Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Rugby Union
Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
SportRugby union
JurisdictionBuenos Aires Province
AbbreviationURBA
Founded1995 (1995)
AffiliationUAR
Affiliation date1995
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
PresidentSantiago Marotta
Vice president(s)Gustavo Cohen
SecretaryPatricio Campbell
Official website
urba.org.ar

The Buenos Aires Rugby Union (Spanish: "Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires"), usually referred as URBA, is the Argentine governing body that organises and controls rugby union in the Buenos Aires Province (including the main district, Buenos Aires autonomous city and one team from Rosario, Santa Fé). The remaining clubs from the province are distributed amongst four other unions: Unión de Rugby del Oeste de Buenos Aires in the west, Unión de Rugby del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires in the centre, Unión de Rugby de Mar del Plata in the east, and Unión de Rugby del Sur in the south.

URBA is the largest union of Argentina, with 76 clubs directly affiliated and 15 competing as guests. Those teams compete in 7 competitions organised by the body, including the Top 13, the oldest competition in Argentina with the first championship being held in 1899.

The Union also controls its representative team, which was the most successful team of the defunct Campeonato Argentino with 37 titles.