Argentina Rugby Union

The April 10, 1899 he founded the River Plate Rugby Championship, the predecessor of the Union Argentina de Rugby, created to organize the local championship. Are founders the Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires Football Club, Lomas Athletic Athletic and Rosario. The first president is Leslie Corry Smith.UAR's mission in the country is based on the diffusion of sport in all regions, with the game of rugby, amateur activity practiced exclusively by amateurs, is expressly established that only the Union Argentina Rugby may have selected equipment rented, excluding such a possibility to unions affiliated teams or invited, and those of the clubs within them. Currently, Argentina Rugby Union is composed of 25 provincial unions and has over a hundred thousand players booked in the various categories. Member of the International Rugby Board and creator of the Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby, the UAR is the organizing body of the Argentine Championships Seniors, Youth, National Club, Seven Match of the Interior and the Republic