Unión Santafesina de Rugby
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The Santa Fe Rugby Union (Spanish: Unión Santafesina de Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Santa Fe Province in Argentina. The union runs rugby competitions in the province of Santa Fe with the exception of Rosario clubs, who are part of the Unión de Rugby de Rosario.
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Jurisdiction | Santa Fe Province [note 1] |
Abbreviation | USR |
Founded | 1955; 69 years ago (1955) |
Affiliation | UAR |
Headquarters | Santa Fe |
President | Esteban Fainberg |
Vice president(s) | Federico Caputto |
Secretary | Jorge Santoja |
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USR is one of the Argentine Rugby Union's 25 regional governing bodies. The Unión Santafesina also runs the Santa Fe team that represented the province in the now defunct Campeonato Argentino.
The best placed teams of USR competitions qualify to play the Torneo del Litoral, along with clubs from the Rosario and Entre Ríos Unions. A Santa Fe championship also exists for the clubs at underage levels.