Newman Club (rugby)
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Club Newman is a sports club
, located in the city of Benavídez, Tigre Partido
, Greater Buenos Aires
, Argentina
. The club is mostly known for its rugby union
team, which currently plays in the first division of the URBA
championship. Newman's facilities also hosts other sports such as golf
, tennis
and field hockey
.
Most of Newman Club players originated from Cardinal Newman College, a Bachelor degree institute, located in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, founded by the order of The Christian Brothers. This congregation member of the Roman Catholic Church
, arrived to Argentina
with a mission: "Fight the Good Fight (in Latin: Certa Bonum Certamen). Educate men with the vision of his founder, Edmund Ignatius Rice
1762–1844. Honesty, loyalty, solidarity, and deep moral values; give them the strength to fight for good causes, with honor and moral integrity".
Notable rugby players who started their career in Newman include Cristian Viel, Agustín Canalda
, Francisco Irrarázabal, Felipe Contepomi
, Manuel Contepomi
, Marcos Ayerza
and Agustin Gosio
.
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...
, located in the city of Benavídez, Tigre Partido
Tigre Partido
Tigre Partido is a partido or municipality of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires. The department covers a large section of the Paraná Delta and its low-lying islands...
, Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The club is mostly 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, which currently plays in the first division of the URBA
Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.The Buenos Aires Rugby Union , usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial...
championship. Newman's facilities also hosts other sports such as golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and 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...
.
Rugby
In 2004, Newman reached the URBA semi-finals, one of its most important achievements. In 2008, Newman reached the URBA TOP 14 final. The current captain of the team is Alfredo Cordone, and the sub-captain, Marcelo Torres. The trainers are Gaston Garat and Jose Vallejos.Most of Newman Club players originated from Cardinal Newman College, a Bachelor degree institute, located in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, founded by the order of The Christian Brothers. This congregation member of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
, arrived to Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
with a mission: "Fight the Good Fight (in Latin: Certa Bonum Certamen). Educate men with the vision of his founder, Edmund Ignatius Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two orders of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers....
1762–1844. Honesty, loyalty, solidarity, and deep moral values; give them the strength to fight for good causes, with honor and moral integrity".
Notable rugby players who started their career in Newman include Cristian Viel, Agustín Canalda
Agustín Canalda
Agustín Canalda is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a hooker.Canalda first team was Newman Club, where he had his first caps for Argentina U-19. He had 6 caps for the "Pumas", from 1999 to 2001, and was selected for the 1999 Rugby World Cup finals, where he played once.-External...
, Francisco Irrarázabal, Felipe Contepomi
Felipe Contepomi
Felipe Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. A fly-half and centre, he currently plays for Stade Francais of the French Top 14; he made his debut for the club in November 2009 after recovering from a torn ACL suffered in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup match with his previous club, Magners...
, Manuel Contepomi
Manuel Contepomi
Manuel Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Newman in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team...
, Marcos Ayerza
Marcos Ayerza
Marcos Ayerza is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays loose-head prop for an English club, the Leicester Tigers.-Club career:...
and Agustin Gosio
Agustin Gosio
Agustín Gosio is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays in the wing and centre position. He plays in Newman Club and he forms part of Pampas XV during 2010 and 2011 vodacom cups. In May 2010 he was selected in a squad of over 40 players to represent Argentina during Scotland's two test...
.