1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

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 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".

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".

The matches

13 March 1982

Grqiqualand West	3 - 44	South American Jaguars

Kimberley

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17 March 1982

NE Cape	3 - 72	South American Jaguars

Cradock

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20 March 1982

Template:Rut 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)

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	Andres 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)

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	Serafin Dengra
Willie Kahts	H	2	H	Andres Courreges
Ockie Oosthuizen	P	1	P	Pablo Devoto
		Replacements
Henning van Aswegen	P

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Touring party

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

Sources

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