2025 URBA Top 12
2025 URBA Top 12
Countries Argentina
Number of teams12
ChampionsNewman (1st. title)
Runners-upSIC
RelegatedSan Luis (via playoffs)
Matches played135 [1]
Top point scorerJuan Akemeier (CASI)
Juan Landó (Belgrano)
(31 each)[2]
Top try scorerIgnacio Díaz (Belgrano)
(18)[2]

The 2025 URBA Top 12 (officially, URBA Top 12 Copa Macro for sponsorship reasons)[3] was the 126th. edition of Top 12, a rugby union club competition held in Argentina organised by the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA). The tournament was contested by twelve teams, eleven from the Buenos Aires Province and one from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It ran from 5 April to 1 November 2025.[4]

Promoted clubs from the 2024 URBA Second division (Primera A) were La Plata and Los Tilos which replaced Champagnat and Atlético del Rosario that had been relegated in the previous season.[5]

Newman won their first league championship after defeating SIC 15–3 in the final.[6][7] On the other hand, San Luis was relegated to Primera A (the second division) via playoffs.[8][9]

Format

The 12 clubs played each other in a double round-robin tournament. As this was the last URBA edition with 12 teams so since 2026 it would be expanded to 14 teams, none of the participants were directly relegated. Instead, the last placed team played a promotion and relegation match ("Permanencia") to decide which team would remain in the division or would be relegated to the second level.[4]

Teams

Teams competing at Top 12 were:[4]

Club Location Stadium Titles
Alumni Manuel Alberti [n 1] Estadio de Alumni
7
Belgrano A.C. Buenos Aires Virrey del Pino
11
Buenos Aires C&RC Victoria Estadio del BACRC
10 [n 2]
C.A. San Isidro San Isidro La Catedral
33
CUBA Villa de Mayo Estadio del CUBA
15
Hindú Don Torcuato Estadio de Hindú
11
La Plata Manuel Gonnet Estadio de La Plata RC
1
Los Tilos Tolosa Estadio de Los Tilos
0
Los Matreros Morón Estadio de Los Matreros
0
Newman Benavídez Estadio de Newman
0
Regatas Bella Vista Estadio de Regatas
0
San Isidro Club Boulogne La Zanja
27
San Luis Tolosa La Cumbre
0
Notes
  1. ^ Town in Pilar Partido.
  2. ^ Eight of those titles were won by predecessor Buenos Aires F.C., which merged to the BACC in 1951 becoming the rugby section of the club.[10]

Matches

Home \ Away ALU BAC BUE CAS CUB HIN LAP NEW REG SLU SIC TIL
Alumni 19–35 34–29 22–29 34–26 24–23 50–19 22–30 9–12 39–29 24–48 35–40
Belgrano A.C. 35–17 41–32 27–18 24–20 43–27 38–33 41–21 35–29 52–17 43–31 31–32
Buenos Aires 13–33 39–14 20–35 23–26 17–25 13–12 10–32 16–15 26–18 23–35 25–39
CASI 31–20 23–20 55–15 30–26 26–25 51–11 26–16 47–23 25–24 33–29 25–21
CUBA 22–14 31–41 42–23 9–34 10–6 27–23 36–39 33–9 50–40 34–38 25–26
Hindú 31–35 26–35 31–13 46–7 27–3 24–20 20–14 28–26 48–13 28–32 10–24
La Plata 15–21 28–44 20–17 15–44 28–33 36–29 17–21 16–13 15–8 24–19 22–30
Newman 24–14 35–25 18–13 22–8 21–20 34–17 41–12 26–27 29–26 45–21 21–23
Regatas BV 16–15 21–29 27–20 23–27 25–22 21–29 49–20 24–26 37–14 15–19 20–13
San Luis 29–26 17–22 35–21 17–37 17–19 3–55 31–11 16–20 27–20 6–19 9–13
SIC 44–47 50–39 27–34 16–13 38–31 23–21 26–10 34–24 38–17 20–11 28–16
Los Tilos 16–20 14–42 37–30 18–19 35–34 45–12 16–9 17–24 37–39 21–21 27–23
Source: URBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos. Team Pts. P W T L Ps Pc Pd Qualification
1 C.A. San Isidro 80 22 18 0 4 643 465 178 Semifinals
2 Belgrano A.C. 76 22 17 0 5 756 580 176
3 Newman 71 22 16 0 6 583 469 114
4 San Isidro Club 70 22 15 0 7 658 565 93
5 Los Tilos 63 22 13 1 8 560 524 36
6 Regatas 50 22 10 0 12 518 538 -20
7 Alumni 49 22 10 0 12 574 596 -22
8 Hindú 48 22 9 0 13 580 514 66
9 CUBA 48 22 9 0 13 579 595 -16
10 La Plata 28 22 5 0 17 416 645 -229
11 Buenos Aires C&RC 27 22 5 0 17 472 651 -179
12 San Luis 25 22 4 1 17 428 625 -197 Permanencia

