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Full time25 November 2017
Italy
6–35
South Africa
Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy · Tour 2017Head-to-head

South Africa won by 29 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PItaly penalty · Carlo Canna3–0
  2. 15’TSouth Africa try · Francois Louw3–5
  3. 17’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard3–7
  4. 21’PItaly penalty · Carlo Canna6–7
  5. 25’TSouth Africa try · Mbongeni Mbonambi6–12
  6. 26’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard6–14
  7. 35’TSouth Africa try · Francois Venter6–19
  8. 36’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard6–21
  9. 45’TSouth Africa try · Steven Kitshoff6–26
  10. 46’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard6–28
  11. 76’TSouth Africa try · Franco Mostert6–33
  12. 80’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies6–35

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea LovottiProp
  2. 2Luca BigiHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Marco FuserSecond row
  5. 5Dean BuddSecond row
  6. 6Giovanni LicataFlanker
  7. 7Braam SteynFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Marcello VioliScrum-half
  10. 10Carlo CannaFly-half
  11. 11Mattia BelliniWing
  12. 12Tommaso CastelloCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BoniCentre
  14. 14Angelo EspositoWing
  15. 15Jayden HaywardFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Federico ZaniBench
  18. 18Tiziano PasqualiBench
  19. 19Francesco MintoBench
  20. 20Renato GiammarioliBench
  21. 21Edoardo GoriBench
  22. 22Ian McKinleyBench
  23. 23Matteo MinozziBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ross CronjeScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Courtnall SkosanWing
  12. 12Francois VenterCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Dillyn LeydsWing
  15. 15Andries CoetzeeFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Dan Du PreezBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Warrick GelantBench

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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

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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.