 1990

National

• The Buenos Aires Champsionship was won by Alumni
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC

International

• The England national rugby union team visited Argentina, seventeen year after the refuse of 1973 ( a tour was arranged but was last minute cancelled by Rugby Football Union worried, about the political situation in Argentina. The series was tied (1-1).

For the first time in his history, England accepted to play a match with a club and not against a provincial selection. The match is against Banco Nacion led Hugo Porta that obtained an historical victory.

Further information: 1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina

• The remaining of the years for "Pumas" was a Nightmare, an internal loss against Canada, and a tour in British Isles with heavy losses against Scotland and Ireland. Hugo Porta came back for that occasion but was injured and leave the national team, and same month after spot to play rugby.

Further information: 1990 Argentina rugby union tour of British Isles

"Campeonato" Tournemanet

The better eight teams played for title. They were divided in two pools of four, the first two each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated in secondo division

Pool A

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Tucumàn	3	3	0	0	94	51	43	6
2	Cuyo	3	2	0	1	64	73	-9	4
3	Buenos Aires	3	1	0	2	60	41	19	2
4	Santa Fè	3	0	0	3	37	90	-53	0

Pool B

Qualified for Semifinals

Relegated

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Mar del Plata	3	2	0	1	67	73	-6	4
2	Rosario	3	1	1	1	63	53	10	3
3	Córdoba	3	1	1	1	53	50	3	3
4	Entre Rios	3	1	0	2	39	46	-7	2

Semifinals

3 November 1990

Tucumàn	46-18	Rosario

C.A. Tucumán, Tucumán

3 November 1990

Mar del Plata	24-31	Cuyo

C.A. Tucumán, Tucumán

Third place final

4 November 1990

Mar del Plata	23-11	Rosario

C.A. Tucumán, Tucumán

Final

4 November 1990

Tucumàn	27-13	Cuyo
Try: Herrera G. Terán Con: Gauna 2. Pen: Gauna 4 , Drop: Williams		Try: Roby. Pen: Cipitelli 3.

C.A. Tucumán, Tucumán Referee: José L. Rolandi

Tucumán: 15. F. Williams, 14.G. Terán, 13.P. Gauna, 12.L. Herrera, 11.M. Terán, 10.R. Sauze, 9.P. Merlo (Cap.), 8.F. Buabse, 7.S. Bunader, 6.J.Santamarina, 5.H. Apas, 4,C. Gentile (Micheli 51'), 3.S. Paz Posse, 2.J. Paz (h), 1.L. Corla.
Cuyo:15.F. Lola, 14.M. Roby, 13.C. Cipitelli (Cap.), 12.Carbonell, 11.E. Saurina, 10.G. Andía, 9.F. Silvestre, 8.Correa Llanos, 7.J.Chiapetta (C. Guillot 64'), 6.M. Cassone, 5.Perez Caffe, 4.Gómez, 3.O. Montaña, 2.A. Gutiérrez, 1.R. Grau.

• Champions: Tucumán
• Relegated: Santa Fè and Entre Rios

"Classificacion" Tournament

Teams are divided in two pools: the winners of each, promoted to "Campeonato" tournament

Pool "C"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Noreste	5	5	0	0	405	28	377	10
2	Salta	4	3	0	2	130	100	30	6
3	Santiago del estero	4	2	0	2	113	87	26	4
4	Jujuy	5	2	0	3	101	236	-135	4
5	Misiones	5	1	0	4	81	191	-110	2
6	Rio Uruguay	3	0	0	3	21	209	-188	0

Promoted: Noreste (Rio Uruguay left tournament after 3 match)

Pool "D"

Place	Team	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Alto Valle	5	4	1	0	157	48	109	9
2	Sur	5	4	0	1	142	69	73	8
3	San Juan	5	3	1	1	204	66	138	7
4	Austral	5	1	0	4	41	135	-94	2
5	Chubut	5	1	0	4	50	179	-129	2
6	Oeste	5	1	0	4	45	142	-97	2

Promoted: Alto Valle

External links

• Memorias de la UAR 1990
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)