The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1985 was won for the first time by the selection of Tucumán that beat in the final the selection of Buenos Aires
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1985
National The selection of Buenos Aires won the "Campeonado de Minores" (Under21 Championship) The Buenos Aires Championship was won by C.A.S.I. The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala The North-East Championship was won by Los Tarcos
International In 1985, Argentina, received two visits of international selections : France and New Zealand. With France, Argentina draw the series (1 victory both)
With the "All Blacks", the Pumas lost the first test (20-33) but draw the second test.
Preliminaries Buenos Aires directly admitted to semifinals
Zone A 1st round Austral-Chubut24 - 14Comodoro Rivadavia21 September Alto Valle -Sur15 - 13Comodoro Rivadavia
Final Chubut-Alto Valle 6 - 30Comodoro Rivadavia
Zone B PRELIMINARY Jujuy-Salta13 - 52Jujuy
1st round San Juan-Salta20 - 13San Juan21 September Cuyo-Santa Fe23 - 16San Juan
Final San Juan-Cuyo6 - 28San Juan
Interzone A-B INTERZONE Alto Valle -Cuyo6 - 58Neuquén
Zone C 1st round Santiago del estero-Córdoba3 - 65Santiago28 September Tucumán-Misiones49 - 6Santiago
Final Tucumán-Córdoba38 - 19Santiago
Zone D 1st round Mar del Plata-Noreste3 - 65Mar del Plata28 September Rosario-Entre Rios49 - 6Mar del Plata
Final Tucumán-Córdoba38 - 19Mar del Plata
Semifinals SEMIFINALS5 OctoberBuenos Aires-Cuyo58 - 9Buenos Aires5 OctoberTucumán-Mar del Plata35 - 12Buenos Aires
Final
Buenos Aires: 15.Bernardo Miguen, 14.Fernando Ibarrola, 13.Marcelo Loffreda, 12. Rafael Madero, 11.Marcelo Campo, 10. Hugo Porta (Cap.), 9.Martín Yanguela, 8.Marcos Giana, 7.Gabriel Traveglini, 6.Marcos Baeck, 5.Roberto Cobello, 4.Joaquín Uriarte, 3.Pablo Devoto, 2.Claudio Granno, 1.Daniel Sanés. Tucuman:15.José Ríos, 14.Juan Soler, 13.Gabriel Terán, 12.Alvaro Carrizo, 11.José Gianotti, 10.Lucas Perro, 9.Pedro Merlo, 8.José Santamarina, 7.Marcelo Ricci (Cap.), 6.Pedro Garreton, 5.Roberto De Luce, 4.Sergio Bunader, 3.Ricardo Horte, 2.Ricardo Lefort, 1.Luto Molina.
External Links - Bibliography Memorias de la UAR 1985 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)