Duendes Rugby Club, is a sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Argentina

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. Although field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 is the other sport practised, Duendes is more popularly known for its rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team.

Rugby

Duendes Rugby Club was founded in 1957 and registered with the Unión de Rugby de Rosario that same year. After just one season the club won the promotion to the top division of the URR league system and won its first title in 1960.

Along with Atlético del Rosario

Club Atlético del Rosario

Club Atlético del Rosario is a sports club from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. The sports currently practised at the club are rugby union, field hockey, cricket and tennis.-History:...

 and Jockey Club

Jockey Club de Rosario (rugby)

Jockey Club de Rosario is a rugby union team based in Rosario, Argentina, part of the Jockey Club de Rosario sports club. The tem is member of the Unión de Rugby de Rosario and also one of the most successful teams in Rosario, along with Atlético del Rosario and Duendes.-Titles:*Nacional de Clubes:...

, Duendes is one of the most successful clubs in the city of Rosario, having won the regional

Unión de Rugby de Rosario

The Rosario Rugby Union or URR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The rest of Santa Fe province being controlled by the Unión Santafesina de Rugby.-History:...

 league title 19 times. At national level Duendes is also the most winner team from Rosario, having won the Nacional de Clubes

Nacional de Clubes

Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina. Originally, the competition involved 16 teams from most provincial unions. From 2009, the competition was reduced to only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from the Buenos Aires tournament.-1993 to 2008:From 1993 to...

 title twice, in 2004 and 2009.

On four occasions -in 1968, 1969, 1972, 1993- the team remained unbeaten all season.

In 2009 Duendes won the inaugural Torneo del Interior

Torneo del Interior

The Torneo del Interior is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside of Buenos Aires...

, the national competition for clubs not from Buenos Aires. As winners of this tournament, the team qualified directly to the semi-finals of the overhauled Nacional de Clubes.

In November, 2011, Duendes won its first Nacional de Clubes

Nacional de Clubes

Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina. Originally, the competition involved 16 teams from most provincial unions. From 2009, the competition was reduced to only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from the Buenos Aires tournament.-1993 to 2008:From 1993 to...

 championship, defeating La Tablada

Club La Tablada

La Tablada Rugby Club, or simply Club La Tablada, is a rugby union and field hockey club based in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1943 as a social institution, La Tablada started playing rugby union and field hockey from the 1950s.-History:...

 26-23 in the final match. The MVP was the fly-half Mateo Escalante, the game's top scorer with 16 points converted with a 100% accuracy.

Titles

• Nacional de Clubes
  Nacional de Clubes
  Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina. Originally, the competition involved 16 teams from most provincial unions. From 2009, the competition was reduced to only 4 teams, 2 from the Torneo del Interior and 2 from the Buenos Aires tournament.-1993 to 2008:From 1993 to...
  
  : 3

2004, 2009, 2011

• Torneo del Interior
  Torneo del Interior
  The Torneo del Interior is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside of Buenos Aires...
  
  : 2

2003, 2009

• Torneo del Litoral
  Torneo del Litoral
  The Torneo del Litoral is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year....
  
  : 6

2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011

• Unión de Rugby de Rosario
  Unión de Rugby de Rosario
  The Rosario Rugby Union or URR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The rest of Santa Fe province being controlled by the Unión Santafesina de Rugby.-History:...
  
  : 15

1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997

External links

• Official site
• Unión de Rugby de Rosario