1980 South Africa rugby union tour of South America

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1980 South Africa rugby union tour of South America
Summary
PWDL
Total
5500
Test match
2200
Opponent
PWDL
South America
2 2 0 0

The 1980 South Africa rugby union tour of South America was a series of six matches played by the South Africa national rugby union team (the Springboks) in Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile in October 1980. The South Africa team won all six of their matches including both test matches against the South American Jaguars. [1]

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The tour was a reciprocal visit for the South American Jaguars tour to South Africa earlier in 1980 and the two test matches were originally scheduled to be played in Argentina. The Argentine government subsequently banned the South Africans from visiting Argentina in protest at the South African government's apartheid policies and the internationals were re-arranged for Uruguay and Chile. The South American side was composed entirely of Argentine players. [1]

South Africa's touring party included Errol Tobias, the first non-white player to represent the Springboks. [1]

Matches

9 October 1980
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg6–84Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa XV
Asunción
11 October 1980
Invitation XV18–79Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa XV
Asunción
14 October 1980
British School13–83Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa XV
Estadio Viera, Montevideo
18 October 1980
South American Jaguars 13–22Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa
Try: Cubelli, Madero
Con: Porta
Drop: Landajo		Try: Burger, Gerber
Stofberg
Con: Botha 2
Pen: Botha
Drop: Botha
Estadio Viera, Montevideo
Referee: Laurie M. Prideaux (ENG)
South American Jaguars South Africa
Daniel Baetti FB15FB Gysie Pienaar
Adolfo Cappelletti W14W Ray Mordt
Marcelo Loffreda C13C Danie Gerber
Rafael Madero C12C Willie du Plessis
Marcelo Campo W11W Gerrie Germishuys
(capt.) Hugo Porta FH10FH Naas Botha
Tomas Landajo SH9SH Divan Serfontein
Carlos Serrano N88N8 Thys Burger
Gabriel Travaglini F7F Theuns Stofberg (capt.)
Tomas Petersen F6F Rob Louw
Ernesto Ure L5L Louis Moolman
Alejandro Iachetti L4L Moaner van Heerden
Topo Rodriguez P3P Martiens le Roux
Alejandro Cubelli H2H Willie Kahts
Fernando Morel P1P Richard Prentis
Replacements
Jose Crivelli H16 Hempies du Toit
Jorge Zerbino 17 Robert Cockrell
Eduardo Cerruti 18 Eben Jansen
Rodolfo Ventura 19 Tommy du Plessis
Javier Escalante 20 De Wet Ras
R. Luque 21 Tim Cocks

Touring party

Backs

Forwards

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1981). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981–82. Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 52–56. ISBN   090757405X.
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