Cardenales Rugby Club, or simply Cardenales, is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 and field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Argentina

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. Founded in 1944 as a rugby club, Cardenales co-founded the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

The Tucuman Rugby Union or URT is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.- History :...

 .

One of the oldest rugby clubs in Tucumán, Cardenales won the Torneo del Noroeste

Torneo del Noroeste

The Campeonato Anual Regional del Noroeste, Torneo del Noroeste, Torneo del Norte or simply Torneo del NOA , is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina....

 3 times.

History

In 1944, rugby enthusiasts from San Miguel de Tucumán were planning on founding a provincial union in order to facilitate the practice of the sport in the region. However, at the time only 3 rugby clubs existed in the city: Tucumán Rugby Club

Tucumán Rugby Club

Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports Tucumán Rugby Club, is a sports club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Although other sports (such...

, Universitario

Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán

Universitario Rugby Club, or simply Uni Tucumán, is a rugby union club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1943 by students, Universitario is registered with the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán....

 and Club Natación y Gimnasia

Club Natación y Gimnasia

Club Natación y Gimnasia, or simply Natación, is a rugby union and field hockey club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1930 as a multi-sports club, Natación is registered with the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán...

; and the minimum number of clubs required to found a provincial union was four. With this in mind, students from all over the province met in Natación's club house and decided to found Cardenales Rugby Club.

Along with the other three clubs, Cardenales became a co-founder of the Unión de Rugby del Norte (today's Unión de Rugby de Tucumán) that same year.

A field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 section for women was started at the club in the 1980s.

Rugby

Despite being one of the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

Unión de Rugby de Tucumán

The Tucuman Rugby Union or URT is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.- History :...

's founding clubs and having participated in the Torneo del Noroeste

Torneo del Noroeste

The Campeonato Anual Regional del Noroeste, Torneo del Noroeste, Torneo del Norte or simply Torneo del NOA , is a regional rugby union competition in Argentina....

since 1944, Cardenales Rugby Club has had moderate success along the years.

To date, Cardenales has only won the provincial title on 3 occasions.