International
South Africa vs Italy

Time Sat, Jul 5, 2025, 3:10 PM
Location Loftus Versfeld
Referee Hollie Davidson

South Africa		Italy
van73' Koch56' van36' Arendse29' van22' Kriel10'	Tries	Cannone67' Dimcheff62' Zuliani45'
Pollard73' Pollard57' Pollard37' Pollard30' Pollard22' Pollard11'	Conversions	Da68' Da63' Da46'
	Penalty Goals	Da27'

South Africa		Italy
Attack
6	Tries	3
479	Metres	186
155	Carries	90
32	Defenders Beaten	22
4	Clean Breaks	2
170	Passes	115
6	Offloads	9
17	Turnovers Conceded	11
Defence
126	Tackles	189
22	Missed Tackles	32
2	Turnovers Won	6
Kicking
21	Kicks in Play	29
6/6	Conversions	3/3
N/A	Penalty Goals	1/1
N/A	Drop Goals	N/A
0	Charged Down	2
509	Kick From Hand Metres	699
12	In Touch	12
7	Opponent Collection	12
100%	Success	100%
21	Possession Lost	24
6	Possession Retained	4
Breakdown
119	Rucks Won	73
3	Rucks Lost	0
97%	Rucks Success Rate	100%
3	Mauls Won	3
Set Plays
12	Lineouts Won	7
4	Lineouts Lost	1
75%	Lineouts Success Rate	87%
5	Scrums Won	8
0	Scrums Lost	2
100%	Scrums Success Rate	80%
Possession
56%	Possession	43%
71%	First Half	28%
43%	Second Half	56%
50%	Ball Possession Last 10 Mins	50%
Discipline
6	Penalties Conceded	8
0	Red Cards	0
0	Yellow Cards	2
4	Penalty Conceded Own Half	4

South Africa	Italy
1Ox Nche	1Danilo Fischetti
2Malcolm Marx	2Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
3Wilco Louw	3Simone Ferrari
4Eben Etzebeth	4Niccolo Cannone (C)
5Lood de Jager	5Andrea Zambonin
6Marco van Staden	6Alessandro Izekor
7Vincent Tshituka	7Manuel Zuliani
8Jasper Wiese	8Lorenzo Cannone
9Morne van den Berg	9Alessandro Fusco
10Handre Pollard	10Giacomo Da Re
11Kurt-Lee Arendse	11Simone Gesi
12Damian de Allende	12Marco Zanon
13Jesse Kriel (C)	13Tommaso Menoncello
14Cheslin Kolbe	14Louis Lynagh
15Damian Willemse	15Jacopo Trulla
Substitutes
16Bongi Mbonambi	16Pablo Dimcheff
17Jan-Hendrik Wessels	17Mirco Spagnolo
18Vincent Koch	18Muhamed Hasa
19RG Snyman	19Matteo Canali
20Franco Mostert	20Ross Vintcent
21Kwagga Smith	21David Odiase
22Faf de Klerk	22Alessandro Garbisi
23Willie Le Roux	23Giulio Bertaccini
Coaches
Rassie Erasmus	Gonzalo Quesada
Referees
RefereeHollie Davidson

