2025 URBA Top 12 final
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| Event | 2025 URBA Top 12 final | ||||||
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| Date | 1 Nov 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio del CASI, San Isidro, Argentina | ||||||
| Referee | Tómas Bertazza [1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 4,500 | ||||||
The 2025 URBA Top 12 final was the final of the 2025 URBA Top 12, the 126th. 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 Newman and San Isidro Club (mostly known for its acronym "SIC"), and was held in Estadio del CASI. Since the URBA implemented the playoffs system in 1998,[2] it was the 2nd. final contested by Newman (having lost to Hindú in 2008)[3] while SIC played their 13rd. final, having won eight of them.[4]
Newman won the match 15–3 to win their first league title.[1][5]
Since its establishment in 1935 after a schism in Club Atlético San Isidro,[6][7] San Isidro Club has become one of the landmark clubs of Argentine rugby, having won 27 URBA titles (second to C.A. San Isidro which leads with 33 titles)[4] and 4 Nacional de Clubes championships.[8]
On the other hand, Newman, established in 1975 by alumni of Cardinal Newman College, had only played one final in 2008 but they lost to Hindú, which was the predominant force in Argentine rugby in those times.[3]
Qualified teams
Venue
The final was held in La Catedral ("the Cathedral of rugby")[9], nickname of Estadio del CASI, earned due to it is distant 500 mts from the San Isidro Cathedral,[10] a historic landmark since 1963.[11][12][13] which has been the venue of URBA finals since 2008[14]. The stadium, with capacity for 4,500 spectactors,[15] 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.[10]
The stadium is located in downtown San Isidro, has a lighting system for night matches and a concrete grandstand inaugurated in the 1920s.[9] When San Isidro competed in football tournament organised by AFA, the stadium was also used for that sport.[16]
