Torneo de la URBA

Top 14
Organiser(s)	URBA (1996–Present); UAR (1899–1995);
Founded	1899
Region	Buenos Aires Province
Teams	14
Qualifier for	Nacional de Clubes
Related competitions	Torneo del Interior
Current champions	Newman (2025)
Most championships	C.A. San Isidro; (33 titles)
Broadcaster	ESPN
Website	urba.org.ar/top-12

The URBA Top 14 (formerly "Torneo de la URBA")^[1] is an Argentine rugby union club competition organised by the Buenos Aires Rugby Union (URBA). It is the top division of the Argentine rugby league system. Created on 10 April 1899 by the "River Plate Rugby Union" (current Argentine Rugby Union – UAR),^[2] it is the oldest rugby competition in South America and one of the oldest club competitions in the world.

Top 14 is one of the country's two main club competitions, along with Torneo del Interior, where clubs from the rest of the Provinces of Argentina take part. The championship runs from March to October.^[3]

Despite being from the city of Rosario in Santa Fe Province, Atlético del Rosario has taken part in Top 14 as founding member of the UAR. The other clubs from Rosario compete in tournaments organised by the Unión de Rugby de Rosario (URR), the governing body of that region.

History

The River Plate Rugby Union was established in Buenos Aires on 10 April 1899, being its founding members Buenos Aires, Belgrano, Lomas and Flores^[4] from Buenos Aires, and Rosario A.C. from Rosario. The first president of the body was Leslie Corry Smith.^[2]

That same year, the RPRU organised the first edition of the Buenos Aires' inter-club competition, which inaugural winner team was Lomas. In 1931 the union name was translated into Spanish "Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata", that remained until 1951 when the union took the definitive "Unión Argentina de Rugby" (UAR).^[2]

The first trophy awarded to champions was acquired to British goldsmith Elkington & Son through their representatives in Argentina, C.R. Simons & Co., for a price of guinea 100. Built with Greek style, the trophy displayed a scene of a rugby match, with the legends "River Plate Rugby Union Championship" and "1899". The cup was mounted on an ebony base with little silver badges, where the name of the champion would be engraved year-by-year. Most of the money for its acquisition came from the Rosario A.C. members.^[4]

As a result of a reorganization of the UAR in 1995, the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires was created to take over the tournament, being named "Torneo de la URBA".^[5] From then on, the UAR focused only on national teams while the URBA took over club competitions.

Until 1997 a league system was used, if two or more clubs finished with the same number of points they would share the title. This happened several times, including in 1939 when a record 3 clubs had to share the title. To remedy this, a play-off system leading to a grand final was instaured in 1998. This new system has been in use since then, except in 2001.^[6]^[7]

In 1998, the URBA introduced the playoff system, with a final match in a neutral venue to determine a unique champion of the season.^[8] New changes to the rules were added in 2008, when the fourteen best placed teams at the end of the regular season were eligible to play a second stage, named "Top 14".^[9] Every club played each other only once in a single-robin championship (either home or away). At the end of this phase, the first 4 clubs qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament, with the first ranked team meeting the fourth and the second meeting the third. Both semi-finals took place on the same weekend on neutral ground (usually the Estadio del CASI). The winner was crowned URBA champion. This system has remained (with minor changes) since then. The rest of the clubs played in a promotion and relegation competition named "Torneo Reubicación".

Both the URBA winner and runner-up qualified for the Nacional de Clubes semi-finals, where they met the winner and runner-up of Torneo del Interior.^[10] The winner of that competition was declared Argentine champion.

In 2016, the URBA introduced changes in the tournament's format for the 2017 season, with the "Top 14" being reduced to 12 teams (therefore renamed "Top 12") and becoming an independent championship, with all of the teams playing each other in a double round-robin tournament (home and away games).^[11]

As a result of those changes, the Buenos Aires league system was divided into six tiers.^[12] The new format also stated that the four best placed teams at the end of the season, would play the semifinals while the two worst placed would be relegated to the second division.^[8]

The tournament returned to a 14 teams format in 2026.^[1]

Format

The 2026 tournament will start on 14 March, with the 14 participant teams playing each other in a double round-robin tournament, which will end on 17 October. The four best placed clubs will qualify to the semifinals (played as single matches in neutral venues) on 31 October. Winners will play the final (also a single match) at Estadio del CASI, frequent venue for URBA finals, on 7 November 2026.

