The 1980 Sudamérica XV rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the Sudamérica XV (also named the Jaguars) rugby union team in South Africa in April and May 1980.

[5] The touring party numbered twenty-six players, of whom one came from Brazil, one from Chile, one from Uruguay and one from Paraguay.

The other twenty-two players came from Argentina, including the captain, Hugo Porta.

This started in 1971 when the Argentine government forbid the national team from playing a match in Rhodesia during the tour in South Africa.

[7] Later in 1973, after a controversial period, the government forbid any sport relationship with South Africa.