Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby


The Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby – named "Copa Amarok" due to sponsorship reasons, is the main competition of Uruguayan rugby union league system. It includes the first, second and third division competitions. It was played for the first time in 1950.

History

Rugby was introduced to Uruguay as early as the late 19th century, but did not really take off in formal terms until the mid-20th. The spur for this was Carlos E. Cat, who helped establish the Club Championship in 1950, and would become the first president of the URU in January 1951. The first Club Championship was contested by Old Boys, Colonia Rugby, and multisport clubs such as Montevideo Cricket Club and Carrasco Polo. This was successful enough to lead to the establishment of the Uruguayan Rugby Union on 31 January 1951, with Cat as president.
Over the years, various other clubs would join the Championship, including Los Cuervos at the end of the 1950s, Old Christians at the beginning of the 1960s, as well as Champagnat and El Trébol de Paysandú in the 1970s, and Pucaru in the early 1990s, as well as La Cachila, Trouville, and Colonia Rowing.

Current teams

Teams participating at the 2014 Torneo Apertura:
ClubCityEstab.
Carrasco PoloMontevideo1933
ChampagnatMontevideo1975
Los CuervosMontevideo1959
Montevideo CricketMontevideo1861
Old BoysMontevideo1914
Old ChristiansMontevideo1962
Pucaru Stade Gaulois Montevideo2005
El TrébolPaysandú1927

Champions

YearClub
1950Old Boys
1951Montevideo Cricket
1952Old Boys / Carrasco Polo
1953Montevideo Cricket
1954Trouville
1955Colonia Rowing
1956Montevideo Cricket / Old Boys / Trouville
1957Old Boys
1958Colonia Rowing / Trouville
1959Old Boys
1960Los Cuervos
1961Carrasco Polo
1962Old Boys
1963Old Boys
1964Old Boys
1965Old Boys
1966Carrasco Polo
1967Old Boys
1968Old Christians Club
1969Old Boys
1970Old Christians
1971La Cachila
1972La Cachila
1973La Cachila
1974La Cachila
1975La Cachila / Old Boys
1976Old Christians
1977Old Christians
1978
1979Old Christians
1980Old Christians
1981Carrasco Polo
1982Old Christians
1983Carrasco Polo
1984Old Christians
1985Old Christians
1986Old Christians
1987Old Christians
1988Old Christians
1989Old Christians
1990Carrasco Polo
1991Carrasco Polo
1992Carrasco Polo
1993Carrasco Polo
1994Carrasco Polo
1995Carrasco Polo
1996Carrasco Polo
1997Carrasco Polo
1998Carrasco Polo
1999Carrasco Polo
2000Carrasco Polo
2001Carrasco Polo
2002Carrasco Polo
2003Carrasco Polo
2004Carrasco Polo
2005Carrasco Polo
2006Carrasco Polo
2007Old Christians
2008Carrasco Polo
2009Carrasco Polo
2010Old Boys
2011Carrasco Polo
2012Carrasco Polo
2013Old Boys
2014Carrasco Polo
2015Old Christians
2016Old Christians
2017Old Christians
2018El Trébol
2019Old Christians

Titles by club

ClubTitlesTitles won
Carrasco Polo271952, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
Old Christians201968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Old Boys151950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 2010, 2013
La Cachila51971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Montevideo Cricket31951, 1953, 1956
Trouville31954, 1956, 1958
Colonia Rowing21955, 1958
Los Cuervos11960
El Trébol12018