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Men's Internationals 2025 · Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth · 12 July 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 45 points.Half-time 24–0 · Tries 7–0 · RSA 1 yellow card · ITA 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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916313851738142%Own 2273%Own half63%Opp half84%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
9′South AfricaTry, Grant Williams, conversion missed5–0
16′South AfricaTry, Edwill Van Der Merwe, conversion missed10–0
31′South AfricaTry, Edwill Van Der Merwe, converted15–0
38′South AfricaTry, Canan Moodie, converted22–0
51′South AfricaTry, Malcolm Marx, converted29–0
73′South AfricaTry, Makazole Mapimpi, converted36–0
81′South AfricaTry, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, converted43–0
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′2 RSA cards · 2 ITA cards
9′Grant Williams16′Edwill Van Der Merwe31′Edwill Van Der Merwe38′Canan Moodie51′Malcolm Marx73′Makazole Mapimpi81′Jan-Hendrik Wessels
RSA

Team stats

ITA
68%Possession32%
54%Territory46%
119Carries55
449Metres gained171
3Clean breaks5
20Defenders beaten8
157Passes66
3Offloads3
57Tackles made157
8Tackles missed20
83/90Rucks won33/39
19/21Lineouts won9/17
6/7Scrums won5/6
8/8Mauls won3/4
7Turnovers won9
13Penalties conceded18
29Kicks from hand16
610Kick metres443
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 5/7, penalties 0/0 · ITA conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. 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. 1Thomas Du ToitProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Salmaan MoeratSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Marco van StadenFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Manie LibbokFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Canan MoodieCentre
  14. 14Edwill Van Der MerweWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Asenathi NtlabakanyeBench
  19. 19Cobus WieseBench
  20. 20Evan RoosBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluBench
  23. 23Ethan HookerBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Tommaso Di BartolomeoHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Andrea ZamboninSecond row
  6. 6Sebastian NegriFlanker
  7. 7Manuel ZulianiFlanker
  8. 8Ross VintcentNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro GarbisiScrum-half
  10. 10Giacomo Da ReFly-half
  11. 11Jacopo TrullaWing
  12. 12Marco ZanonCentre
  13. 13Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  14. 14Louis LynaghWing
  15. 15Mirko BelloniFull-back
  16. 16Pablo DimcheffBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Muhamed HasaBench
  19. 19Matteo CanaliBench
  20. 20Alessandro IzekorBench
  21. 21David OdiaseBench
  22. 22Stephen VarneyBench
  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.