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Men's Internationals 2025 · Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria · 5 July 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 18 points.Half-time 28–3 · Tries 6–3 · ITA 2 yellow cards

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28′11233037465763687428%Own 2250%Own half60%Opp half87%Opp 22
← Italy attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
11′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, converted5–0
23′South AfricaTry, Morne van den Berg, converted12–0
30′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse, converted19–3
37′South AfricaTry, Morne van den Berg, converted26–3
46′ItalyTry, Manuel Zuliani, converted28–8
57′South AfricaTry, Vincent Koch, converted33–10
63′ItalyTry, Pablo Dimcheff, converted35–15
68′ItalyTry, Niccolo Cannone, converted35–22
74′South AfricaTry, Marco van Staden, converted40–24
28′ItalyPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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11′Jesse Kriel23′Morne van den Berg30′Kurt-Lee Arendse37′Morne van den Berg46′Manuel Zuliani57′Vincent Koch63′Pablo Dimcheff68′Niccolo Cannone74′Marco van Staden
RSA

Team stats

ITA
57%Possession43%
54%Territory46%
155Carries91
479Metres gained189
4Clean breaks2
32Defenders beaten22
170Passes116
6Offloads9
126Tackles made190
22Tackles missed32
119/122Rucks won73/73
12/16Lineouts won7/8
5/5Scrums won8/12
3/3Mauls won3/3
2Turnovers won6
6Penalties conceded8
21Kicks from hand29
509Kick metres699
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 6/6, penalties 0/0 · ITA conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Marco van StadenFlanker
  7. 7Vincent TshitukaFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Morne van den BergScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Franco MostertBench
  21. 21Kwagga SmithBench
  22. 22Faf de KlerkBench
  23. 23Willie Le RouxBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Tommaso Di BartolomeoHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Andrea ZamboninSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro IzekorFlanker
  7. 7Manuel ZulianiFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro FuscoScrum-half
  10. 10Giacomo Da ReFly-half
  11. 11Simone GesiWing
  12. 12Marco ZanonCentre
  13. 13Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  14. 14Louis LynaghWing
  15. 15Jacopo TrullaFull-back
  16. 16Pablo DimcheffBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Muhamed HasaBench
  19. 19Matteo CanaliBench
  20. 20Ross VintcentBench
  21. 21David OdiaseBench
  22. 22Alessandro GarbisiBench
  23. 23Giulio BertacciniBench

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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

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.