TheBreakdown
Full time8 November 1997
Italy
31–62
South Africa
Stadio Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy · Tour 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–2
  2. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–4
  3. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–6
  4. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–8
  5. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–10
  6. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–12
  7. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–14
  8. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball0–17
  9. 1’TSouth Africa try · Justin Swart0–22
  10. 1’TSouth Africa try · James Small0–27
  11. 1’TSouth Africa try · James Small0–32
  12. 1’TSouth Africa try · Dick Muir0–37
  13. 1’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw0–42
  14. 1’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw0–47
  15. 1’TSouth Africa try · Os du Randt0–52
  16. 1’TSouth Africa try · Rassie Erasmus0–57
  17. 1’TSouth Africa try · Rassie Erasmus0–62
  18. 25’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez2–62
  19. 25’TItaly try · Julian Gardner7–62
  20. 28’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez9–62
  21. 28’TItaly try · Ivan Francescato14–62
  22. 39’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez17–62
  23. 44’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez20–62
  24. 47’TItaly try · Paolo Vaccari25–62
  25. 50’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez28–62
  26. 56’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez31–62

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Giambatista CrociSecond row
  5. 5Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  6. 6Andrea SgorlonFlanker
  7. 7Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  8. 8Julian GardnerNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Javier PertileFull-back
  16. 16Giampiero De CarliBench
  17. 17Gianluca GuidiBench
  18. 18Walter CristofolettoBench
  19. 19Orazio ArancioBench
  20. 20Francesco MazzariolBench
  21. 21Massimo RavazzoloBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Dick MuirCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Justin SwartFull-back
  16. 16Naka DrotskeBench
  17. 17Dawie TheronBench
  18. 18Andy AitkenBench
  19. 19Braam ElsBench
  20. 20Percy MontgomeryBench
  21. 21Breyton PaulseBench

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Context

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

Italy going in
South Africa going in

Also on this day

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