Club San Andrés (official name: Asociación Ex-Alumnos San Andrés) is an

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sited in the Benavídez district of

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. Sports practised at San Andrés include

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and

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. The rugby squad currently plays in Primera B, the third division of the

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league system.

History

Background

In 1838,

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(in ) was established by a group of

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settlers determined to educate their children in their language, faith and culture. Founded as a boys school, Saint Andrews would become co-educational soon after. The first sports club established by the School was the

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,La primera fecha!
by Jorge Gallego on CIHF, 16 Apr 2016 which won the first Primera División championship organized in Argentina in

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although the club was dissolved c. 1894."Desempates en el fútbol argentino: 1891–2008", Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol (CIHF)
, 20 January 2009

The club

The current club was founded under the name "St. Andrew's Former Pupil's Club" on May 9, 1911, as a social and sporting club for school alumni. The meeting was presided by William P. Hardie, a former teacher and rector of the school. The first committee designed Sidney Sanders as the first president of the recently formed institution.Historia
on club website, 5 Oct 2019 The first activities practised at the club were

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and

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. Rugby was one of the original sports played at the club since its foundation. The team had not played in the first division until 2009, when San Andrés won the promotion to the top level after defeating Universitario de La Plata 18–5."San Andrés es de Primera", official website
2009-11-02 In 1985, the club was renamed to "Asociación Ex-Alumnos San Andrés". After four seasons in URBA's top division, San Andrés was relegated again in 2013. In 2016 season the URBA announced a new division system in which there were more division with less teams in each one. That year, San Andrés had its worst year in many time, being relegated to two lower divisions. For the year 2017 there was a huge change in the club in where everyone pushed forward for it to go better. The results were quickly evidenced as in 2017 when San Andres played in Second Division of URBA (actually the 5th division) they won the tournament with 24 matches won and only 2 defeats. In 2018 San Andrés played in Primera C in which they also won the tournament with a 20–6 record. Thanks to its Scottish heritage, Club San Andrés has the particularity of being one of the few clubs in South America to have its own

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History

Background

The club

See also

References

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