on thursday, 14 may 1874, the members met to discuss which rules they should follow. after the debate they finally decided to adopt the laws of rugby union. that same day the first game under the rugby rules was played at david mathven's country house, in caballito, buenos aires. the teams were called "equipo de mr. trench" and "equipo de mr. hogg". this is considered the first rugby union match ever played in argentina.