TheBreakdown
Full time26 June 2010
South Africa
55–11
Italy
Boland RU Ground, East London, South Africa · Tour 2010Head-to-head

South Africa won by 44 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–0
  2. 10’PItaly penalty · Mirco Bergamasco3–3
  3. 12’TSouth Africa try · Morne Steyn8–3
  4. 13’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn10–3
  5. 16’PItaly penalty · Mirco Bergamasco10–6
  6. 21’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn13–6
  7. 32’TSouth Africa try · Morne Steyn18–6
  8. 33’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn20–6
  9. 39’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn22–6
  10. 39’TSouth Africa try · Pierre Spies27–6
  11. 53’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn29–6
  12. 53’TSouth Africa try · Jannie Du Plessis34–6
  13. 58’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana39–6
  14. 59’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn41–6
  15. 62’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn43–6
  16. 62’TSouth Africa try · Flip Van Der Merwe48–6
  17. 66’TItaly try · Michele Sepe48–11
  18. 79’TSouth Africa try · BJ Botha53–11
  19. 80’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar55–11

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Andries BekkerSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Francois LouwFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Juan de JonghCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Jean De VilliersWing
  15. 15Gio AplonFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17BJ BothaBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Dewald PotgieterBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Butch JamesBench
  22. 22Wynand OlivierBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Paul DerbyshireFlanker
  7. 7Manoa VosawaiFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Simon PiconeScrum-half
  10. 10Craig GowerFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Andrea MasiCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Michele SepeWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Franco SbaragliniBench
  18. 18Quintin GeldenhuysBench
  19. 19Alessandro ZanniBench
  20. 20Tito TebaldiBench
  21. 21Riccardo BocchinoBench
  22. 22Matteo PratichettiBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 18–1 Italy in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Italy going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.