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 edit

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

Final Phase edit

Standings edit

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 edit

[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 edit

  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.