The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1959 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1959 The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Buonos Aires CRC The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario The North-East Championship was won by Universitario Tucuman The selection of Junior Springboks, 27 years after their first tour, visit Argentina and Chile, winning all the 13 matches (two against Argentina national team)
Knock out stages ("Provincia" and "Capital" directly admitted to quarter of finals)
PRELIMINARY2 AugustRío Paranà-Valle de Lerma24 - 8Paranà2 AugustUR del Norte-San Juan19 - 9Tucumán2 AugustRio Cuarto-Córdoba6 - 17Rio Cuarto2 AugustSanta Fe-Mar del Plata3 - 8Santa Fe2 AugustSur-La Plata3 - 8Bahía Blanca2 AugustCuyo-Rosario6 - 27Córdoba
QUARTERS OF FINALS16 AugustUR del Norte-Río Paranà21 - 0Tucumán16 AugustCórdoba-Capital5 - 18Córdoba16 AugustMar del Plata-Provincia0 - 14Mar del Plata16 AugustRosario-La Plata6 - 9Rosario
Semifinals
Provincia: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Guidi, A. Salinas, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, J. Pulido, F. Varela, A. Moreno, R. Schimdt, B. Otaño, J. Lucas, J. Casanegra, O. Martínez. La Plata: J. Manes, P. Grossi, R. La Rosa, R. Wilt, R. Posadas, E. Cáceres, J. Buriñigo, E. Foulkes, H. Carnicero, A. Nogueira, A. Cervini, L. Nápoli, R. Goso, A. Dentone, R. Gorostiaga.
Capital: R. Raimundez, C. Raimundez, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Giuliano, A Guastella, V. Mayol, S. Hogg, M. Azpiroz, J. La¬fleur, J. Trebotich, R. Rumboll, E. Gaviña, H. Vidou, E. Verardo Norte: Nougués, J. Terán, C. Valdez, A. Peiró, J. Esteban, J. Nucci, A. Frías Silva, O. Paz, L. Nieva Moreno, J. Paz, C. Diam¬bra, J. Carlino, J. Ritorto, J. Centurión, R. Terán Vega
Final
Provincia : R. Raimundez, C. Giuliano, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Raimundez, A. Guastella, V. Mayol, J. Lafleur, M. Azpiroz, S. Hogg, R. Hogg, J. Trebotich, E. Verardo, H. Vidou, E. Gaviña. Capital: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Álvarez, J. Guidi, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, A. Moreno, F. Varela, J. Pulido, R. Schmidt, B. Otaño, O. Martínez, J. Casanegra, J. Lucas
The referee of the match was the South African Ackermann, that was following the South African selection of Junior Springboks, that ended his tour in South America. The selection of "Capital" and Provincia, was without with the national team against South Africa. In the same day, was arranged a match between two mixed teams of South African and Argentine and players.
External links Memorias de la UAR 1959