Club Pucará is a sports club

Sports club

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 from the Burzaco

Burzaco

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 district, Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires

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, Argentina. The club currently has competitive teams in rugby union

Rugby union

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 and field hockey

Field hockey

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Registered with the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

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 in 1943, Pucará has won the URBA title twice and currently plays at the highest level of Argentine rugby.

History

Club Pucará was founded in 1943 by young players from the Burzaco

Burzaco

Burzaco is a city in Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Its municipal area of 22.77 km² holds a population of 86,113 . Its located 27 kilometres from Buenos Aires city, and connected to it by the Ferrocarril General Roca South...

, Adrogué

Adrogué

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 and Glew

Glew, Buenos Aires

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 districts of the Almirante Brown Partido

Almirante Brown Partido

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 in Buenos Aires

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Originally just a rugby club, Club Pucará has developed a competitive field hockey

Field hockey

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 section in recent years.

Rugby

Founded in 1943, Club Pucará won their first URBA

Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.The Buenos Aires Rugby Union , usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial...

 title after only 3 years in existence, in 1946. Winning again in 1950.

Since then, many Pucará players have gone on to be selected for Argentina

Argentina national rugby union team

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Nowadays the team competes at the highest level of URBA's league system, fielding teams at all levels.

External links

• Official website