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Italy face off against Springboks in Internationals on Sat 15th November 2025 at Allianz Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 13:40 and is broadcast on TNT Sports, Discovery+. In South Africa it’s at 14:40 SAST on SuperSport, 00:40 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 22:40 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 07:40 EST in the US.
Springboks won the last encounter but Springboks are in the best form of their last 5 games.
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.
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.
Changes were predicted and expected to the South African starting XV that will face Italy in Torino on Saturday.
South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed he is "saving" tighthead prop Thomas du Toit for their encounter with Ireland …
Rassie Erasmus has effectively ripped up the winning team sheet, making 11 changes to the Springbok side that beat France as South…
Italy head coach Gonzalo Quesada has made just one change to his starting XV for the visit from South Africa to Turin this week af…
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I can only imagine some bodies need a rest after that game against France. But there must also be some continuity required in some positions to keep players sharp for Ireland.
And give some players a run.
1. Thomas the Tank
2. Bongi
3. Asenathi
4. Eben
5. Ruan
6. Marco
7. Mostert
8. Kwagga (if fit)
9. Morne
10. Polly
11. KLA
12. Esterhuisen
13. Moodie
14. Cheslin
15. Damian
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Past scores 42-24 and 45-0 really do set the stage for this third match between both sides. Perhaps Italy is riding high off the win against Australia, but no doubt SA is soaring even higher after dismantling the French.
Agreed.
Italy by 1 point.