The 1989 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby (Campionato argentino de Mayores) was won for the third consecutive year by the selection of Unión de Rugby de Tucumàn that beat in the final the selection of Rosario.
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1989
National The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Alumni and Banco Nación The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala The North-East Championship was won by Tucumán RC The selection of Buenos Aires. Won the "Juvenil" (Under-21) championship.
International The Italy national rugby union team, visited South America for the first time, lost honorably against "Pumas" (16–21).
The Argentine national team visited New Zealand, obtained two heavy loss in the test match (9-60) and (12–49).
"Campeonato" Tournament The better eight teams played for the title. They were divided into two pools of four, the first two of each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated to the secondo division
Pool A Qualified for SemifinalsRelegated {| class="wikitable" !rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place !rowspan=2 width="20%"| Team !colspan=4 width="32%"| Games !colspan=3 width="30%"| Points !rowspan=2 width="10%"| Tablepoints |- !width="8%"| played !width="8%"| won !width="8%"| drawn !width="8%"| lost !width="10%"| for !width="10%"| against !width="10%"| diff. |- align=center style="background: #ccffcc;" |1||align=left|Tucumàn||3||3||0||0||101||60||41||6 |- align=center style="background: #ccffcc;" |2||align=left|Córdoba||3||1||1||1||90||64||26||3 |- align=center style="background: #ffffff;" |3||align=left|Entre Rios||3||1||1||1||42||53||-11||3 |- align=center style="background: #ffdddd;" |4||align=left|Santiago del estero||3||0||0||3||42||98||-56||0|}
Pool B Qualified for SemifinalsRelegated Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Rosario330000062Cuyo320100043Buenos Aires310200024San Juan30030000
Semifinals
3rd place final
Final Tucumàn 15. F. Williams, 14. J. Soler, 13. J. Gianotti, 12. S. Mesón, 11. G. Terán, 10. R. Sauze, 9. P. Merlo (capt.), 8. J. Santamarina, 7. S. Bunader, 6. P. Garretón, 5. O. Fascioli (Macome 77'), 4. P. Buabse, 3. L. Molina (R. Paz Posse 57'), 2. S. Paz Posse, 1. R. Hortas. Rosario: 15. Del Castillo, 14. Sarrabayrousse, 13. Paván, 12. Romero Acuña, 11. García, 10. Ansaldi, 9. Crexell, 8.P. Baraldi, 7. Schnaider, 6. Pérez, 5. Minoldo (Rossi), 4. Discaciatti (capt.), 3. Céspedes, 2. M. Baraldi, 1. Mansilla. Champion: Tucumán Relegated:''' San Juan and Santiago del estero
"Classificacion" Tournament Teams are divided in two pools: the winners of each, promoted to "Campeonato" tournament.
Pool "C" Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Mar del Plata440025718+23982Sur430173063Alto Valle 420212277+4544Austral410325146-12125Chubut40041224100
Promoted: Mar del Plata
Pool "D" Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Santa Fè440026828+24082Noreste42019429+6543Salta420112277+4544Misiones410325146-12125Jujuy400412241-2290
The match between Noreste and Misiones wasn't played.
Promoted: Santa Fè
External links Memorias de la UAR 1989 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000'', GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)