80	End Of Second Half	The 80 minutes is up! The referee has blown their whistle to end the second half.
75	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Kurt-Lee Arendse took full advantage.
73	Substitution on	Italy decide to make a substitution, with Giulio Bertaccini getting some game time.
73	Substitution off	Italy decide to make a substitution, with Marco Zanon being replaced.
73	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard has kicked a conversion.
73	Try - Close range	Marco van Staden scores the try from close range.
72	Try Assist	Faf de Klerk played a key part in that try.
72	Yellow card	Alessandro Izekor (Italy) is shown a yellow card
68	Conversion - Kicked	The Italy supporters go wild as Giacomo Da Re successfully kicks the conversion.
67	Try - Close range	Niccolo Cannone scores the try from close range.
67	Try Assist	Pablo Dimcheff sets up the try.
63	Conversion - Kicked	The Italy supporters go wild as Giacomo Da Re successfully kicks the conversion.
62	Try - Close range	Italy are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Pablo Dimcheff touching down.
62	Substitution on	South Africa sub Willie Le Roux comes onto the field.
62	Substitution off	Damian de Allende departs for South Africa.
61	Substitution on	Italy sub Matteo Canali comes onto the field.
61	Substitution off	Andrea Zambonin departs for Italy.
61	Substitution on	Italy sub Pablo Dimcheff comes onto the field.
61	Substitution off	Tommaso Di Bartolomeo departs for Italy.
60	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Simone Gesi goes through the gap.
59	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Ross Vintcent goes through the gap.
58	Substitution on	David Odiase comes on for Italy.
58	Substitution off	Manuel Zuliani leaves the field.
57	Conversion - Kicked	The touch judges raise their flags as Handre Pollard kicks the conversion.
56	Try - Close range	Nothing was going to stop Vincent Koch from scoring as they record the try for South Africa.
54	Substitution on	Alessandro Garbisi comes on.
54	Substitution off	Alessandro Fusco comes off.
54	Substitution on	Muhamed Hasa comes on.
54	Substitution off	Simone Ferrari comes off.
54	Substitution on	Kwagga Smith comes on.
54	Substitution off	Jasper Wiese comes off.
54	Substitution on	Mirco Spagnolo comes on.
54	Substitution off	Danilo Fischetti comes off.
54	Substitution on	Faf de Klerk comes on.
54	Substitution off	Morne van den Berg comes off.
48	Substitution on	Italy decide to make a substitution, with Ross Vintcent getting some game time.
48	Substitution off	Italy decide to make a substitution, with Lorenzo Cannone being replaced.
47	Substitution on	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Franco Mostert getting some game time.
47	Substitution off	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Lood de Jager being replaced.
47	Substitution on	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with RG Snyman getting some game time.
47	Substitution off	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Eben Etzebeth being replaced.
47	Substitution on	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Vincent Koch getting some game time.
47	Substitution off	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Wilco Louw being replaced.
47	Substitution on	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Bongi Mbonambi getting some game time.
47	Substitution off	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Malcolm Marx being replaced.
47	Substitution on	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Jan-Hendrik Wessels getting some game time.
47	Substitution off	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Ox Nche being replaced.
46	Conversion - Kicked	Giacomo Da Re adds the two points for Italy.
45	Try - Close range	The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Manuel Zuliani dots the ball down from close range.
40	Start Of Second Half	The second half kicks off.
40	End Of First Half	The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.
37	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
36	Try - Individual effort	What an effort there by Morne van den Berg as they score the try.
36	Clean Break	Fabulous play by South Africa has led to Morne van den Berg being able to wriggle through a gap.
31	Clean Break	Trouble here as Eben Etzebeth breaches the defence.
30	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
29	Try - Individual effort	Brilliant skill shown there by Kurt-Lee Arendse as they go over the white wash for a try.
29	Clean Break	Trouble here as Kurt-Lee Arendse breaches the defence.
29	Try Assist	Spellbinding play by Malcolm Marx is finished off with a try.
27	Substitution on	Simone Ferrari comes on.
27	Substitution off	Muhamed Hasa comes off.
27	Penalty Goal - Kicked	The touch judges raise their flags as Giacomo Da Re kicks the penalty goal.
22	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
22	Try - Close range	South Africa are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Morne van den Berg picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
21	Yellow card	Lorenzo Cannone (Italy) is shown a yellow card
17	Substitution on	Italy make a substitution with Muhamed Hasa coming on.
17	Substitution off	Italy make a substitution with Simone Ferrari coming off.
11	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard converts the try.
10	Try - From kick	What a kick! Jesse Kriel takes full advantage to score for South Africa.
10	Try Assist	Damian de Allende played a key part in that try.
0	Start Of First Half	We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

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