South American Jaguars

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The South American Jaguars was an international rugby union team consisting of South American players that played during the early 1980s against the South African Springboks. South Africa invited South America to tour there as a way to counteract its sporting isolation which was due to the country's apartheid policies. The team was mainly made up of Argentinians but also included players from Uruguay and Chile. In all, eight matches were played of which seven were won by the Springboks and one was won by the Jaguars. The Jaguars played eight international matches against South Africa — on all occasions captained by Hugo Porta of Argentina — losing seven of these but earning one famous victory at Bloemfontein in 1982.

[edit] Results

Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
South Africa	24 - 9	South America	26 April 1980	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa	18 - 9	South America	3 May 1980	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
South America	13 - 22	South Africa	18 October 1980	Montevideo, Uruguay
South America	16 - 30	South Africa	25 October 1980	Santiago, Chile
South Africa	50 - 18	South America	27 March 1982	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
South Africa	12 - 21	South America	3 April 1982	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
South Africa	32 - 15	South America	20 October 1984	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
South Africa	21 - 12	South America	27 October 1984	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town