Rugby Union in Bolivia (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rugby union in Bolivia is a minor, but growing sport. Rugby in South America is dominated by Argentina, and to a lesser extent Uruguay (who have qualified for the Rugby World Cup) and Chile and is most popular in the southern part of the continent. However, rugby can be found in almost all the South American nations, partly because of massive immigration from Europe, notably the British Isles, France and Italy. Rugby was also introduced to some regions of the continent by the Irish Marist Brothers and their schools. However, Bolivian rugby was not really established from these waves of European immigration in the 19th and early 20th century, but during the late 20th century. The impetus came partly through large numbers of foreign nationals working for various countries, but most especially people from Argentina. It has been claimed for example that British workers connected with the mines were playing in the mid 20th century.