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[2015 TRC] South Africa v Argentina in Durban (08/08/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 737736" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Well technically, that is correct.</p><p></p><p>However, in 1982, the South American Jaguars toured South Africa, and they were Los Pumas in everything but name. While it was privately endorsed by the UAR (the team played in jerseys with the Pumas logo as part of the Jaguars emblem), the tour was not "officially recognized" so that they could circumvent the Argentine government's prohibition, due to apartheid, on sporting ties with South Africa. The Argentine Government were furious, and in 1984, they forced the UAR forbid the use of the Pumas emblem on any future tours.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/TRF/Jaguars.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The touring party was mostly Pumas players and while it included a few Brazilian, Chilean, Paraguayan and Uruguayan players, none of them played in the two tests against the Springboks.</p><p></p><p>[TABLE="class: wikitable, width: 80%"]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TH]Date[/TH]</p><p>[TH]Venue[/TH]</p><p>[TH]Home[/TH]</p><p>[TH]Score[/TH]</p><p>[TH]Away[/TH]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]27 March 1982[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Loftus Versfeld Stadium[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<span style="color: #0000FF">South Africa</span>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<strong>50 - 18</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<span style="color: #FF0000">South American Jaguars</span>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]3 April 1982[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Free State Stadium[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<span style="color: #FF0000">South Africa</span>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<strong>12 - 21</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<span style="color: #0000FF">South American Jaguars</span>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Jaguars won the second test, and here is some footage which I am pretty sure is from that match as you can a see a running track around the pitch. The old Free State stadium definitely had a running track back then, but I don't think Loftus ever had one. </p><p></p><p>[media=youtube]GBDBhT9bCuI[/media]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 737736, member: 20605"] Well technically, that is correct. However, in 1982, the South American Jaguars toured South Africa, and they were Los Pumas in everything but name. While it was privately endorsed by the UAR (the team played in jerseys with the Pumas logo as part of the Jaguars emblem), the tour was not "officially recognized" so that they could circumvent the Argentine government's prohibition, due to apartheid, on sporting ties with South Africa. The Argentine Government were furious, and in 1984, they forced the UAR forbid the use of the Pumas emblem on any future tours. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/TRF/Jaguars.JPG[/img] The touring party was mostly Pumas players and while it included a few Brazilian, Chilean, Paraguayan and Uruguayan players, none of them played in the two tests against the Springboks. [TABLE="class: wikitable, width: 80%"] [TR] [TH]Date[/TH] [TH]Venue[/TH] [TH]Home[/TH] [TH]Score[/TH] [TH]Away[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TR] [TD]27 March 1982[/TD] [TD]Loftus Versfeld Stadium[/TD] [TD][COLOR="#0000FF"]South Africa[/COLOR][/TD] [TD][B]50 - 18[/B][/TD] [TD][COLOR="#FF0000"]South American Jaguars[/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3 April 1982[/TD] [TD]Free State Stadium[/TD] [TD][COLOR="#FF0000"]South Africa[/COLOR][/TD] [TD][B]12 - 21[/B][/TD] [TD][COLOR="#0000FF"]South American Jaguars[/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The Jaguars won the second test, and here is some footage which I am pretty sure is from that match as you can a see a running track around the pitch. The old Free State stadium definitely had a running track back then, but I don't think Loftus ever had one. [media=youtube]GBDBhT9bCuI[/media] [/QUOTE]
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