The 1996 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won with a shared victory by the selection of Buenos Aires and Cordoba.
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1996 International In June, France toured Argentina, winning two test match against the "Pumas" and all the other match
Before to visit Europe, South Africa toured Argentina. The Springboks played and won four match, four of them against "Pumas". In late November The "Pumas" toured England. The Pumas won all the match against regional selection and lost only against England "A" and the England first team
"The Pumas" won the second edition of Pan American Championship
National The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Buenos Aires The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) victory was shared by Buenos Aires and Tucumàn The "National Championship for clubs" was won by Hindú The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by Hindú and Atlético del Rosario The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Córdoba AC The North-East Championship was won by Natación y Gimnasia
"Campeonato" For the first time were played a single round robin with 6 teams 1ª giornata6 April Tucumàn - Cuyo39-336 AprilCordoba - Rosario37-126 AprilBuenos Aires - San Juan65-13 2ª giornata13 April San Juan - Rosario20-2313 April Cuyo - Buenos Aires28-2413 April Cordoba - Tucumàn21-16
3ª giornata20 April Rosario - Cuyo41-3420 April Tucumàn - Buenos Aires15-1620 April San Juan - Cordoba25-36 4ª giornata27 AprilCordoba - Cuyo59-2427 AprilBuenos Aires - Rosario39-2927 AprilTucumàn- San Juan64-11
5ª giornata1 MayBuenos Aires - Cordoba27-151 MayRosario - Tucumàn29-301 MayCuyo - San Juan21-19
Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Buenos Aires54011711007181Cordoba54011551104583Tucumàn53021641105464Cuyo5203140182-4244Rosario5203140147-746San Juan500588209-1210
Relegated: San Juan
Zone "Ascenso" Results MdPE-R NOESFESALSUR Mar del Plata––––18-1729-3047-2720-1736-9 Entre Rios17-18––––17-1530-2233-3132-17 Noroeste30-2915-17––––26-3327-2714-11 Santa Fè27-4722-3033-26––––18-1945-28 Salta17-2031-3327-2719-18––––47-48 Sur9-3617-3211-1428-4548-47––––
Ranking Final
PromotedRelegated Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Mar del Plata54011501005082Entre Rios54011291032683Noroeste5212112117-554Santa Fè5203145150-545Salta5113141146-536Sur5104113174-612
Promoted: Mar del Plata Relegated: Sur
Zone "Promocional" Pool A
A V AUS CHUCEN Alto Valle ––––35-840-23118-0 Austral8-35––––32-1720-24 Chubut23-4017-32––––45-31 Centro0-11824-2031-45––––
Promoted Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Alto Valle 33001933116262Austral31026076-1623Chubut310285103-1824Centro310255183-1282
Pool B
The Pool B was not completed
External links Memorias de la UAR 1996 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)