URBA TOP 12 MACRO CUP: PREVIOUS, SCHEDULES AND HOW TO SEE THE 1st DATE

This Saturday, April 5 The URBA Top 12 Macro Cup presented by Zurich. Look at the formations of all teams!

The highest category of Buenos Aires begins its activity from the 15:00 hours. I followed all live parties in Disney+.

Alumnithe last champion will begin his defense for the title against CUBA In Tortuguitas. For its part, the runner -up Belgrano will visit a La Plata In Manuel Gonnet.

Besides, Buenos Aires will receive al ALMOST In Victoria, and the SIC will travel to Barrio Obrero to face The lumps. For its part, Hindu He will play before San Luis In Don Torcuato, and Newman will do the same in front of Regattas In Benavidez.

Alumni vs. CUBA

How they arrive: with the same staff last year, headed by Rodrigo Jiménez Salice and Hernán Ballatore, Alumni begins the New Year with the title in tow of 2024. The champion renews his challenges after the great tournament he played very recently, with the strawberry of the dessert that was to win Belgrano Athletic in the final match. Cuba renews his staff with Juan Capdepont at the head instead of Lucas Piña, after an irregular tournament, in 2024. University was not in the semifinals after several films in a row, so he will look for revenge in this championship.

What they are looking for: in the return of the Top 12, in Tortuguitas, the first classic of the tournament is played on the inaugural day. Alumini arrives as a defender of the title and without large casualties with respect to last year. In Cuba, the search will be focused on recovering the prominence to return to the first planes.

The background: after two losses in 2023, Alumni beat Cuba in Tortuguitas in the second wheel last year. In Villa de Mayo, University beat the defender champion by 44 to 26.

La Plata RC vs. Belgrano Athletic

How do they arrive: Partidazo is expected in Gonnet at the beginning of the season after the title of La Plata in First “A” and the Belgrano Athletic final in the top 12 of the 2024 season. Both maintain the Staff with two surnames closely linked to the history of our rugby, Albarracín and Gradin. The two “Panchitos” are still at the head of both clubs, after their very good productions in the last season.

What they are looking for: La Plata wants to stay in the maximum division, this year with the change of format, since from 2026 it will have 14 clubs again in the elite category of Buenos Aires rugby. The last of the Top 12 will not descend directly, will go to the playoffs to defend their permanence. Belgrano was a great protagonist last year, with very good rugby passages. With an insured continuity, the objective will be the classification among the top four.

The background: after the passage of a season through the first “A” tournament, La Plata RC returns to the top 12 to measure against one of the 2024 finalists, Belgrano Athletic. The last background was in 2023, the year in which the brown won by very little in both games, 38 to 31 in Virrey del Pino and by the minimum difference, 27 to 26 in Gonnet.

Buenos Aires CRC vs. ALMOST

How they arrive: after an irregular 2024, Biei prepares for a season in which he wants to consolidate all the good that they built since their return to Top 12, in 2021. Martín Etchepare continues as Head Coach, with a wide group of collaborators. In almost Junior Murgier follows as a driver after last year’s excellent performance, in which they were one step away from the playoff classification. The fifth place marked a great academy tournament.

What they are looking for: after returning to Top 12 with more doubts than certainties, the lion got a continuity that at times had passages of very good rugby. Biei expanded the base and showed one of the best three -quarter lines in the division. He almost had a great 2024 that unfortunately could not crown him with the passage to the playoffs. It ended fifth and was very close to the classification, which could not get it on the final date. With Junior Murgier another year, he will seek to be again among the leading teams and classify among the best four.

The background: with only five victories about almost 1996, Biei receives zebras in Victoria after the two falls in the clashes last year. In 2024, the academy thrashed them 53 to 24 as a visitor and 30 to 27 in the cathedral.

Hindu Club vs. San Luis

How they arrive: with a wide renewal, after a long time and without any Fernández Miranda in the Staff after decades in the driving of the elephant, Hindu Club begins a new era by the hand of former Puma Horacio Agulla and the appearance of new names in the first team. San Luis wants to maintain the production of 2024 after the good performance he achieved in the top 12 of last year. After the meritorious sixth place achieved, with Pablo Caffaro in continuity as Head Coach, the Marists go for overcoming after the positive results of the last tournament.

What they are looking for: after several titles and finals played through the last three decades, Hindu Club was one of the great absent in the definitions of almost in the last tournament. With a new driving and the contribution of some boys who went up from the youth, Hindu is committed to returning to the first planes. San Luis was the revelation of 2024, he was always far from the last positions, making sure his place in the top 12 in advance when that was his primary goal. For this tournament, the intention is to lift the rod and point to the playoffs.

The background: after a long time and a wide superiority of Hindu in history (29 victories about seven losses since 1997) the series between the two of the 2024 was a Marist. San Luis won the two games last year by 25 to 20 and 23 to 17.

Newman vs Regatas de Bella Vista

How they arrive: after being eliminated in a new semifinal, Newman begins a stage with Staff change, led from this year by Santiago Piccaluga, instead of Alfredo Cordone. Newman always starts as a candidate, for play and quality of his squad. Regatas had the prize to stay one more year in the Top 12, achieving the quota above Atlético del Rosario and Champagnat, the clubs that are already participating in the “A” tournament this year. Joaquín Fernández Gill and Santiago Ocampo continue, those responsible for the team that achieved promotion in the 2023 season.

What they are looking for: after being out of another definition for just one point, Newman trusted a new driving to lead the higher team of this year. With the same base and a team that was consecrated in the intermediate of 2024, it will seek to continue in the first planes of the Buenos Aires rugby. Regatas, on the other hand, achieved the permanence with the basis of a young team that stood out with the title obtained in First A, in the 2023 tournament. With the experience of last year in the top 12 and a squad with margin to grow, the Bella Vista team will seek to take another step in this championship.

The background: with many games with each other in the last three decades, Newman droves for ten games to regattas in history. In 2024 it was a triumph for each club as visitors: the embroidery in Bella Vista, by 35 to 18, and regattas in Benavídez, for 37 to 33.

Los Tilos vs. SIC

How they arrive: after two years in the ascent, the Platense rugby recovers the losses in the top 12, which next to La Plata returns to the elite of the Buenos Aires rugby. The category they will share from this year with San Luis. Ramiro Bernal is still in charge of the team, with the expected return after his retirement from the former Puma, Joaquín Tuculet. In SIC, Lalo Victorica continues as Head Coach after being a semifinalist in 2024, this time without repeating the final as in the previous years since the 2019 season. The Zanjeros must appeal to the replacement, since several of their headlines will be dedicated to the professional rugby franchises in the first half.

What they are looking for: after being the protagonist throughout 2024 and spending a long time at the tip of the first “A”, the losses had to look for promotion in the playoff instance, where he achieved the goal in the decisive encounter against French Sports. In the Top 12, he will try to be one of the 14 clubs of 2026. As in each season that begins, the sic starts as one of the candidates to be champion. Names and players can pass, that the essence of the sic will always be the same.

The background: after two years in the first “A”, the losses are measured against the SIC in the Obrero neighborhood. The Green lost in 2022 against the Zanjeros, for 33 to 12 in the last game played between them. The Platenses do not exceed the SIC at home since the 2004 season, with the celebration by 35 to 29.