2003 South American Rugby Championship "A"

The 2003 South American Rugby Championship was the 25th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.

25° Campeonato Sudamericano de Rugby
Tournament details
Host Uruguay
Date27 April–
3 May 2003
Countries Argentina
 Chile
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
Final positions
Champions Argentina
Runner-up Uruguay
Relegated Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
2002
2004

The tournament was played in Montevideo, with four team participating. Paraguay and Brazil (winner of 2002 "B" championship play before a play-off to obtain qualification.

Argentina won the tournament.

Preliminary

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23 March 2003
Paraguay  27–16  Brazil
cancha del CURDA, Asuncion

Final Phase

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Standings

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Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Pts
  Argentina[1] 3 3 0 0 225 3 + 222 9
  Uruguay[2] 3 2 0 1 73 52 + 21 7
  Chile 3 1 0 2 118 69 + 49 5
  Paraguay 3 0 0 3 7 299 - 292 3

Results

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[3][4]

  • First Round

27 April 2003
Uruguay  20–3  Chile
Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

  • Second Round
30 April 2003
Argentina  49–3  Chile
Country los Teros, Montevideo


  • Third Round


References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Página de la IRB - South American Championship 2003 (partidos de Argentina)
  2. ^ [2] Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Página de la IRB - South American Championship 2003 (partidos de Uruguay)
  3. ^ [3] Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Page of IRB - South American Championship 2003
  4. ^ Union Argentina de Rugby (December 2003). "MEMORIA Temporada año 2003" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (.pdf) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-06-07.