| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Chile |
| Date | 4–12 October 1979 |
| Countries |  Argentina  Brazil Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Argentina |
| Runner-up | Uruguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
← 1977 1981 → | |
The 1979 South American Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.
The tournament was played in Chile and won by Argentina.
The Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. These are the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere; the Six Nations is a similar tournament in the Northern Hemisphere.
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