Club San Cirano

Club San Cirano

Full name	Club San Cirano
Union	Unión Argentina de Rugby
Founded	1973
Location	Villa Celina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ground(s)	Cor. Domínguez
President	Julio Larocca
League(s)	Nacional de Clubes, URBA
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Official website
www.clubsancirano.com.ar

Club San Cirano is a multi-sports club from Villa Celina in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded in 1971 by alumni of the Colegio San Cirano, the club currently has competitive teams in rugby and hockey.^[1]

The club won the national rugby title in 1998 but has as yet to win the URBA provincial title.

History

In 1971, Asociación de Ex alumnos del Colegio San Cirano was created as a social club, by former pupils of San Cirano College in Buenos Aires.

Two years later, the Association became a sports club and changed its name to Club San Cirano. The main sport played at the club was rugby union and the club registered with the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires in July 1973.

In 1974 a field hockey section opened and the club registered with the Asociación Amateur Argentina de Hockey sobre Césped.

Rugby

Club San Cirano has played rugby since 1973 and takes part in the URBA championship.

San Cirano has the particularity of having won the national title without ever winning a provincial title. In 1998, San Cirano reached the final of the Nacional de Clubes and drew with San Luis, hence sharing the title. It also has a great swollen called "LA 36".

Today the club is mostly competitive at underage levels and has become one of the best rugby academies in Buenos Aires. In 2011, San Cirano came back to the higher category of the U.R.B.A (unión de rugby de Buenos Aires)

Honours

• Nacional
  • Winners (1): 1998

External links

• Official website (Spanish)

References

1. ^ "URBA club sheet" (in Spanish). www.urba.org.ar. 21 May 2010. http://www.urba.org.ar/clubes/guia-de-clubes/club/62/san-cirano-club/. Retrieved 22 May 2010.