Universitario Rugby Club, or simply Uni Tucumán, is a 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...

 club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Argentina

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. Founded in 1943 by students, Universitario is registered with the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

The Tucuman Rugby Union or URT is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.- History :...

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One of the best rugby clubs in Tucumán, Uni won the Torneo del Noroeste

Torneo del Noroeste

The Campeonato Anual Regional del Noroeste, Torneo del Noroeste, Torneo del Norte or simply Torneo del NOA , is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina....

 a record 22 times.

History

Universitario Rugby Club was founded by students from San Miguel de Tucumán on 21 September 1943, thanks to the good will of the Novillos, an affluent family from the city.

Originally a multi-sports club, association football, athletics and basketball

Basketball

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 were once practiced at the club. Universitario focused on 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...

 for boys 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...

 for girls from the 1950s and today only those two sports are played at the club.

Rugby

Along with Club Natación y Gimnasia

Club Natación y Gimnasia

Club Natación y Gimnasia, or simply Natación, is a rugby union and field hockey club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1930 as a multi-sports club, Natación is registered with the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán...

, Cardenales Rugby Club

Cardenales Rugby Club

Cardenales Rugby Club, or simply Cardenales, is a rugby union and field hockey club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1944 as a rugby club, Cardenales co-founded the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán ....

 and Tucumán Rugby Club

Tucumán Rugby Club

Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports (such...

, Universitario became one of the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

The Tucuman Rugby Union or URT is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.- History :...

 founding clubs in 1944.

Since then, the club has become one of the best in Tucumán, winning the Torneo del Noroeste

Torneo del Noroeste

The Campeonato Anual Regional del Noroeste, Torneo del Noroeste, Torneo del Norte or simply Torneo del NOA , is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina....

 a record 21 times and reaching the final of the 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...

 in 2009.

At national level however Uni has experienced poor results. Unlike fellow Tucumán clubs Los Tarcos Rugby Club

Los Tarcos Rugby Club

Los Tarcos Rugby Club, is a rugby union team from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.The club is a member of the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán and one of the best in the province, having won the provincial title 12 times and having reached the final of the Nacional de Clubes once.-History:Tucumán Rugby...

 and arch-rivals Tucumán Rugby Club

Tucumán Rugby Club

Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports (such...

, Universitario has never reached the final of 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...

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Honours

• Torneo del Interior
  Torneo del Interior
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  • Runners-up (1): 2009
• Torneo del Noroeste
  Torneo del Noroeste
  The Campeonato Anual Regional del Noroeste, Torneo del Noroeste, Torneo del Norte or simply Torneo del NOA , is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina....
  
  
  • Winners (22): 1946, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010