2021 URBA Top 12 final
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| Event | 2021 URBA Top 12 | ||||||
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| Date | 11 Dec 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio del CASI, San Isidro, Argentina | ||||||
| Referee | Pablo Deluca | ||||||
| Attendance | 4,500 | ||||||
The 2021 URBA Top 12 final was the final of the 122nd. edition of Torneo de la URBA, the regional rugby union competition organised by Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA). It is the oldest rugby competition in South America and one of the oldest club competitions in the world.
The match was contested by Club Universitario de Buenos Aires (CUBA) and San Isidro Club (SIC), and was held in Estadio del CASI in San Isidro. Since the URBA implemented the playoffs system in 1998,[1] it was the 4th. final contested by CUBA (with one win in 2013 when defeated Hindú, winning a title after 43 years)[2] while SIC played their 10th. final (with an impressive record of 7 out of 9 finals won).[3]
CUBA won the match 10–9[4][5], achieving their 15th. league title.[3]
Venue
The final was held in La Catedral ("the Cathedral of rugby")[6], nickname of Estadio del CASI, earned due to it is distant 500 mts from the San Isidro Cathedral,[7] a historic landmark since 1963.[8][9][10] which has been the venue of URBA finals since 2008[11]. The stadium, with capacity for 4,500 spectactors,[12] is one of the oldest in Argentina so the club has always been on the same site since 1902, when Manuel Aguirre, owner of a large chacra on Sánez Peña street, gave the club a portion to settle down there.[7]
The stadium is located in downtown San Isidro, has a lighting system for night matches and a concrete grandstand inaugurated in the 1920s.[6] When San Isidro competed in football tournament organised by AFA, the stadium was also used for that sport.[13]
