1980 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1980 Sudamérica XV rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the Sudamérica XV (also named the Jaguars) rugby union team in South Africa in April and May 1980.Memorias 1980 on UARHUGO PORTA, EN PRIMERA PERSONA on El Gráfico, 15 Jan 2009Pumas disfrazados de carneros: la infamia de Sudamérica XV y su apoyo al Apartheid by Juan Provéndola on La Izquierda Diario, 3 Apr 2018 The South American team won five of the matches but lost both that were against the South Africa national team.Rothmans, p48

The touring party was composed almost entirely of players from the Argentina national rugby union team and included all but one of the players who had played for Argentina in a drawn series with Australia in 1979.Rothmans, p47 The touring party numbered twenty-six players, of whom one came from Brazil, one from Chile, one from Uruguay and one from Paraguay. The other twenty-two players came from Argentina, including the captain, Hugo Porta. Porta was asked to return to South Africa later that year to play for the South African Barbarians against the touring 1980 British Lions.

The players were individually invited to play in this tour and against South Africa in two matches played later during the Springboks tour of South America.

The "South America Jaguars" was a "ghost" Argentine national team, not officially recognised by Argentine Rugby Union,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 to elude the Argentine government prohibition that since the early 1970s had forbid any official relationship between any Argentine sport federation and South African and Rhodesian ones due to the apartheid politics of the two African countries. This started in 1971 when the Argentine government forbid the national team from playing a match in Rhodesia during the tour in South Africa.Memorias 1971 on UAR Later in 1973, after a controversial period, the government forbid any sport relationship with South Africa.

Touring party Manager: M. Dolan Assistant Managers: L. Gradin, A. Otano Captain: Hugo Porta

Backs (Argentina unless stated)

Daniel Baetti Ricardo Muniz Marcelo Campo Roberto Canessa (Uruguay) Adolfo Cappelletti Marcelo Loffreda Rafael Madero P. Mirando-Cardosa (Brazil) F. Moscarda (Paraguay) Hugo Porta Juan Pablo Piccardo R. Landajo Alfredo Soares-Gache

Forwards (Argentina unless stated)

Gabriel Travaglini A. Voltan Ernesto Ure H. Silva Enrique Rodríguez Tomás Petersen Javier Pérez-Cobo Hugo Nicola Fernando Morel Alastair MacGregor Martin (Chile) Alejandro Iachetti Marcos Iachetti Alejandro Cubelli

Matches

Summary Test matches

#DateRivalScoreVenueCity 1 12 Apr Boland n/a Wellington 2 16 Apr Northern Free State n/a Welkom 3 19 Apr SA Gazelles n/a Pretoria 4 22 Apr SE Transvaal n/a Witbank 5 26 Apr Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg 6 29 Apr Western Province n/a Cape Town 7 3 May Kings Park Stadium Durban

Statistics Pl W D L PS PC 7 5 0 2 177 132

Details

Team detailsSouth Africa Sudamérica XVPierre EdwardsFB15FBDaniel BaettiRay MordtW14WAdolfo CappellettiWillie du PlessisC13CMarcelo LoffredaPeter WhippC12CRafael MaderoGerrie GermishuysW11WMarcelo CampoNaas BothaFH10FHHugo Porta (capt.)Tommy du PlessisSH9SHTomas Landajo(capt.) Morne du Plessis N88N8Ernesto UreTheuns StofbergF7FGabriel TravagliniRob LouwF6FTomas PetersenLouis MoolmanL5LMarcos IachettiKevin de KlerkL4LAlejandro IachettiJohan StraussP3PHugo NicolaDave FredericksonH2HAlejandro CubelliRichard PrentisP1PTopo Rodriguez

Team detailsSouth Africa Sudamérica XVPierre EdwardsFB15FBDaniel BaettiRay MordtW14WAdolfo CappellettiWillie du PlessisC13CJuan Pablo PiccardoPeter WhippC12CRafael MaderoGerrie GermishuysW11WMarcelo CampoNaas BothaFH10FHHugo Porta (capt.)Tommy du PlessisSH9SHTomas Landajo(capt.) Morne du Plessis N88N8Hector Silva Theuns StofbergF7FGabriel TravagliniRob LouwF6FTomas PetersenLouis MoolmanL5LErnesto UreKevin de KlerkL4LAlejandro IachettiDaan du PlessisP3PHugo NicolaDave FredericksonH2HAlejandro CubelliRichard PrentisP1PTopo Rodriguez Replacements Gysie PienaarFB16 De Wet RasC17

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