# 1980 South Africa rugby union tour of South America

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

## Matches

* 9 October 1980
| Paraguay | 6–84 | South Africa XV |
* Asunción
* 11 October 1980
| Invitation XV | 18–79 | South Africa XV |
* Asunción
* 14 October 1980
| British School | 13–83 | South Africa XV |
* Estadio Viera, Montevideo
* 18 October 1980
| South American Jaguars | 13–22 | 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 | FB | 15 | FB | Gysie Pienaar |
| Adolfo Cappelletti | W | 14 | W | Ray Mordt |
| Marcelo Loffreda | C | 13 | C | Danie Gerber |
| Rafael Madero | C | 12 | C | Willie du Plessis |
| Marcelo Campo | W | 11 | W | Gerrie Germishuys |
| (capt.) Hugo Porta | FH | 10 | FH | Naas Botha |
| Tomas Landajo | SH | 9 | SH | Divan Serfontein |
| Carlos Serrano | N8 | 8 | N8 | Thys Burger |
| Gabriel Travaglini | F | 7 | F | Theuns Stofberg (capt.) |
| Tomas Petersen | F | 6 | F | Rob Louw |
| Ernesto Ure | L | 5 | L | Louis Moolman |
| Alejandro Iachetti | L | 4 | L | Moaner van Heerden |
| Topo Rodriguez | P | 3 | P | Martiens le Roux |
| Alejandro Cubelli | H | 2 | H | Willie Kahts |
| Fernando Morel | P | 1 | P | Richard Prentis |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Jose Crivelli | H | 16 | | 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 |
* 25 October 1980
| South American Jaguars | 16–30 | South Africa |
| Try: Campo, Iachetti Con: Porta Pen: Porta Drop: Porta | | Try: Burger, Gerber Stofberg Con: Botha 3 Pen: Botha Drop: Botha |
* Prince of Wales, Santiago Referee: Laurie M. Prideaux (ENG)
| South American Jaguars | | South Africa |
| Daniel Baetti | FB | 15 | FB | Gysie Pienaar |
| Adolfo Cappelletti | W | 14 | W | Ray Mordt |
| Juan Pablo Piccardo | C | 13 | C | Danie Gerber |
| Guillermo Varone | C | 12 | C | Willie du Plessis |
| Marcelo Campo | W | 11 | W | Gerrie Germishuys |
| (capt.) Hugo Porta | FH | 10 | FH | Naas Botha |
| Tomas Landajo | SH | 9 | SH | Divan Serfontein |
| Carlos Serrano | N8 | 8 | N8 | Morne du Plessis (capt.) |
| Gabriel Travaglini | F | 7 | F | Theuns Stofberg |
| Jorge Allen | F | 6 | F | Rob Louw |
| Ernesto Ure | L | 5 | L | Louis Moolman |
| Alejandro Iachetti | L | 4 | L | Moaner van Heerden |
| Topo Rodriguez | P | 3 | P | Martiens le Roux |
| Alejandro Cubelli | H | 2 | H | Willie Kahts |
| Fernando Morel | P | 1 | P | Richard Prentis |

## Touring party

* Manager: J. Pretorius
* Assistant Manager: Nelie Smith
* Captain: Morné du Plessis

### Backs

| Gysie Pienaar Tim Cocks Gerrie Germishuys Edrich Krantz Ray Mordt Willie du Plessis | Danie Gerber Wouter de Wet Ras Naas Botha Errol Tobias Divan Serfontein Tommy du Plessis |

### Forwards

| Morné du Plessis Thys Burger Theuns Stofberg Eben Jansen Rob Louw Div Visser Moaner van Heerden | Louis Moolman Martiens le Roux Richard Prentis Hempies du Toit Willie Kahts Robert Cockrell |