International
South Africa vs Italy

Time Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 3:10 PM
Location Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Referee Andrew Brace

South Africa		Italy
Wessels80' Mapimpi72' Marx50' Moodie37' van30' van15' Williams8'	Tries
Libbok81' Libbok73' Libbok51' Libbok37' Libbok31'	Conversions

South Africa		Italy
Attack
7	Tries	0
450	Metres	171
119	Carries	55
20	Defenders Beaten	8
3	Clean Breaks	5
156	Passes	66
3	Offloads	3
12	Turnovers Conceded	12
Defence
57	Tackles	156
8	Missed Tackles	20
7	Turnovers Won	9
Kicking
29	Kicks in Play	16
5/7	Conversions	N/A
N/A	Penalty Goals	N/A
N/A	Drop Goals	N/A
0	Charged Down	0
606	Kick From Hand Metres	443
21	In Touch	17
10	Opponent Collection	8
71%	Success	0%
33	Possession Lost	25
10	Possession Retained	1
Breakdown
83	Rucks Won	33
7	Rucks Lost	6
92%	Rucks Success Rate	84%
8	Mauls Won	3
Set Plays
19	Lineouts Won	9
2	Lineouts Lost	8
90%	Lineouts Success Rate	52%
6	Scrums Won	5
1	Scrums Lost	0
85%	Scrums Success Rate	100%
Possession
68%	Possession	32%
66%	First Half	34%
68%	Second Half	32%
56%	Ball Possession Last 10 Mins	43%
Discipline
13	Penalties Conceded	18
1	Red Cards	0
1	Yellow Cards	2
3	Penalty Conceded Own Half	12

South Africa	Italy
1Thomas du Toit	1Danilo Fischetti
2Malcolm Marx	2Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
3Wilco Louw	3Simone Ferrari
4Salmaan Moerat (C)	4Niccolo Cannone (C)
5Ruan Nortje	5Andrea Zambonin
6Marco van Staden	6Sebastian Negri
7Pieter-Steph du Toit	7Manuel Zuliani
8Jasper Wiese	8Ross Vintcent
9Grant Williams	9Alessandro Garbisi
10Manie Libbok	10Giacomo Da Re
11Makazole Mapimpi	11Jacopo Trulla
12Andre Esterhuizen	12Marco Zanon
13Canan Moodie	13Tommaso Menoncello
14Edwill van der Merwe	14Louis Lynagh
15Willie Le Roux	15Mirko Belloni
Substitutes
16Jan-Hendrik Wessels	16Pablo Dimcheff
17Ox Nche	17Mirco Spagnolo
18Asenathi Ntlabakanye	18Muhamed Hasa
19Cobus Wiese	19Matteo Canali
20Evan Roos	20Alessandro Izekor
21Cobus Reinach	21David Odiase
22Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	22Stephen Varney
23Ethan Hooker	23Giulio Bertaccini
Coaches
Rassie Erasmus	Gonzalo Quesada
Referees
RefereeAndrew Brace

81	End Of Second Half	The 80 minutes is up! The referee has blown their whistle to end the second half.
81	Conversion - Kicked	Manie Libbok converts the try.
80	Try - Close range	South Africa are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Jan-Hendrik Wessels picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
74	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Louis Lynagh took full advantage.
74	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Mirko Belloni took full advantage.
73	Conversion - Kicked	Manie Libbok has kicked a conversion.
72	Try - Passing Move	A series of passes by South Africa results in a try for Makazole Mapimpi
72	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Makazole Mapimpi took full advantage.
72	Try Assist	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu played a key part in that try.
72	Yellow card	David Odiase (Italy) is shown a yellow card
70	Substitution on	Italy decide to make a substitution, with David Odiase getting some game time.
70	Substitution off	Italy decide to make a substitution, with Manuel Zuliani being replaced.
67	Substitution on	Italy make a substitution with Stephen Varney coming on.
67	Substitution off	Italy make a substitution with Alessandro Garbisi coming off.
65	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Mirko Belloni goes through the gap.
62	Substitution on	Italy sub Mirco Spagnolo comes onto the field.
62	Substitution off	Danilo Fischetti departs for Italy.
62	Substitution on	Italy sub Matteo Canali comes onto the field.
62	Substitution off	Andrea Zambonin departs for Italy.
61	Substitution on	South Africa sub Asenathi Ntlabakanye comes onto the field.
61	Substitution off	Wilco Louw departs for South Africa.
61	Substitution on	South Africa sub Jan-Hendrik Wessels comes onto the field.
61	Substitution off	Malcolm Marx departs for South Africa.
60	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Mirko Belloni goes through the gap.
59	Substitution on	Alessandro Izekor comes on for Italy.
59	Substitution off	Sebastian Negri leaves the field.
56	Substitution on	Evan Roos comes on for South Africa.
56	Substitution off	Marco van Staden leaves the field.
56	Substitution on	Ethan Hooker comes on for South Africa.
56	Substitution off	Canan Moodie leaves the field.
56	Substitution on	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu comes on for South Africa.
56	Substitution off	Willie Le Roux leaves the field.
56	Substitution on	Cobus Wiese comes on for South Africa.
56	Substitution off	Salmaan Moerat leaves the field.
56	Substitution on	Cobus Reinach comes on for South Africa.
56	Substitution off	Grant Williams leaves the field.
51	Substitution on	Muhamed Hasa comes on.
51	Substitution off	Simone Ferrari comes off.
51	Substitution on	Pablo Dimcheff comes on.
51	Substitution off	Tommaso Di Bartolomeo comes off.
51	Conversion - Kicked	The touch judges raise their flags as Manie Libbok kicks the conversion.
50	Try - Rolling maul	The forward pack of South Africa will be happy with that as the rolling maul barges over for the try.
47	Yellow card	Danilo Fischetti (Italy) is shown a yellow card
44	Clean Break	Louis Lynagh makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.
43	Yellow card	Wilco Louw (South Africa) is shown a yellow card
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	Manie Libbok does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
37	Try - Individual effort	What an effort there by Canan Moodie as they score the try.
36	Clean Break	Fabulous play by South Africa has led to Canan Moodie being able to wriggle through a gap.
36	Try Assist	That's a great try assist by Grant Williams.
31	Conversion - Kicked	Manie Libbok does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
30	Try - Individual effort	Brilliant skill shown there by Edwill van der Merwe as they go over the white wash for a try.
29	Substitution on	Ox Nche comes on.
29	Substitution off	Thomas du Toit comes off.
20	Red card	Jasper Wiese (South Africa) is shown the red card
17	Substitution on	Italy make a substitution with Giulio Bertaccini coming on.
17	Substitution off	Italy make a substitution with Jacopo Trulla coming off.
15	Conversion - Missed Left	Manie Libbok curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the left.
15	Try - Passing Move	A series of passes by South Africa results in a try for Edwill van der Merwe
15	Try Assist	Spellbinding play by Manie Libbok is finished off with a try.
9	Conversion - Missed Left	Manie Libbok has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.
8	Try - Passing Move	Great hands by South Africa leads to a try for Grant Williams
8	Try Assist	Makazole Mapimpi played a key part in that try.
8	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Edwill van der Merwe goes through the gap.
0	Start Of First Half	We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

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