The seven best placed teams in the general table will qualify for Torneo Nacional de Clubes, the main competition of Argentine rugby, which is made up of 9 teams from the rest of the provinces of Argentina and the seven from URBA.^[1]

Clubs

Former clubs

Disaffiliated or defunct clubs:

Club	Field	Estab.	Years	Titles	Fate
Flores A.C.	Caballito	1893	1899	–	Dissolved in 1907^[13]
Buenos Aires F.C.	Palermo	1886	1899–1951	8	Merged with Buenos Aires Cricket Club in 1951^[14]

Champions

The complete list of champions is detailed below:^[5]^[15]

Tournament names

1899–1995: "River Plate Rugby Union Championship"
1996–2007: "Torneo de la URBA"
2008–2016, 2026–: "Top 14"
2017–2021, 2023–25: "Top 12"
2022: "Top 13"

Tournament format

1899–1997, 2001: the team with most points earned was declared champion
1998–2000, 2002–present: final match to decide a champion

Key

a.e.t.: match went to extra time
a.e.t.s.d.: match went to extra time via sudden death method

List of champions

Ed.	Seas.	Champion/s	Score	Runner-up	Venue	City	Ref.
1	1899	Lomas (1)	3–0	Atlético del Rosario	Flores Old Ground	Buenos Aires	^[16]
2	1900	Buenos Aires FC^{[n 1]} (1)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
3	1901	Buenos Aires FC (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
4	1902	Buenos Aires FC (3)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
5	1903	Buenos Aires FC (4)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
6	1904	Buenos Aires FC (5)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
7	1905	Atlético del Rosario (1)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
8	1906	Atlético del Rosario (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
9	1907	Belgrano (1)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
10	1908	Buenos Aires FC (6)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
11	1909	Buenos Aires FC (7)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
12	1910	Belgrano (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
13	1911	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (1)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
14	1912	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
15	1913	Lomas (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
16	1914	Belgrano (3)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
17	1915	Buenos Aires FC (8)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
18	1916	(No championship held)
19	1917	CA San Isidro (1)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
20	1918	CA San Isidro (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
21	1919	(No championship held)
22	1920	CA San Isidro (3)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
23	1921	CA San Isidro (4)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}
23	1921	Belgrano (4)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}
24	1922	CA San Isidro (5)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
25	1923	CA San Isidro (6)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[17]
26	1924	CA San Isidro (7)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
27	1925	CA San Isidro (8)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[18]
28	1926	CA San Isidro (9)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
29	1927	CA San Isidro (10)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[19]
30	1928	CA San Isidro (11)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
31	1929	CA San Isidro (12)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[20]
32	1930	CA San Isidro (13)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
33	1931	CUBA (1)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[21]
34	1932	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (3)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
35	1933	CA San Isidro (14)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
36	1934	CA San Isidro (15)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
37	1935	Atlético del Rosario (3)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[22]
38	1936	Belgrano (5)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
39	1937	Old Georgian (1)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[23]
40	1938	Old Georgian (2)	n/a ^{[n 2]}
41	1939	Old Georgian (3)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[24]
		Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (4)^{[n 3]}
		San Isidro Club (1)^{[n 3]}
42	1940	Belgrano (6)	– ^{[n 4]}
42	1940	Olivos (1)	– ^{[n 4]}
43	1941	San Isidro Club (2)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[25]
44	1942	CUBA (2)	– ^{[n 4]}
45	1943	CA San Isidro (16)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[26]
46	1944	CUBA (3)	– ^{[n 4]}
47	1945	CUBA (4)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[27]
48	1946	Pucará (1)	– ^{[n 4]}
49	1947	CUBA (5)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[28]
50	1948	San Isidro Club (3)	– ^{[n 4]}
51	1949	CA San Isidro (17)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[29]
51	1949	CUBA (6)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[29]
52	1950	CUBA (7)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[30]
52	1950	Pucará (2)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[30]
53	1951	CUBA (8)	– ^{[n 4]}
54	1952	CUBA (9)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[31]
55	1953	Obras Sanitarias (1)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[32]
56	1954	CA San Isidro (18)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[33]
57	1955	CA San Isidro (19)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[34]
58	1956	CA San Isidro (20)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[35]
59	1957	CA San Isidro (21)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[36]
60	1958	Buenos Aires CRC (1)^{[n 5]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[37]
61	1959	Buenos Aires CRC (2)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[38]
62	1960	CA San Isidro (22)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[39]
63	1961	CA San Isidro (23)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[40]
