Obras Sanitarias (rugby)
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Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación is an Argentine
rugby union
team, member of the Obras Sanitarias
sports club
of Buenos Aires
.
The club's rugby installations are located in La Matanza Partido
in the Greater Buenos Aires
.
.
In 1953, Obras won the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
(URBA) championship, which is its only title to date. The team still plays in the URBA league system today and has achieved a moderate success at underage level in recent years.
Although rugby union was the first sport played at the club, Obras is still more recognised for its basketball
team, which was one of the most notable squads at the Argentine tournaments during the 1980s.
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...
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, member of the Obras Sanitarias
Obras Sanitarias
Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación is a sports club located in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
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...
of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
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The club's rugby installations are located in La Matanza Partido
La Matanza Partido
La Matanza is a partido located in the Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina....
in the 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...
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History
Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación was founded on 27 May 1917 by employees of the Argentine state company Obras Sanitarias. That same year, the club was affiliated to the Unión de Rugby de Buenos AiresUnión 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...
.
In 1953, Obras won the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
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...
(URBA) championship, which is its only title to date. The team still plays in the URBA league system today and has achieved a moderate success at underage level in recent years.
Although rugby union was the first sport played at the club, Obras is still more recognised for its basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team, which was one of the most notable squads at the Argentine tournaments during the 1980s.