35° Campeonato Argentino de Mayores
Countries	Argentina
Number of teams	15
Champions	Buenos Aires (16th title)
Runners-up	Unión de Rugby de Rosario
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The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1979 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario

• The Buenos Aires Championship was won by San Isidro Club
• The Cordoba Province Championship was won by Tala
• The North-East Championship was won by Lawn Tennis
• The selection of Buenos Aires won also the "Campeonato Juvenil" (under-19)

• In 1979 the Argentine national team went to New Zealand. The tours was scheduled in the same period of this championship. That meant the absence of better players in the championship.

• In October–November, Australia toured Argentina. Argentina won the first test-match 24-13, the Wallabies the second 17-12-

Rosario: 15.Baetti, 14.Nogués, 13.Trini, 12.Escalante (cap.), 11.Basilico, 10.Dip, 9.Niccia, 8.Marengo, 7.Imhoff, 6.Poet, 5.Milano, 4.Mangiamelli, 3.Sandionigi, 2.Cristini, 2.Fernández.
Buenos Aires: 15.Argerich, 14. Ramallo, 13.Beccar Varela, 12.Jacobi, 11.Puccio, 10. Sanguinetti, 9. Nicholson, 8. García Terán, 7.Negri, 6. Glastra, 5.Minguez, 4.Bottarini, 3.Devoto, 2.Sartori, 1.Ventura (cap.)

• Memorias de la UAR 1979
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999)