Club Tilcara

Club Tilcara

Full name	Club Tilcara
Union	Unión Argentina de Rugby
Founded	1954
Location	Paraná, Argentina
Ground(s)	Quincho, Ruta 18
President	Alejandro Arrías
League(s)	Nacional de Clubes, Litoral
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Official website
www.clubtilcara.org.ar

Club Tilcara is a rugby union club in Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. The club was only founded in 1954 but has become one of the best in the Unión Entrerriana de Rugby in recent years.

The club plays in the Torneo del Litoral, along with clubs from Rosario and Santa Fe.

History

Club Tilcara was founded in 1954 by workers of a Paraná Cement factory and former members of the Paraná Rowing Club.

The club was named after the Pucará de Tilcara, a pre-Inca fortification in nearby Jujuy.

For a while the club would be nicknamed "the Gypsies" as it would move from location to location during the first years of its existence. After almost twenty years of this, the club would finally acquire its own installations on Route 18, in 1975.

Rugby

For the last 30 years Tilcara have been one of the best rugby clubs in Entre Rios, as such they take part in the inter-provincial Torneo del Litoral.

Before the creation of this tournament in 2000, the unions of Santa Fe and Entre Rios organised their own regional competition (confusingly called Torneo del Litoral as well) which Tilcara won on 4 occasions.

Tilcara's main rivals are Estudiantes Paraná.

Honours

• Santa Fe/Entre Rios
  • Winners (4): 1959, 1969, 1973, 1996

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)