The 1998 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Unione of Buenos Aires
The 22 teams participating were divided on three levels: "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Promocional".
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1998 National The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 21" (Under 21 championship) was won by Buenos Aires The "Campeonato Argentino Menores de 19" (Under 19 championship) was won by Tucumán The "National Championship for clubs" was won by Jockey Club de Rosario The first edition of Torneo del Interior (tournament with club outside Buenos Aires) was won by Jockey Club Córdoba The "Torneo de la URBA" (Buenos Aires) was won by Hindú The "Cordoba Province Championship" was won by Tala The North-East Championship was won by Universitario de Tucumán
International Winning the third edition of Pan American Championship, the "Pumas" conquest the qualification for 1999 Rugby World Cup In JuneFrance visit Argentina, and won both test with "Pumas" (35-18 and 37-12) In August, is Romania to visit Argentina, for a five match tour, The test is won by Pumas 68-22 Argentina national team, in September visit Japan for a short tour (two matches). With an experimental team. lost the test match against Japan national team (29-44). In November, The Pumas visit Europe. Played six match, with three losses with Italy, France and Wales in the test match.
In October, Argentina, won as usual the 1998 South American Rugby Championship
"Campeonato" 1ª round7 MarchCordoba - Rosario36-37Cordoba7 MarchTucumàn - Cuyo41-7S.Miguel de T.7 MarchBuenos Aires - Noreste129-0Buenos Aires 2ª round14 MarchNoreste - Rosario13-56Resistencia14 MarchCuyo - Buenos Aires12-62Mendoza14 MarchCordoba - Tucumàn42-38Cordoba
3ª round21 MarchRosario - Cuyo41-21Rosario21 MarchTucumàn - Buenos Aires13-27S.Miguel de T.21 MarchNoreste - Cordoba25-43Resistencia 4ª round28 MarchCordoba - Cuyo41-3Cordoba28 MarchBuenos Aires - Rosario54-31Buenos Aires28 MarchTucumàn - Noreste61-10S.Miguel de T.
5ª round4 AprilBuenos Aires - Cordoba41-23Buenos Aires4 AprilRosario - Tucumàn46-30Rosario4 AprilCuyo - Noreste26-9Mendoza
ChampionRelegated to "Ascenso" Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Buenos Aires550031385228102Cordoba54011891424783Rosario53022111545764Tucumàn52031901325845Cuyo510473194-12126Noroeste500555324-2690
"Ascenso" MdPE-RSFEA-V S-JSAL Mar del Plata––––34-2135-3627-1648-3022-10 Entre Rios21-34––––24-1823-2631-2226-13 Santa Fè36-3518-24––––55-1919-2029-26 Alto Valle 16-2726-2319-55––––37-3614-33 San Juan30-4822-3120-1936-37––––38-33 Salta10-2213-2626-2933-1433-38––––
Promoted to "Campeonato"Relegated to "Promocional" Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Mar del Plata54011661135382Entre Rios53021251131263Santa Fè53021571243364Alto Valle 5203112174-6245San Juan5203146168-2246Salta5104115129-142
Promossa: Mar del Plata , Retrocede: Salta
Promocional Pool A SURCHUAUS OESCEN Sur––––35-1539-642-777-6 Chubut15-35––––20-1538-10N.D. Austral6-3915-20––––20-1226-6 Oeste7-4210-3812-20––––38-23 Centro6-77N.D.6-2623-38––––
Qualified for final Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Sur44001933415982Chubut320173601343Austral32016777-1044Oeste410367123-5645Centro410335141-1064
Pool B MISRIJSTGJUJFOR Misiones––––26-2524-2028-2038-7 La Rioja25-26––––29-1612-324-7 Santiago20-2416-29––––37-2128-22 Jujuy20-283-1221-37––––15-14 Formosa7-387-2422-2814-15––––
Qualified for final Place Team Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1Misiones4400116724482La Rioja430190523863Santiago420210196544Jujuy41035991-3225Formosa400450105-550
Final
Sur promoted to "Ascenso"
External links Memorias de la UAR 1998 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)