Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby explained

Campeonato Uruguayo
Sport:Rugby union
Teams:11
Countrytag:Region
Country:Uruguay
Gov Body:URU
Championtag:Current champion
Champion:Trébol
Season:2022
Most Champs:Carrasco Polo
Count:28
Tv:ESPN

The Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby, also known as Uruguayo de Rugby, is the main competition of Uruguayan rugby union league system. It includes the first, second and third division competitions. It was played for the first time in 1950.

History

Rugby was introduced to Uruguay as early as the late 19th century, but did not really take off in formal terms until the mid-20th. The spur for this was Carlos E. Cat,[1] who helped establish the Club Championship in 1950, and would become the first president of the URU in January 1951.[1] The first Club Championship was contested by Old Boys, Colonia Rugby, and multisport clubs such as Montevideo Cricket Club (MVCC) and Carrasco Polo (which supplied two XVs).[1] This was successful enough to lead to the establishment of the Uruguayan Rugby Union on 31 January 1951, with Cat as president.

Over the years, various other clubs would join the Championship, including Los Cuervos (the Crows) at the end of the 1950s, Old Christians at the beginning of the 1960s, as well as Champagnat and El Trébol de Paysandú in the 1970s, and Pucaru in the early 1990s, as well as La Cachila, Trouville, and Colonia Rowing.

Current teams

There are 11 clubs participating in the 2021 championship:[2]

width=170px Clubwidth=100px Citywidth=60px Estab.
Ceibos
Champagnat
Lobos
Pucaru Stade Gaulois
Seminario
Trébol
Notes

Champions

width = width=60px Yearwidth=300px Club
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955 Colonia Rowing
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960 Los Cuervos
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 La Cachila
1972 La Cachila
1973 Old Christians / La Cachila
1974 La Cachila
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 Trébol
2019
2020
2021
2022 Trébol

Titles by club

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28 1952, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2020
21 1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
16 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 2010, 2013, 2021
La Cachila 5 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
3 1951, 1953, 1956
Trouville 3 1954, 1956, 1958
Trébol 2 2018, 2022
Colonia Rowing 2 1955, 1958
1 1960

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Richards, p164, Chapter 9 From Muller to Mias
  2. http://www.uru.org.uy/tablas-de-posiciones-13?nid=1110 Tabla de posiciones (2021)