The 1979 South American Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the competition of the leading national rugby union teams in South America.

The tournament was played in Chile, and was won by Argentina.

Standings

{| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|Pts |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| |4||4||0||0||238||47|||+ 191||8 |- align=center |align=left| |4||2||1||1||126||37||+ 89||5 |- align=center |align=left| |4||2||1||1||104||62||+ 42||5 |- align=center |align=left| |4||1||0||3||25||216||- 191||2 |- align=center |align=left| |4||0||0||4||41||172||- 131||0

Results Página de la IRB - South American Championship 1979) First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

References

IRB – South American Championship 1979

Notes