Argentina has come to enjoy increasing levels of success on the rugby field. Rugby was introduced to Argentina in 1873, and the Argentine Rugby Union was founded in 1899. The country's national squad, the Pumas (founded in 1965), has gone from strength to strength in recent years, achieving their first defeat of England in 1990, and managing to secure fourth place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Although the game is popular in Buenos Aires city and province, many of the burliest figures come from Tucumán