TheBreakdown
Full time17 November 2001
Italy
26–54
South Africa
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genova, Italy · Tour 2001Head-to-head

South Africa won by 28 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten0–2
  2. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten0–4
  3. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten0–6
  4. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten0–8
  5. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten0–10
  6. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen0–12
  7. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen0–14
  8. 1’TSouth Africa try · Trevor Halstead0–19
  9. 1’TSouth Africa try · Trevor Halstead0–24
  10. 1’TSouth Africa try · Dean Hall0–29
  11. 1’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen0–34
  12. 1’TSouth Africa try · John Smit0–39
  13. 1’TSouth Africa try · Willie Meyer0–44
  14. 1’TSouth Africa try · Victor Matfield0–49
  15. 1’TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad0–54
  16. 6’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez3–54
  17. 13’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez6–54
  18. 18’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez9–54
  19. 36’DItaly drop goal · Diego Dominguez12–54
  20. 72’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez14–54
  21. 72’TItaly try · Diego Dominguez19–54
  22. 74’CItaly conversion · Francesco Mazzariol21–54
  23. 74’TItaly try · Andrea Benatti26–54

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Alessandro MoscardiHooker
  3. 3Andrea MuraroProp
  4. 4Mark GiacheriSecond row
  5. 5Wilhelmus VisserSecond row
  6. 6Aaron PersicoFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Carlo ChecchinatoNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Cristian StoicaCentre
  13. 13Walter PozzebonCentre
  14. 14Massimiliano PerzianoWing
  15. 15Luca MartinFull-back
  16. 16Giampiero De CarliBench
  17. 17Tino PaolettiBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Andrea BenattiBench
  20. 20Francesco MazzariolBench
  21. 21Juan Manuel QueiroloBench
  22. 22Samuele PaceBench

South Africa

  1. 1Ollie le RouxProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Victor MatfieldSecond row
  5. 5AJ VenterSecond row
  6. 6Andre VosFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12Braam van StraatenCentre
  13. 13Trevor HalsteadCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Lukas van BiljonBench
  17. 17Cobus VisagieBench
  18. 18Andre VenterBench
  19. 19Corne KrigeBench
  20. 20Deon de KockBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

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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.