The municipality of Apartado in Antioquia dresses to launch in a few months which will be the first synthetic turf sports field rugby and will be approved by the International Rugby Board (IRB) in the Colombian country; for it has already been done in situ field test, with highly satisfactory results and the certification process is already in process of collection.
With a significant investment which involved among others, the mayor of Apartado, along with Comfenalco and Indeportes Antioch system synthetic grass that has provided the space is composed of a high-quality fiber that resists breakage and degradation, as well as a sure-lock system to apply the polyurethane backing with a drainage area greater than 40% compared to 2% of traditional systems is obtained.
Besides the middle of this year will be played in this scenario the South American Rugby Consur B, one of the most important modality in the 15s on the continent and well attended public and high level of participating teams is expected events.