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| Full name | Hindú Club | |
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| Union | URBA | |
| Nickname(s) | Torcua,Torcuato,Elefante | |
| Founded | 10 October 1919; 106 years ago (1919-10-10) | |
| Location | Don Torcuato,Greater Buenos Aires,Argentina | |
| Ground | Avenida del Golf (Capacity: 5,000) | |
| President | Santiago Amaya | |
| Coach | Horacio Agulla | |
| League | Top 12 | |
| 2025 | 8th.[1] | |
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| Official website | ||
| hinduclub.com.ar | ||
Hindú Club is anArgentine amateursports club based in theDon Torcuato district ofTigre Partido. The institution is mostly known for itsrugby union team, which currently competes in theTop 14, the first division of theUnión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA) league system. Hindú has become one of the most successful rugby teams of Argentina, having won 22 titles since 1996 to present days.
Apart from rugby, the club hosts other sports such asfield hockey,football,futsal,tennis,gymnastics,golf andswimming.[2]
In the 1910s, pupils of the La Salle college met to form a theatre group, then known as "Hindustánicos". After graduation,alumni would meet again and founded in 1919 a social, cultural and sporting venture known as the Hindú Club. The origin of the club goes back more than a century when Indian laborers mostly from Bihar and Bengal were brought to South America for rubber plantation. Those immigrant workers were fundamental in founding the club in 1895, but it got its current form in 1910 with the official inauguration of the ground.
Its first location was on Pedro Echagüe street and onlybasketball was played there. Later the club would purchase an 83hectare plot inDon Torcuato and start playing other sports, includingrugby union for which Hindú Club is most famous today.
Hindú Club started playing rugby in 1935. However, the club had to wait until 1996 to win both its firstURBA andNacional titles. Since then, Hindú has become a powerhouse of Argentine rugby, winning several provincial and national titles.
Famous players includeArgentina internationalsHernán Senillosa,Gonzalo Quesada,Nicolás Fernández Miranda,Juan Fernández Miranda,Lucas Ostiglia,Juan Ignacio Gauthier andHoracio Agulla. Recent players likeJoaquín "Tito" Diaz Bonilla,Sebastián "Erre" Cancelliere andTomás Lavanini are also part of the generational "seeds" that came into the international picture after the previous big names mentioned above.
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