A chronicle published on local newspaper La Capital described the match as follows:[2] The Mar del Plata Rugby Club was the pioneer in the city, having been established on 13 July 1944.

Some of the enthusiasts that made the arrangements for its foundation were Rodolfo Tonneti, José Galarce, and Alberto Hernández, some of them with a past in clubs Curupaytí and Hindú.

(There has been) Great interest to attend this exhibition with complicated rules of the game, which main characteristics are the violence and rough of players' actions.As the city did not have other club than Mar del Plata RC, it only played friendly matches with clubs from neighbor cities such as Independiente (Tandil), Ita-Carú and Duperial.

To help the spread of the sport in the city, rugby union was added to programs of Nacional, Comercial and Industrial Schools, with the collaboration of Physical education teacher Carlos Vecchio.

One year later, Bigua RC (a club founded by Jorge Alvear, another teacher of Peralta Ramos Institute) added to competitions.

In August 1951 the first rugby sevens competition was organised as part of the "Second Olympic Games of Mar del Plata", with 13 teams.