The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1963 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Cordoba.
The teams were divided as in 1962, in four "zones" . The winners went to semifinals. For discipline reason were excluded the selection of Mar del Plata and Valle de Lerma (Salta).
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1963 The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Belgrano AC The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario and La Tablada The North-East Championship was won by Uni Tucuman
Preliminaries ZONE A Santa Fe-Rosario8 - 31Paranà
ZONE B28 JulySur-Rio Negro y Neuquén28 - 7Base Naval, Puerto Belgrano15 AugustBuenos Aires-Sur63 - 3CASI, Buenos Aires Rio Negro y Neuquén-Buenos Aires0 - 98Neuquen Ranking: 1. Buenos Aires 2. Rio Negro y Neuquén 3. Sur
ZONE C UR del Norte-Córdoba11 - 19Tucumán
ZONE D San Juan-Cuyo19 - 15San Juan
Semifinals
Buenos Aires : 15.J.Lassalle, 14.H.Goti, 13.J.C.Queirolo,12.M.Molina Berro, 11.E.Neri, 10.J.Haack, 9.L.Gradín, 8.D.Churchill-Browne,7.E.Scharenberg, 6.C.Álvarez, 5.C.Iribarren, 4.B.Otaño (cap.), 3.G.McCormick, 2.M.Odriozola,1.E.Verardo. Rosario: 15.C.Quijano, 14.E.España, 13.J.Benzi, 12.J.Orengo, 11.R.Mauro, 10.J.Ruiz, 9.O.Aletta de Sylvas (cap.), 8.W.Villar, 7.J.Imhoff, 6.M.Paván, 5.H.Ferraro, 4.M.Bouza, 3.R.Esmendi, 2.J.Benvenuto, 1.J.Gómez Kenny.
San Juan: 15.E.Salas, 14.R.Posleman, 13.E.Vaca, 12.H.Spollansky, 11.E.Sánchez, 10.A.Basualdo (cap.), 9.D.Bustos, 8.M.Miguel, 7.H.Cipoletto, 6.R.Rodríguez, 5.A.Echegaray, 4.F.Ferreyra, 3.N.Tula, 2.R.Oliver, 1.G.Noris Cordoba: 15.H.Garutti, 14.J.Astrada, 13.E.Quetglas, 12.A.Verde, 11.A.Quetglas, 10.C.Ferretti, 9.J.Ricciardello (cap.), 8.J.Ramírez Montrull, 7.J.Banus, 6.R.Loyola, 5.A.González, 4.E.Trakal, 3.J.Cocco, 2.A.Gener, 1.H.Pérez.
Final
Cordoba : 15.R.González del Solar, 14.L.Rodríguez, 13.J.Astrada, 12.E.Quetglas, 11.A Quetglas, 10.C.Feretti, 9.J.Ricciardello (cap.), 8.H.Banus, 7.J.Ramírez, 6.L.Loyola, 5.A.González, 4.E.Trakal, 3.H.Pérez, 2.A.Gener, 1.H.Cocco. Buenos Aires: 15.J.Lasalle, 14.H.Gotí, 13.J.Queirolo, 12.M.Molina-Berro, 11.E.Neri, 10.J.Haack, 9.L.Gradín, 8.M.Puigdeval, 7.D.Churchill-Browne, 6.C.Álvarez, 5.B.Otaño (cap.), 4.C.Irribarren, 3.G.Mc Cormick, 2.M. Odriozola, 1.E.Verardo.
Source of season results:
Special Events Was played two special matches. The first between the "old" Buenos Aires selection of Capital and Provincia and one between a selection of Buenos Aires and another called "El resto" ("The rest")
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