Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario (rugby)

Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario, or simply GER, is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

team from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, which plays in the Unión de Rugby de Rosario

Unión de Rugby de Rosario

The Rosario Rugby Union or URR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The rest of Santa Fe province being controlled by the Unión Santafesina de Rugby.-History:...

league system and also takes part in the Torneo del Litoral

Torneo del Litoral

The Torneo del Litoral is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year....

. The squad has won the provincial title 5 times (URR 3 times followed by 2 Litoral titles)..

History

"Club Atlético Argentino" was founded on September 10, 1904, when the old Club Atlético Argentino merged with Estudiantes Football Club de Rosario. In 1914, the club changed its name to Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario which has remained since.

GER has always been a multi-sports institution, although rugby union did not appeared at the club until 1927. By 1929 a rugby section was officially formed and GER entered the Unión de Rugby de Rosario

Unión de Rugby de Rosario

league system in 1931.

Titles

Torneo del Litoral
Torneo del Litoral
The Torneo del Litoral is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year....

: 2

2003, 2004

Unión de Rugby de Rosario
Unión de Rugby de Rosario
The Rosario Rugby Union or URR is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The rest of Santa Fe province being controlled by the Unión Santafesina de Rugby.-History:...

: 3

1952, 1973, 1991

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