Italy

20 - 18

Full Time

South Africa

Italy vs South Africa

Events

Commentary

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It's all over! The referee has blown his whistle to end the game.

80'

Mbongeni Mbonami comes on.

76'

Adriaan Strauss comes off.

76'

South Africa have won 100 rucks so far this game.

75'

Johan Goosen comes on.

70'

Willie Le Roux comes off.

70'

South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Franco Mostert getting some game time.

70'

South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Lodewyk De Jager being replaced.

70'

Italy make a substitution with Tommaso Allan coming on.

70'

Italy make a substitution with Carlo Canna coming off.

70'

Italy sub Edoardo Gori comes onto the field.

70'

Giorgio Bronzini departs for Italy.

70'

Luke McLean has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

65'

Italy have won 60 rucks so far this game.

65'

Teboho Mohoje comes on for South Africa.

64'

Willem Alberts leaves the field.

64'

Penalty Goal

Carlo Canna does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.

64'

Lodewyk De Jager has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

63'

Nizaam Carr has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

62'

Penalty Goal

Elton Jantjies makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.

60'

Braam Steyn comes on.

59'

Francesco Minto comes off.

59'

Conversion

Carlo Canna makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

57'

Giovanbattista Venditti makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

56'

Tommaso Benvenuti played a key part in that try.

56'

Try

A wonderful passing move by Italy is finished off by Giovanbattista Venditti.

55'

Italy have won 40 rucks so far this game.

54'

Elton Jantjies comes on.

52'

Patrick Lambie comes off.

52'

Francois de Klerk comes on.

52'

Rudy Paige comes off.

52'

South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Trevor Nyakane getting some game time.

52'

South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Vincent Koch being replaced.

52'

South Africa make a substitution with Steven Kitshoff coming on.

52'

South Africa make a substitution with Tendai Mtawarira coming off.

52'

South Africa have won 80 rucks so far this game.

49'

Penalty Goal

Patrick Lambie kicks the penalty.

45'

South Africa have won 60 rucks so far this game.

42'

Yellow Card

Marco Fuser (Italy) is shown a yellow card.

41'

Italy sub Simone Ferrari comes onto the field.

40'

Lorenzo Cittadini departs for Italy.

40'

Nicola Quaglio comes on for Italy.

40'

Sami Panico leaves the field.

40'

The second half is underway.

40'

The half-time whistle blows and both teams’ head for the dressing rooms.

40'

Francesco Minto has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

38'

South Africa have won 40 rucks so far this game.

34'

Fabulous play by South Africa has led to Patrick Lambie being able to wriggle through a gap.

34'

Trouble here as Ruan Combrinck breaches the defence.

34'

This is dangerous for the defence as Willie Le Roux bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.

31'

Penalty Goal

Edoardo Padovani has kicked a penalty goal.

29'

George Biagi comes on.

27'

Dries van Schalkwyk comes off.

27'

Italy have won 20 rucks so far this game.

20'

Conversion

Patrick Lambie converts the try.

18'

That's a great try assist by Willie Le Roux.

17'

Try

A series of passes by South Africa results in a try for Damian de Allende.

16'

A gap opened in the defence and Damian de Allende took full advantage.

16'

South Africa have won 20 rucks so far this game.

16'

Conversion

Carlo Canna has kicked a conversion.

12'

Try

The Italy pack has powered over for Dries van Schalkwyk to score the try.

11'

Patrick Lambie has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.

The defensive line has been broken as Willie Le Roux goes through the gap.

Willie Le Roux sets up the try.

Try

Great hands by South Africa leads to a try for Bryan Habana.

We are underway as the referee blows his whistle.

Match Details

Italy v South Africa

Sat 19th November 2016, 06:00am PST

Points Flow Chart

Italy win +2

Time in lead

Mins in lead

30%

% Of Game In Lead

58%

Possession Last 10 min

Points Last 10 min

Key Events

Full Time

Canna

20 - 18

64'

Jantjies

60'

17 - 18

Canna

17 - 15

57'

Venditti

15 - 15

55'

Lambie

45'

10 - 15

Fuser

10 - 12

41'

Half Time

Padovani

10 - 12

29'

Lambie

18'

7 - 12

de Allende

16'

7 - 10

Canna

7 - 5

12'

van Schalkwyk

5 - 5

11'

Habana

0 - 5

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Italy vs Springboks Kick Off Times & TV Channel

Italy face off against Springboks in Internationals on Sat 19th November 2016 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:00. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 06:00 EST in the US.

Springboks won the last encounter but Springboks are in the best form of their last 5 games.

World Rankings

Heading into the fixture, Springboks sits at 1 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Italy holds 10.

The two sides are separated by 9 places in the rankings with Italy in position 10 and Springboks in position 1 as such Springboks are favourites on paper.

Italy vs Springboks Squads

The official squads for Italy vs Springboks will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.