1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the South American Jaguars rugby union team in South Africa in March and April 1982. The South American team won six of their tour matches, suffering only a single defeat to the South Africa national rugby union team. 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".[1]

1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa
Summary	P W D L
Total	07 06 00 01
Test match	02 01 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
South Africa	2 1 0 1

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".[1]

The matches

13 March 1982

Griqualand West	3–44	South American Jaguars

Kimberley

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17 March 1982

North Eastern Cape	3–72	South American Jaguars

Cradock

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20 March 1982

Natal	10–16	South American Jaguars

Durban

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23 March 1982

Western Transvaal	18–30	South American Jaguars

Potchefstroom

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27 March 1982

South Africa	50–18	South American Jaguars
Try: CJ du Plessis, W du Plessis Gerber 3, Mordt 2 Oosthuizen Con: Botha 6 Pen: Heunis Drop: Botha		Try: Puccio Con: Porta Pen: Porta 4

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Attendance: 28.000 Referee: S.Strydom (SARB)

Team details

South Africa South America South Africa South American Jaguars Johan Heunis FB 15 FB Guillermo Varone Ray Mordt W 14 W Jose Palma Danie Gerber C 13 C Marcelo Loffreda Willie du Plessis C 12 C Rafael Madero Carel du Plessis W 11 W Alejandro Puccio Naas Botha FH 10 FH Hugo Porta (capt.) Divan Serfontein SH 9 SH Alfredo Soares Gache (capt.) Wynand Claassen N8 8 N8 Miguel Tezanos Pinto Burger Geldenhuys F 7 F Ernesto Ure Rob Louw F 6 F Jorge Allen Louis Moolman L 5 L Carlos Bottarini Theuns Stofberg L 4 L Miguel Glastra Hempies du Toit P 3 P Carlos Sainz Trapaga Willie Kahts H 2 H Andrés Courreges Ockie Oosthuizen P 1 P Pablo Devoto

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30 March 1982

Northern Free State	12–18	South American Jaguars

Durban

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3 April 1982

South Africa	12–21	South American Jaguars
Try: Gerber Con: Botha Pen: Botha 2		Try: Porta Con: Porta Pen: Porta 4 Drop: Porta

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 21.000 Referee: S.Strydom (SARB)

Team details

South Africa South America South Africa South American Jaguars Johan Heunis FB 15 FB Eduardo Sanguinetti Ray Mordt W 14 W Guillermo Varone Danie Gerber C 13 C Marcelo Loffreda Willie du Plessis C 12 C Rafael Madero Carel du Plessis W 11 W Alejandro Puccio Naas Botha FH 10 FH Hugo Porta (capt.) Divan Serfontein SH 9 SH Alfredo Soares Gache (capt.) Wynand Claassen N8 8 N8 Ernesto Ure Burger Geldenhuys F 7 F Mario Negri Rob Louw F 6 F Jorge Allen Louis Moolman L 5 L Carlos Bottarini Theuns Stofberg L 4 L Eliseo Branca Hempies du Toit P 3 P Serafín Dengra Willie Kahts H 2 H Andrés Courreges Ockie Oosthuizen P 1 P Pablo Devoto Replacements Henning van Aswegen P

Touring party

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

References

1. Rothmans, p68

Sources

• Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1982). Rothmans Rugby Yearboook 1982-83. Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 68–69. ISBN 0907574130.