64	1962	CA San Isidro (24)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[41]
65	1963	Belgrano (7)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[42]
66	1964	CA San Isidro (25)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[43]
67	1965	CUBA (10)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[44]
68	1966	Belgrano (8)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[45]
69	1967	Belgrano (9)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[46]
69	1967	CA San Isidro (26)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[46]
70	1968	Belgrano (10)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[47]
70	1968	CUBA (11)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[47]
71	1969	CUBA (12)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[48]
72	1970	San Isidro Club (4)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[49]
72	1970	CUBA (13)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[49]
73	1971	San Isidro Club (5)	– ^{[n 4]}
74	1972	San Isidro Club (6)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[50]
75	1973	San Isidro Club (7)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[51]
76	1974	CA San Isidro (27)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[52]
77	1975	CA San Isidro (28)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[53]
78	1976	CA San Isidro (29)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[54]
79	1977	San Isidro Club (8)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[55]
80	1978	San Isidro Club (9)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[56]
81	1979	San Isidro Club (10)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[57]
82	1980	San Isidro Club (11)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[58]
83	1981	CA San Isidro (30)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[59]
84	1982	CA San Isidro (31)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[60]
85	1983	San Isidro Club (12)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[61]
86	1984	San Isidro Club (13)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[62]
87	1985	CA San Isidro (32)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[63]
88	1986	San Isidro Club (14)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[64]
88	1986	Banco Nación (1)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[64]
89	1987	San Isidro Club (15)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[65]
90	1988	San Isidro Club (16)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[66]
91	1989	Alumni (1)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[67]
91	1989	Banco Nación (2)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[67]
92	1990	Alumni (2)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[68]
93	1991	Alumni (3)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[69]
94	1992	Alumni (4)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[70]
95	1993	San Isidro Club (17)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[71]
96	1994	San Isidro Club (18)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[71]
97	1995	La Plata (1)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[72]^[71]
98	1996	Hindú (1)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[73]^[71]
98	1996	Atlético del Rosario (4)^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 4]}				^[73]^[71]
99	1997	San Isidro Club (19)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[71]
100	1998	Hindú (2)	38–12	San Isidro Club	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[74]
101	1999	San Isidro Club (20)	14–9	Atlético del Rosario	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[75]
102	2000	Atlético del Rosario (5)	35–32 (a.s.d.e.t.)	CA San Isidro	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[76]^[77]
103	2001	Alumni (5)	– ^{[n 4]}				^[78]
104	2002	San Isidro Club (21)	16–10	Regatas	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[79]
105	2003	San Isidro Club (22)	20–9	CA San Isidro	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[79]
106	2004	San Isidro Club (23)	36–16	Alumni	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[80]
107	2005	CA San Isidro (33)	18–17	San Isidro Club	BACRC Stadium	Los Polvorines	^[81]
108	2006	Hindú (3)	20–5	Alumni	Newman Stadium	Benavídez	^[82]
109	2007	Hindú (4)	9–6	Alumni	Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	^[83]^[84]
110	2008	Hindú (5)	22–10	Newman	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[85]
111	2009	Hindú (6)	31–22	CA San Isidro	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[86]
112	2010	San Isidro Club (24)	30–22	La Plata	La Plata RC	Manuel Gonnet	^[87]
113	2011	San Isidro Club (25)	14–11	Alumni	La Plata RC	Manuel Gonnet	^[88]
114	2012	Hindú (7)	15–9	La Plata	La Plata RC	Manuel Gonnet	^[89]
115	2013	CUBA (14)	11–9	Hindú	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[90]
116	2014	Hindú (8)	29–17	CUBA	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[91]
117	2015	Hindú (9)	24–0	CUBA	La Plata RC	Manuel Gonnet	^[92]
118	2016	Belgrano (11)	25–10	Hindú	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[93]
119	2017	Hindú (10)	27–20	Alumni	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[94]
120	2018	Alumni (6)	26–17	Hindú	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[95]
121	2019	San Isidro Club (26)	22–19 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Belgrano	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[96]
–	2020	(not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic)
122	2021	CUBA (15)	10–9	San Isidro Club	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[97]
123	2022	Hindú (11)	30–25	San Isidro Club	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[98]
124	2023	San Isidro Club (27)	15–12	Alumni	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[99]
125	2024	Alumni (7)	20–17 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Belgrano	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[100]
126	2025	Newman (1)	15–3	San Isidro Club	Estadio del CASI	San Isidro	^[101]^[102]
127	2026

