Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán
Universitario Rugby Club is an Argentine sports institution for women's field hockey and men's rugby based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán.
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| Full name | Universitario Rugby Club | |
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| Union | Tucumán | |
| Nickname(s) | Uni | |
| Founded | 21 September 1943 | |
| Location | Lavalle 4460, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina | |
| Ground(s) | Jorge Ghiringhelli Field | |
| President |  | |
| Coach(es) | | |
| League(s) | Torneo Regional del NOA | |
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As a rugby team, it is a member of the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán, which in turn belongs to the Unión Argentina de Rugby and plays in the First Division of the Northwest Regional Tournament.
As a hockey team, it belongs to the Asociación Tucumana Amateur de Hockey (ATAH).
History
It was founded by students and professors from the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology of the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán on September 21, 1943.
Conceived as a "universal" multidisciplinary club, it had its first headquarters in Ayacucho and Combate de Las Piedras Street in Barrio Sur, San Miguel de Tucumán. It included among other disciplines athletics, chess, basketball and football.
The first Tucumán championship in 1944 was played between the four clubs called "Founders", since they were the first in the province: Natación y Gimnasia, Tucumán Rugby, Cardenales and Uni. This championship was played mostly on the Faculty of Physical Education's pitch and on Natacion y Gimnasia's pitch. Universitario played their matches in these pitches near the Parque 9 de Julio until 1958 when the government donated for a short term a field inside the Park.
In the year 1964, on the eve of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Battle of Tucumán, the club must return the land and settle in the university school of Physical Education (current headquarters of the Faculty of Physical Education or "FACDEF")
In 1967, Uni bought the property on 4460th Lavalle Street in the Ojo de Agua area (since 1977, Barrio San Martín), but it continued to dispute the matches in the Park.
In 1976 the club must move permanently to the headquarters of Ojo de Agua due to the military coup that meant the closure of all the Faculties. On April 22, 1976, Universitario would debut with a 17–0 victory against Cardenales in its current headquarters.
It is the maximum winner of the Northwest Regional Tournament with 24. It was runner-up of the Torneo del Interior in 2002 and 2009.
Titles
Universitario RC since its foundation won 17 Tucumán championships (from 1944 to 1999) and 7 Northwest Regional Tournament (from its establishment in 1999 to the present):
1946, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016 and 2019.
This is why Universitario RC is the "NOA King of Cups" with 24 championships won.