| 15° Campeonato Argentino | |
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| Countries |  Argentina |
| Champions | Provincia (10th title) |
| Runners-up | Capital |
The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1959 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.
Rugby Union in Argentina in 1959
- The Buenos Aires Championship was won by Buonos Aires CRC
- The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Universitario
- The North-East Championship was won by Universitario Tucuman
- The selection of Junior Springboks, 27 years after their first tour, visit Argentina and Chile, winning all the 13 matches (two against Argentina national team)
Knock out stages
("Provincia" and "Capital" directly admitted to quarter of finals)
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Semifinals
| 27 September 1959 |
| Provincia | 12-0 | La Plata |
| Try: Bianchetti, Pulido, Rosenblat, Bernacchi |
| Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco Lamastra |
Provincia: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Guidi, A. Salinas, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, J. Pulido, F. Varela, A. Moreno, R. Schimdt, B. Otaño, J. Lucas, J. Casanegra, O. Martínez.
La Plata: J. Manes, P. Grossi, R. La Rosa, R. Wilt, R. Posadas, E. Cáceres, J. Buriñigo, E. Foulkes, H. Carnicero, A. Nogueira, A. Cervini, L. Nápoli, R. Goso, A. Dentone, R. Gorostiaga.
| 27 September 1959 |
| Capital | 10-9 | UR del Norte |
| Try: Trebotich, Karplus | Try: Peiró, Terán Con: Lafleur 2 Pen: Terán , |
| Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: César de Elizalde |
Capital: R. Raimundez, C. Raimundez, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Giuliano, A Guastella, V. Mayol, S. Hogg, M. Azpiroz, J. La¬fleur, J. Trebotich, R. Rumboll, E. Gaviña, H. Vidou, E. Verardo
Norte: Nougués, J. Terán, C. Valdez, A. Peiró, J. Esteban, J. Nucci, A. Frías Silva, O. Paz, L. Nieva Moreno, J. Paz, C. Diam¬bra, J. Carlino, J. Ritorto, J. Centurión, R. Terán Vega
Final
| 10 October 1959 |
| Provincia | 3-0 | Capital |
| Try: Bernacchi |
| Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires Referee: Chris Ackermann (South Africa) |
Provincia : R. Raimundez, C. Giuliano, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Raimundez, A. Guastella, V. Mayol, J. Lafleur, M. Azpiroz, S. Hogg, R. Hogg, J. Trebotich, E. Verardo, H. Vidou, E. Gaviña.
Capital: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Álvarez, J. Guidi, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, A. Moreno, F. Varela, J. Pulido, R. Schmidt, B. Otaño, O. Martínez, J. Casanegra, J. Lucas
The referee of the match was the South African Ackermann, that was following the South African selection of Junior Springboks, that ended his tour in South America. The selection of "Capital" and Provincia, was without with the national team against South Africa. In the same day, was arranged a match between two mixed teams of Southafrican and Argentine and players.