Notes

^ Rugby union club founded in 1886. It merged to Buenos Aires Cricket Club in 1951, also becoming the rugby section of that institution.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac No information whether the championship was defined on points or with a final, as the UAR have not published the annual reports on its website.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Title shared.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp Played under a round-robin basis and defined on points.
^ The rugby section of the Buenos Aires Cricket Club is the former Buenos Aires F.C. team that merged to the institution in 1951.

Titles by club

Team	Titles	Years won
CA San Isidro	33	1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2005
San Isidro Club	27	1939, 1941, 1948, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2023
CUBA	15	1931, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 2013, 2021
Belgrano A.C.	11	1907, 1910, 1914, 1921, 1936, 1940, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2016
Hindú	11	1996, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022
Buenos Aires F.C. ^{[n2 1]}	8	1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1908, 1909, 1915
Alumni	7	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2018, 2024
Atlético del Rosario	5	1905, 1906, 1935, 1996, 2000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	4	1911, 1912, 1932, 1939
Old Georgian	3	1937, 1938, 1939
Lomas	2	1899, 1913
Pucará	2	1946, 1950
Buenos Aires CRC ^{[n2 2]}	2	1958, 1959
Banco Nación	2	1986, 1989
Olivos	1	1940
Obras Sanitarias	1	1953
La Plata	1	1995
Newman	1	2025

Notes

^ The club merged to Buenos Aires CRC in 1951.
^ Buenos Aires CRC usually counts the titles won by the BAFC as their own, after both clubs merged in 1951.

Broadcasters Rights

The exclusive rights of Torneo de la URBA are broadcast live on ESPN Extra Saturday at 13:15 and are broadcast delayed on ESPN 2 at 17:30. In the Scrum are broadcast highlights of match Saturday at 23:00 (local time of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay), 22:00 (local time of Chile) and 21:00 (local time of Peru).

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^ Belgrano campeon del URBA Top 14
^ Hindú venció a Alumni y se coronó como campeón del URBA Top 12
^ En 2018, Alumni se floreó y volvió a estar en la cima de la URBA
^ SIC gritó campeón: venció en el alargue a Belgrano y se quedó con el Top 12 de la URBA
^ CUBA se consagró campeón del URBA Top 12
^ Hindú venció al SIC y se consagró campeón del Top 13 de la URBA
^ El SIC campeón del URBA TOP 12 presentado por Zurich on zurich.com.ar, 22 Nov 2023
^ ALUMNI SE CONSAGRÓ CAMPEÓN DEL URBA TOP 12 at urba.org.ar
^ Newman derrotó al SIC y se quedó por primera vez con el URBA Top 12 at urba.org.ar. 1 Nov 2025
^ ¡Newman histórico! Venció 15-3 al SIC y logró su primer título de la URBA Top 12 at espn.com.ar, 1 Nov 2025

External links

Official website

[bafc-17] Rugby union club founded in 1886. It merged to Buenos Aires Cricket Club in 1951, also becoming the rugby section of that institution.

[noinfo-18] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac No information whether the championship was defined on points or with a final, as the UAR have not published the annual reports on its website.

[shared-19] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Title shared.

[rrob-20] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp Played under a round-robin basis and defined on points.

[section-41] The rugby section of the Buenos Aires Cricket Club is the former Buenos Aires F.C. team that merged to the institution in 1951.

