The 1979 South American Rugby Championship

South American Rugby Championship

The South American Rugby Championship is a two-tiered, annual rugby union competition that features teams from South America. The tournament began in 1951 and was hosted by Uruguay, and was won by Argentina...

was the eleventh edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.

The tournament was played in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 and won by Argentina.

Standings

89

42

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Pts
	4	4	0	0	238	47	|+ 191	8
	4	2	1	1	126	37
5
	4	2	1	1	104	62
5
	4	1	0	3	25	216
2
	4	0	0	4	41	172
0

Results

• First round

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• Second round

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• Third round

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• Fourth round

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• Fifth round

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