1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1982 Sudamérica XV rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the Sudamérica XV rugby union team in South Africa in March and April 1982.LA LEYENDA NEGRA - El rugby argentino, el apartheid sudafricano y la ilusión de mantenerse al margen de la realidad by ANDRÉS REGGIANI on El Cohete a la Luna, 26 Mar 2023 The South American team won six of their tour matches, suffering only a single defeat to the South Africa national side.Memorias 1982 on UAR The South American team's 21–12 victory over South Africa in the second international was a major shock and described by Rothmans Rugby Yearbook as "a phenomenon of international rugby".Rothmans, p68

The touring team comprised 42 players, including some from the Chile national rugby union team, Uruguay national rugby union team and Paraguay national rugby union team but the players who took part in the two international fixtures were drawn entirely from the Argentina national rugby union team and were described as "effectively the Pumas".Rothmans, p68HUGO PORTA, EN PRIMERA PERSONA on El Gráfico, 15 Jan 2009

Matches

Summary Test matches

#DateRivalScoreVenueCity 1 13 Mar Griqualand West n/a Kimberley 2 17 Mar North Eastern Cape n/a Cradock 3 20 Mar Natal n/a Durban 4 23 Mar Western Transvaal n/a Potchefstroom 5 27 Mar Loftus Versfeld Stadium Johannesburg 6 30 Mar Northern Free State n/a Durban 7 3 Apr Free State Stadium Bloemfontein

Statistics Pl W D L PS PC 7 6 0 1 219 108

Details

Team detailsSouth Africa Sudamérica XVJohan HeunisFB15FB Guillermo VaroneRay MordtW14WJose PalmaDanie GerberC13CMarcelo LoffredaWillie du PlessisC12CRafael MaderoCarel du PlessisW11WAlejandro PuccioNaas BothaFH10FH Hugo Porta (capt.)Divan SerfonteinSH9SH Alfredo Soares Gache(capt.) Wynand Claassen N88N8 Miguel Tezanos PintoBurger GeldenhuysF7F Ernesto UreRob LouwF6FJorge AllenLouis MoolmanL5L Carlos BottariniTheuns StofbergL4LMiguel GlastraHempies du ToitP3P Carlos Sainz TrapagaWillie KahtsH2H Andrés CourregesOckie OosthuizenP1P Pablo Devoto

Team detailsSouth Africa Sudamérica XVJohan HeunisFB15FB Eduardo SanguinettiRay MordtW14W Guillermo VaroneDanie GerberC13CMarcelo LoffredaWillie du PlessisC12CRafael MaderoCarel du PlessisW11WAlejandro PuccioNaas BothaFH10FHHugo Porta (capt.)Divan SerfonteinSH9SH Alfredo Soares Gache(capt.) Wynand Claassen N88N8 Ernesto UreBurger GeldenhuysF7FMario NegriRob LouwF6FJorge AllenLouis MoolmanL5L Carlos Bottarini Theuns StofbergL4LEliseo BrancaHempies du ToitP3P Serafín DengraWillie KahtsH2H Andrés CourregesOckie OosthuizenP1P Pablo Devoto Replacements Henning van AswegenP

Touring party Manager: O. C. Martinez-Bassante Assistant managers: W. G. Davies, R. F. O'Reilly Captain: Hugo Porta

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