Semifinals

Top 12 – Semifinals
24 Oct 		Top 12 – Final
1 Nov
      
3 Newman 41
2 Belgrano A.C. 24
Newman 15
SIC 3
1 CASI 9
4 SIC 13


24 Oct Newman 41–24 Belgrano A.C. Estadio del CASI, San Isidro  
Try: Ulloa 29', Lanfranco 39', Marguery 49', Maroldo 53', Brandi 59', de Vivar 73'
Con: Landó 37', G. Taboada 39'
Pen: G. Taboada 17', 42'
Drop: G. Taboada 5' 		Report Try: Díaz 13', Mihura 37'
Con: Landó 37'
Pen: Landó 2', 7', 26', 46' 		Referee: Mauro Rossi
25 Oct CASI 9–13 SIC Estadio del CASI, San Isidro  
Pen: Akemeier 7', 46', 57' Report Try: 22'
Pen: Pavlovsky 12', 22' 		Referee: Pablo Deluca

Final

1 Nov 2025 Newman 15–3 SIC Estadio del CASI, San Isidro  
Try: Brandi 39', Bosch 59'
Con: Gutiérrez Taboada 59'
Pen: Gutiérrez Taboada 34' 		Report Pen: Pavlovsky 21' Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tómas Bertazza

Permanencia

The last team of Top 12 (San Luis) and the 3rd. to 5th. teams of Primera A (Champagnat, Pueyrredón, and San Cirano)[11] played a single-elimination series in order to define which team would qualify to 2026 Top 14 and which would be relegated.[11][12]

Champagnat defeat San Luis 18–16 in the final held in Manuel B. Gonnet therefore the team from Pilar promoted and will play the 2026 Top 14 while San Luis was relegated after 31 seasons in the top division.[8] while Champagnat promoted to 2026 Top 14.[13][9]

Permanencia – Semifinals
25 Oct 		Permanencia – Final
8 Nov
      
12 San Luis 36
3 San Cirano 6
San Luis 16
Champagnat 18
1 Champagnat 34
2 Pueyrredón 14


25 Oct 2025 Champagnat 34–14 Pueyrredón Estancias del Pilar, Pilar  
Report
25 Oct 2025 San Luis 36–6 San Cirano La Cumbre, Tolosa  
Report
8 Nov 2025 San Luis 16–18 Champagnat La Plata RC, Manuel Gonnet  
Try: Ruesta 34'
Con: Quattrochi 34'
Pen: Quattrochi 2', 11', Quattrochi 67' 		Report Try: Santos Penelo 17', 42' Magaró
Con: Rojo 17'
Pen: del Piano 80'
Drop: Santos Penelo x', 59'
Note
Champagnat qualified to 2026 URBA Top 14 while San Luis was relegated.

References

  1. ^ Resultados Top 12 2025
  2. ^ a b Todo lo que dejó la temporada 2025 del URBA Top 12 at espn.com.ar
  3. ^ Newman derrotó al SIC y se quedó por primera vez con el URBA Top 12 Copa Macro at urba.org.ar
  4. ^ a b c Fixture de los torneos de divisiones superiores at urba.org.ar
  5. ^ Los ascensos de todas las categorías de la URBA en 2024 at espn.com.ar. 8 Nov 2024
  6. ^ ¡Newman campeón! Un grito para romper estigmas de 50 años e inaugurar otra era on La Nación. 1 Nov 2025
  7. ^ Newman le ganó 15-3 la final al SIC y se consagró campeón del URBA Top 12 por primera vez en su historia at Infobae. 1 Nov 2025
  8. ^ a b San Luis descendió tras 31 años en la élite del rugby bonaerense 10 Nov 2025
  9. ^ a b En un épico final, Champagnat logró el ascenso al URBA Top 14 tras vencer por 18-16 a San Luis at espn.com.ar - 8 Nov 2025
  10. ^ La fusión BACC-BAFC, historia del club on BACRC.com
  11. ^ a b Posiciones Primera A 2025
  12. ^ San Luis dio el primer paso: derrotó a San Cirano y jugará la final by Marín Cabrera. 26 Oct 2025
  13. ^ Champagnat ascendió a la elite con un penal en el final ante San Luis y logró el ascenso al Top 14 at lanacion.com.ar, 8 Nov 2025
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