Delta Rugby Club
Delta Rugby Club, or just Delta, is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club, located in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province. The rugby union team currently plays in Primera División B, the second division of the URBA league system. Founded in 2009, Delta is the newest rugby club taking part in the union tournaments.
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| Full name | Delta Rugby Club | ||
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| Union | URBA | ||
| Nickname(s) | Yacaré | ||
| Founded | 19 November 2009 [1] | ||
| Location | Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | ||
| Ground(s) | Rincón de Milberg, Tigre, Argentina | ||
| President | Horacio Sanguinetti [1] | ||
| Coach(es) | Gastón Boniface Sergio Torres | ||
| League(s) | URBA Primera B | ||
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| Official website | |||
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History
After rugby union was introduced at the club San Fernando played at the highest level of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires championship until 2009, when after disputing the Top14 of Torneo de la URBA the club punished five players of the first division, banning them for periods from three months to two years. Due to that suspension the club could not play the seven tournament.
The banned players left San Fernando to establish a new club, so "Delta Rugby Club" was founded on 19 November 2009 and started to play at Grupo IV, the lowest division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires.[2]
With a team dismantled because of the exodus of its most notable players one year before, San Fernando made a poor campaign in the 2010 championship and was relegated to Grupo II (the second division) where it currently plays.[3]
Delta RC played its home games in a field property of Club San Patricio until 2011, when the club opened its own facilities, which included a field. The installations are located in Rincón de Milberg, a division of Tigre Partido.[4]
In 2013, Delta promoted to the first división when only four years had passed since its foundation. The team achieved its goal after defeating San Albano by 42–27.[5]
References
- Delta on URBA website
- "Las diferencias insondables encauzaron un nuevo destino", CanchaLLena.com Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3 December 2009
- "No hubo milagro y descendió San Fernando", La Nación.com website, 2010-10-03
- "El Delta Rugby Club tiene un nuevo predio deportivo en Tigre". El Comercio. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011.
- "Delta subió a Primera", Clarín, 19 Oct 2013
