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San Cirano

Full name Club San Cirano
Union URBA
Founded 31 July 1973; 51 years ago (1973-07-31) [1]
Location Villa Celina, Argentina
Ground(s) Villa Celina
Chairman Calello Nicolás [1]
League(s) Primera B
2012 11th of Top 14 [2]
Team kit
Official website
www.clubsancirano.com.ar

Club San Cirano is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club located in the Villa Celina district of La Matanza Partido. The rugby team currently plays in Primera División A, the second division of the URBA league system.

In 1971, the "Asociación de Ex alumnos del Colegio San Cirano" was created as a social club by former pupils of San Cirano College in Buenos Aires, being named Brian Healy as its first president. Two years later, the association became a sports club and changed its name to Club San Cirano which remains nowadays. The main sport played at the club has always been rugby union, registering San Cirano 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.[3]

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 group of fans 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 URBA.

  1. ^ a b San Cirano on URBA webpage
  2. ^ Posiciones URBA on APlenoRugby.com Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ History of San Cirano on club's webpage Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine