 Home sides were intended to be bolstered by considerable Argentinian and Uruguayan representation - which did not come to pass and consequently a series of one sided encounters took place with over 100 points being scored against the respective national sides.As with other Barbarian clubs internationally the club has struggled to get fixtures in the professional era although it hosted a touring Welsh XV in June 1993 when (despite the inclusion of nine Springboks and three Namibian internationals) Wales ran out comfortable winners, 56–17.The SA Barbarians subsequently toured to the UK later on in the same year.