[bafc-108] The club merged to Buenos Aires CRC in 1951.

[merge-109] Buenos Aires CRC usually counts the titles won by the BAFC as their own, after both clubs merged in 1951.

[fix26-1] Fixtures completos de los Torneos de División Superior para la Temporada 2026 at urba.org.ar, 26 Dec 2025

[hechos-2] "Hechos históricos de la Unión" at UAR website Deprecated link archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today

[3] La URBA presenta el fixture para el Top 12 del 2019, Marca, 7 December 2018

[rac-4] Fundación del River Plate Rugby Union Championship on Atlético del Rosario website, 18 April 2019

[hist-5] Historia at urba.org.ar

[6] "11er partido (15 de septiembre): C.A.S.I. 13 – 16 Alumni" at Alumni official web Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 15 Sep 2001

[7] "Alumni: un campeón con el sacrificio como principal aliado" by Diego Mazzei on La Nación, 16 Sep 2001

[estruct-8] El torneo de la URBA da un abrupto giro a partir de 2017, La Nación, 20 May 2016

[9] "Se realizó el lanzamiento del URBA TOP 14", 19 May 2014

[nac_de_clubs-10] La Voz - La UAR anunció el nuevo formato para el Torneo Nacional de Clubes, La Voz, 16 May 2014

[11] El Torneo de la URBA se renueva: arranca el Top 12, con una mayor competitividad y grandes partidos, La Nación, 29 April 2017

[12] Cambios en la URBA para los torneos de 2017, ESPN Scrum, 19 May 2016

[ayala-13] Una investigación sobre la Historia del Flores Athletic Club, Rubén Ayala, C.E.H.R., Buenos Aires (1997)

[14] ""Historia del Club" – BACRC official site". Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

[15] URBA: Todos los campeones – "A Pleno Rugby" website

[pastime-16] Chronicle of the match at The River Plate Sports & Pastime, 2 Aug 1899

