Duendes Rugby Club is an

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and

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club sited in

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. The rugby team currently plays at

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, the first division of the

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(URR) league system.

History

Duendes Rugby Club was founded in 1957 and registered with the Rosario Union that same year. After just one season the club won the promotion to the top division of the URR league system and won its first title in 1960. Along with Atlético del Rosario and

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, Duendes is one of the most successful clubs in its city of origin, having won the

championship 15 times. The club also won the

tournament 12 times. At national level, Duendes is also the most winning team from Rosario, having won the

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title twice, in 2004 and 2009. On four occasions (1968, 1969, 1972 and 1993) the team remained unbeaten all season. In 2009 Duendes won the inaugural

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, the national competition for clubs not from Buenos Aires. As winners of this tournament, the team qualified directly to the semi-finals of the overhauled Nacional de Clubes. In November 2011, Duendes won its first

championship, defeating

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26-23 in the final match. The MVP was the

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Mateo Escalante, the game's top scorer with 16 points converted with 100% accuracy."La revancha de Duendes"
, Rugbyfun website, 2011-11-26

Titles

(3): 2004, 2009, 2011 *

(2): 2003, 2009, 2022 *

(26): 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018

References

External links

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