# 1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1982 Sudamérica XV rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the Sudamérica XV rugby union team in South Africa in March and April 1982. The South American team won six of their tour matches, suffering only a single defeat to the South Africa national side. The South American team's 21–12 victory over South Africa in the second international was a major shock and described by Rothmans Rugby Yearbook as "a phenomenon of international rugby".
The touring team comprised 42 players, including some from the Chile national rugby union team, Uruguay national rugby union team and Paraguay national rugby union team but the players who took part in the two international fixtures were drawn entirely from the Argentina national rugby union team and were described as "effectively the Pumas".

## The matches

* 13 March 1982
| Griqualand West | 3–44 | Sudamérica XV |
* Kimberley
* 17 March 1982
| North Eastern Cape | 3–72 | Sudamérica XV |
* Cradock
* 20 March 1982
| Natal | 10–16 | Sudamérica XV |
* Durban
* 23 March 1982
| Western Transvaal | 18–30 | Sudamérica XV |
* Potchefstroom
* 27 March 1982
| South Africa | 50–18 | Sudamérica XV |
| Try: CJ du Plessis, W du Plessis Gerber 3, Mordt 2 Oosthuizen Con: Botha 6 Pen: Heunis Drop: Botha | | Try: Puccio Con: Porta Pen: Porta 4 |
* Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Attendance: 28.000 Referee: Steve Strydom (SARB)
Team details :
| South Africa | Sudamérica XV |
| South Africa | | Sudamérica XV |
| Johan Heunis | FB | 15 | FB | Guillermo Varone |
| Ray Mordt | W | 14 | W | Jose Palma |
| Danie Gerber | C | 13 | C | Marcelo Loffreda |
| Willie du Plessis | C | 12 | C | Rafael Madero |
| Carel du Plessis | W | 11 | W | Alejandro Puccio |
| Naas Botha | FH | 10 | FH | Hugo Porta (capt.) |
| Divan Serfontein | SH | 9 | SH | Alfredo Soares Gache |
| (capt.) Wynand Claassen | N8 | 8 | N8 | Miguel Tezanos Pinto |
| Burger Geldenhuys | F | 7 | F | Ernesto Ure |
| Rob Louw | F | 6 | F | Jorge Allen |
| Louis Moolman | L | 5 | L | Carlos Bottarini |
| Theuns Stofberg | L | 4 | L | Miguel Glastra |
| Hempies du Toit | P | 3 | P | Carlos Sainz Trapaga |
| Willie Kahts | H | 2 | H | Andrés Courreges |
| Ockie Oosthuizen | P | 1 | P | Pablo Devoto |
* 30 March 1982
| Northern Free State | 12–18 | Sudamérica XV |
* Durban
* 3 April 1982
| South Africa | 12–21 | Sudamérica XV |
| Try: Gerber Con: Botha Pen: Botha 2 | | Try: Porta Con: Porta Pen: Porta 4 Drop: Porta |
* Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Steve Strydom (SARB)
Team details :
| South Africa | Sudamérica XV |
| South Africa | | Sudamérica XV |
| Johan Heunis | FB | 15 | FB | Eduardo Sanguinetti |
| Ray Mordt | W | 14 | W | Guillermo Varone |
| Danie Gerber | C | 13 | C | Marcelo Loffreda |
| Willie du Plessis | C | 12 | C | Rafael Madero |
| Carel du Plessis | W | 11 | W | Alejandro Puccio |
| Naas Botha | FH | 10 | FH | Hugo Porta (capt.) |
| Divan Serfontein | SH | 9 | SH | Alfredo Soares Gache |
| (capt.) Wynand Claassen | N8 | 8 | N8 | Ernesto Ure |
| Burger Geldenhuys | F | 7 | F | Mario Negri |
| Rob Louw | F | 6 | F | Jorge Allen |
| Louis Moolman | L | 5 | L | Carlos Bottarini |
| Theuns Stofberg | L | 4 | L | Eliseo Branca |
| Hempies du Toit | P | 3 | P | Serafín Dengra |
| Willie Kahts | H | 2 | H | Andrés Courreges |
| Ockie Oosthuizen | P | 1 | P | Pablo Devoto |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Henning van Aswegen | P | | | |

## Touring party

* Manager: O. C. Martinez-Bassante
* Assistant managers: W. G. Davies, R. F. O'Reilly
* Captain: Hugo Porta