Los Matreros Rugby Club
| Full name | Rugby Club Los Matreros | |
|---|---|---|
| Union | URBA | |
| Founded | 28 August 1928 | |
| Region | Morón, Argentina[1] | |
| Ground | Morón | |
| Chairman | Guillermo Ugartemendia [1] | |
| League | Primera A | |
| 2025 | 1st. (Champion)[2] | |
| ||
Rugby Club Los Matreros, simply known as Los Matreros, is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club headquartered in Morón, in the homonymous partido of Greater Buenos Aires.[1]
The rugby team is also member of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA), where it plays in Top 14, the top division of the URBA league system.[2]
History
The team was founded on August 28, 1928 and less than a year later it would join the Argentine Rugby Union to play at the third division, competing with 22 teams.
The club's name was chosen as a tribute to the Martín Fierro, the most renowned poem of the "Gauchesco" literature in Argentina. Martín Fierro (the character) is described by the author, José Hernández as a "matrero" ("smart", "clever" in English) gaucho. The election of the club name is also related to the place where it was founded: Morón (today a populous city of the Greater Buenos Aires) was an uninhabited land by the time and some battles for the independence had been fought there in the past.[3]
In 2011 Los Matreros was relegated to second division after finishing 11th in Zona Reubicación.
Titles
- URBA Primera A (1): 2025 [2]
References
- ^ a b c Los Matreros at URBA website
- ^ a b c URBA Primera A 2025
- ^ "Historia de Los Matreros" Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Topper website