[21] Memoria 1923 at urba.com.ar

[22] Memoria 1925 at urba.com.ar

[23] Memoria 1927 at urba.com.ar

[24] Memoria 1929 at urba.com.ar

[25] Memoria 1931 at uar.com.ar

[26] Memoria 1935 at uar.com.ar

[27] Memoria 1937 at uar.com.ar

[28] Memoria 1939 at uar.com.ar

[29] Memoria 1941 at uar.com.ar

[30] Memoria 1943 at uar.com.ar

[31] Memoria 1945 at uar.com.ar

[32] Memoria 1947 at uar.com.ar

[33] Memoria 1949 at uar.com.ar

[34] Memoria 1950 at uar.com.ar

[35] Memoria 1952 at uar.com.ar

[36] Memoria 1953 at uar.com.ar

[37] Memoria 1954 at uar.com.ar

[38] Memoria 1955 at uar.com.ar

[39] Memoria 1956 at uar.com.ar

[40] Memoria 1957 at uar.com.ar

[42] Memoria 1958 at uar.com.ar

[43] Memoria 1959 at uar.com.ar

[44] Memoria 1960 at uar.com.ar

[45] Memoria 196 at uar.com.ar

[46] Memoria 1962 at uar.com.ar

[47] Memoria 1963 at uar.com.ar

[48] Memoria 1964 at uar.com.ar

[49] Memoria 1965 at uar.com.ar

[50] Memoria 1966 at uar.com.ar

[51] Memoria 1967 at uar.com.ar

[52] Memoria 1968 at uar.com.ar

[53] Memoria 1969 at uar.com.ar

[54] Memoria 1970 at uar.com.ar

[55] Memoria 1972 at uar.com.ar

[56] Memoria 1973 at uar.com.ar

[57] Memoria 1974 at uar.com.ar

[58] Memoria 1975 at uar.com.ar

[59] Memoria 1976 at uar.com.ar

[60] Memoria 1977 at uar.com.ar

[61] Memoria 1978 at uar.com.ar

[62] Memoria 1979 at uar.com.ar

[63] Memoria 1980 at uar.com.ar

[64] Memoria 1981 at uar.com.ar

[65] Memoria 1982 at uar.com.ar

[66] Memoria 1983 at uar.com.ar

[67] Memoria 1984 at uar.com.ar

[68] Memoria 1985 at uar.com.ar

[69] Memoria 1986 at uar.com.ar

[70] Memoria 1987 at uar.com.ar

[71] Memoria 1988 at uar.com.ar

[72] Memoria 1989 at uar.com.ar

[73] Memoria 1990 at uar.com.ar

[74] Memoria 1991 at uar.com.ar

[75] Memoria 1992 at uar.com.ar

[campurba-76] Historia y listado de campeones at urba.org.ar

[77] Canario de oro by Sergio Pomares on El Día. 12 Aug 2025

[78] La era del elefante at periodismo-rugby.com.ar

[79] URBA: Hindú, el primer campeón determinado por una final única tras ganarle al SIC en 1998. 4 Nov 2022

[80] En 1999, SIC ganó su vigésimo torneo de la URBA en una final para el infarto at espn.com.co

[81] Atlético del Rosario se quedó con una de las finales más dramáticas de la URBA at espn.com.ar. 15 Jun 2020

[82] A una década de la gloria on aplenorugby.com.ar. 29 Sep 2010

[83] En 2001, Alumni fue más que todos y se consagró en la URBA at espn.com.ar. 11 Aug 2020

[sicx3-84] SIC tricampeón de la URBA: tres años, tres finales distintas at espn.com.do

[85] FINAL TORNEO DE LA URBA SIC vs Alumni at rugbydecuyo.com.ar

[86] Tras 20 años, el CASI es campeón del torneo URBA at Infobae. 30 Oct 2005

[87] 2006, el comienzo de un Hindú invencible at espn.com.ar. 5 Aug 2020

[88] Hindú venció a Alumni y se consagró bicampeón at infobae.com

[89] Hindú, a lo campeón at aplenorugby.com.ar. 4 Nov 2007

[90] Hindú festejó el Tricampeonato at aplenorugby. 2 Nov 2008

[91] Rugby: Hindú es el campeón de la URBA at infobae. 5 Nov 2009

[92] En 2010, SIC brilló y volvió a gritar campeón

[93] SIC, bicampeón de la URBA on TN. 6 Nov 2011

[94] Hindu campeon del URBA Top 14 at urba.org.ar

[95] En 2013, CUBA rompió la maldición y se consagró después de ¡43 años!

[96] [https://www.aplenorugby.com.ar/site/urba/notas/27135/hindu-campeon ¡Hindú campeón!], 25 Oct 2014

[97] Hindú es el nuevo campeón del rugby de Buenos Aires: venció a CUBA 24 a 0 at bigbangnews.com

[98] Belgrano campeon del URBA Top 14

[99] Hindú venció a Alumni y se coronó como campeón del URBA Top 12

[100] En 2018, Alumni se floreó y volvió a estar en la cima de la URBA

[101] SIC gritó campeón: venció en el alargue a Belgrano y se quedó con el Top 12 de la URBA

[102] CUBA se consagró campeón del URBA Top 12

[103] Hindú venció al SIC y se consagró campeón del Top 13 de la URBA

[104] El SIC campeón del URBA TOP 12 presentado por Zurich on zurich.com.ar, 22 Nov 2023

[sintesisurba-105] ALUMNI SE CONSAGRÓ CAMPEÓN DEL URBA TOP 12 at urba.org.ar

[urbasum-106] Newman derrotó al SIC y se quedó por primera vez con el URBA Top 12 at urba.org.ar. 1 Nov 2025

[espn1-107] ¡Newman histórico! Venció 15-3 al SIC y logró su primer título de la URBA Top 12 at espn.com.ar, 1 Nov 2025

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URBA Top 14
2026 clubs	Alumni Atlético del Rosario Belgrano Buenos Aires CASI Champagnat CUBA Hindú La Plata Los Matreros Newman Regatas (BV) SIC Los Tilos
Seasons	1899 1923 2024 2025 2026
Finals	2021 2024 2025

Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
Competition	URBA Top 14
Participations in Campeonato Argentino	1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1991 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2006 2007 2008
Related topics	Argentine Rugby Union Rugby union in Argentina