Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby

The Club Championship (Spanish: El Campeonato de Clubes), is the top level of rugby union in Uruguay.

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 U.R.U. 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) the end of the 50s, Old Christians at the beginning of the 60s, Champagnat, Trébol de Paysandú, and Pucaru, La Cachila, Trouville, Colonia Rowing (Colony Rowing), La Olla, and PSG would all come to join the Championship.

Over the years, various other clubs would join the Championship, including Los Cuervos (the Crows) the end of the 50s, Old Christians at the beginning of the 60s, as well as Champagnat & Trébol de Paysandú in the 70s, and Pucaru in the early 90s, as well as La Cachila, Trouville, and Colonia Rowing.

Titles

1950 Old Boys Club 1951 Montevideo Cricket Club 1952 Old Boys Club - Carrasco Polo Club * 1953 Montevideo Cricket Club 1954 Club Trouville 1955 Colonia Rowing 1956 Montevideo Cricket Club - Old Boys Club - Club Trouville * 1957 Old Boys Club 1958 Colonia Rowing - Club Trouville * 1959 Old Boys Club 1960 Los Cuervos 1961 Carrasco Polo Club 1962 Old Boys Club 1963 Old Boys Club 1964 Old Boys Club 1965 Old Boys Club 1966 Carrasco Polo Club 1967 Old Boys Club 1968 Old Christians Club - Old Boys Club * 1969 Old Boys Club 1970 Old Christians Club 1971 Club de Rugby La Cachila 1972 Club de Rugby La Cachila 1973 Club de Rugby La Cachila - Old Christians Club * 1974 Club de Rugby La Cachila 1975 Club de Rugby La Cachila - Old Boys Club * 1976 Old Christians Club 1977 Old Christians Club 1978 Old Christians Club 1979 Old Christians Club 1980 Old Christians Club 1981 Carrasco Polo Club 1982 Old Christians Club 1983 Carrasco Polo Club 1984 Old Christians Club

1985 Old Christians Club 1986 Old Christians Club 1987 Old Christians Club 1988 Old Christians Club 1989 Old Christians Club 1990 Carrasco Polo Club 1991 Carrasco Polo Club 1992 Carrasco Polo Club 1993 Carrasco Polo Club 1994 Carrasco Polo Club 1995 Carrasco Polo Club 1996 Carrasco Polo Club 1997 Carrasco Polo Club 1998 Carrasco Polo Club 1999 Carrasco Polo Club 2000 Carrasco Polo Club 2001 Carrasco Polo Club 2002 Carrasco Polo Club 2003 Carrasco Polo Club 2004 Carrasco Polo Club 2005 Carrasco Polo Club 2006 Carrasco Polo Club 2007 Old Christians Club 2008 Carrasco Polo Club 2009 Carrasco Polo Club 2010 Old Boys Club

* shared title

Champions

• 24 titles
  • Carrasco Polo Club: 1952, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 ,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
• 16 titles
  • Old Christians Club: 1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2007
• 14 titles
  • Old Boys Club: 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 2010
• 5 titles
  • Club de Rugby La Cachila: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
• 3 titles
  • Montevideo Cricket Club: 1951, 1953, 1956
  • Club Trouville: 1954, 1956, 1958
• 2 titles
  • Colonia Rowing Club: 1955, 1958
• 1 title
  • Los Cuervos Rugby: 1960

Current Teams

• Old Boys Club
• Carrasco Polo
• Old Christians Club
• Montevideo Cricket Club
• PSG
• Trébol
• Champagnat
• Los Cuervos
• La Olla
• Círculo de Tenis

References

• Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 9781845962555)

1. ^ ^{a b c} Richards, p164, Chapter 9 From Muller to Mias

External links

• (Spanish) Uruguayan Rugby Union