Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby

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Campeonato Uruguayo
Sport Rugby union
Inaugural season1950;74 years ago (1950)
Number of teams11
Region Uruguay (URU)
Current championTrébol (2022)
Most titles Carrasco Polo (28 titles)
Website uru.org.uy/primera
Broadcast partner ESPN

The Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby, also known as Uruguayo de Rugby, is the main competition of Uruguayan rugby union league system. It includes the first, second and third division competitions. It was played for the first time in 1950.

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History

Rugby was introduced to Uruguay as early as the late 19th century, but did not really take off in formal terms until the mid-20th. The spur for this was Carlos E. Cat, [1] who helped establish the Club Championship in 1950, and would become the first president of the URU in January 1951. [1] The first Club Championship was contested by Old Boys, Colonia Rugby, and multisport clubs such as Montevideo Cricket Club (MVCC) and Carrasco Polo (which supplied two XVs). [1] This was successful enough to lead to the establishment of the Uruguayan Rugby Union on 31 January 1951, with Cat as president.

Over the years, various other clubs would join the Championship, including Los Cuervos (the Crows) at the end of the 1950s, Old Christians at the beginning of the 1960s, as well as Champagnat and El Trébol de Paysandú in the 1970s, and Pucaru in the early 1990s, as well as La Cachila, Trouville, and Colonia Rowing.

Current teams

There are 11 clubs participating in the 2021 championship: [2]

ClubCityEstab.
Carrasco Polo Montevideo
1933
Ceibos Montevideo
2014
Champagnat Montevideo
1975
Los Cuervos [n 1] Montevideo
1959
Lobos Punta del Este
1994
Montevideo Cricket Montevideo
1861
Old Boys Montevideo
1914
Old Christians Montevideo
1962
Pucaru Stade Gaulois [n 2] Montevideo
2005
Seminario Montevideo
2010
Trébol [n 3] Paysandú
1927
Notes
  1. ↑ name of Club de Golf del Uruguay rugby team.
  2. ↑ Mostly known as "PSG".
  3. ↑ Rugby team of Paysandú Golf Club. [3]

Champions

Ed.YearClub
1
1950 Old Boys (1)
2
1951 Montevideo Cricket (1)
3
1952 Old Boys (2) / Carrasco Polo (1)
4
1953 Montevideo Cricket (2)
5
1954 Trouville (1)
6
1955Colonia Rowing (1)
7
1956 Montevideo Cricket (3) / Old Boys (3) / Trouville (2)
8
1957 Old Boys (4)
9
1958Colonia Rowing (2) / Trouville (3)
10
1959 Old Boys (5)
11
1960 Los Cuervos
12
1961 Carrasco Polo (2)
13
1962 Old Boys (6)
14
1963 Old Boys (7)
15
1964 Old Boys (8)
16
1965 Old Boys (9)
17
1966 Carrasco Polo (3)
18
1967 Old Boys (10)
19
1968 Old Christians (1) / Old Boys (11)
20
1969 Old Boys (12)
21
1970 Old Christians (2)
22
1971La Cachila (1)
23
1972La Cachila (2)
24
1973 Old Christians (3) / La Cachila (3)
25
1974La Cachila (4)
26
1975La Cachila (5) / Old Boys (13)
27
1976 Old Christians (4)
28
1977 Old Christians (5)
29
1978 Old Christians (6)
30
1979 Old Christians (7)
31
1980 Old Christians (8)
32
1981 Carrasco Polo (4)
33
1982 Old Christians (9)
34
1983 Carrasco Polo (5)
35
1984 Old Christians (10)
36
1985 Old Christians (11)
37
1986 Old Christians (12)
38
1987 Old Christians (13)
39
1988 Old Christians (14)
40
1989 Old Christians (15)
41
1990 Carrasco Polo (6)
42
1991 Carrasco Polo (7)
43
1992 Carrasco Polo (8)
44
1993 Carrasco Polo (9)
45
1994 Carrasco Polo (10)
46
1995 Carrasco Polo (11)
47
1996 Carrasco Polo (12)
48
1997 Carrasco Polo (13)
49
1998 Carrasco Polo (14)
50
1999 Carrasco Polo (15)
51
2000 Carrasco Polo (16)
52
2001 Carrasco Polo (17)
53
2002 Carrasco Polo (18)
54
2003 Carrasco Polo (19)
55
2004 Carrasco Polo (20)
56
2005 Carrasco Polo (21)
57
2006 Carrasco Polo (22)
58
2007 Old Christians (16)
59
2008 Carrasco Polo (23)
60
2009 Carrasco Polo (24)
61
2010 Old Boys (14)
62
2011 Carrasco Polo (25)
63
2012 Carrasco Polo (26)
64
2013 Old Boys (15)
65
2014 Carrasco Polo (27)
66
2015 Old Christians (17)
67
2016 Old Christians (18)
68
2017 Old Christians (19)
69
2018Trébol (1)
70
2019 Old Christians (20)
71
2020 Carrasco Polo (28)
72
2021 Old Boys (16)
73
2022Trébol (2)

Titles by club

ClubTitlesTitles won
Carrasco Polo 281952, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2020
Old Christians 211968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
Old Boys 161950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 2010, 2013, 2021
La Cachila51971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Montevideo Cricket 31951, 1953, 1956
Trouville31954, 1956, 1958
Trébol22018, 2022
Colonia Rowing21955, 1958
Los Cuervos 11960

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Richards, p164, Chapter 9 From Muller to Mias
  2. ↑ Tabla de posiciones (2021) at URU
  3. ↑ Acerca de nosotros on PGC
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