1980 South Africa rugby union tour of South America explained

Team:South Africa
Destination:South America
Yearstart:1980
Matchplayed:5
Matchwon:5
Matchdraw:0
Matchlost:0
Testplayed:2
Testwon:2
Testdraw:0
Testlost:0
Opponent1:South America
Played1:2
Won1:2
Draw1:0
Lost1:0

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]

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

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South American JaguarsSouth Africa
Daniel BaettiFB15FBGysie Pienaar
Adolfo CappellettiW14WRay Mordt
Marcelo LoffredaC13CDanie Gerber
Rafael MaderoC12CWillie du Plessis
Marcelo CampoW11WGerrie Germishuys
FH10FHNaas Botha
Tomas LandajoSH9SHDivan Serfontein
Carlos SerranoN88N8Thys Burger
Gabriel TravagliniF7FTheuns Stofberg (capt.)
Tomas PetersenF6FRob Louw
Ernesto UreL5LLouis Moolman
Alejandro IachettiL4LMoaner van Heerden
Topo RodriguezP3PMartiens le Roux
Alejandro CubelliH2HWillie Kahts
Fernando MorelP1PRichard Prentis
Replacements
Jose CrivelliH16Hempies du Toit
Jorge Zerbino17Robert Cockrell
Eduardo Cerruti18Eben Jansen
Rodolfo Ventura19Tommy du Plessis
Javier Escalante20De Wet Ras
R. Luque21Tim Cocks
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South American JaguarsSouth Africa
Daniel BaettiFB15FBGysie Pienaar
Adolfo CappellettiW14WRay Mordt
Juan Pablo PiccardoC13CDanie Gerber
Guillermo VaroneC12CWillie du Plessis
Marcelo CampoW11WGerrie Germishuys
FH10FHNaas Botha
Tomas LandajoSH9SHDivan Serfontein
Carlos SerranoN88N8Morne du Plessis (capt.)
Gabriel TravagliniF7FTheuns Stofberg
Jorge AllenF6FRob Louw
Ernesto UreL5LLouis Moolman
Alejandro IachettiL4LMoaner van Heerden
Topo RodriguezP3PMartiens le Roux
Alejandro CubelliH2HWillie Kahts
Fernando MorelP1PRichard Prentis
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Touring party

Backs

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Rugby Yearboook 1981–82. 1981. Rothmans Publications Ltd. 090757405X. 52–56. Vivian Jenkins. Vivian Jenkins.

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