The Italy and South Africa rugby union teams first met in 1995. The Springboks 101-0 victory in Durban in 1999 was at the time their largest victory, and remains Italy's heaviest defeat. Italy earned their first ever win over South Africa on 19 November 2016, 20-18, in Florence.
Rugby World Cup The teams have met once in the Rugby World Cup, in the group stages of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with South Africa winning 49-3 after Italy had a player sent off.
Summary Overall Details Played Won byItaly Won bySouth Africa Drawn Italy points South Africa points In Italy 9 1 8 0 155 358 In South Africa 9 0 9 0 75 476 Neutral venue 1 0 1 0 3 49 Overall 19 1 18 0 233 883
Record Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordItalySouth AfricaLongest winning streak1 (19 Nov 2016 – 25 Nov 2017)12 (12 Nov 1995 – 19 Nov 2016)Largest points forHome31 (8 Nov 1997)101 (19 Jun 1999)Away14 (30 Jun 2001)63 (19 Nov 2022)Largest winning marginHome2 (19 Nov 2016)101 (19 Jun 1999)Away46 (4 Oct 2019)Largest aggregate score101 (South Africa 101–0 Italy) (19 Jun 1999)
Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 12 November 1995 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 21–40 1995 South Africa tour of England and Italy 2 8 November 1997 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna 31–62 1997 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe 3 12 June 1999 Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth 74–3 1999 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa 4 19 June 1999 Kings Park Stadium, Durban 101–0 5 30 June 2001 Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth 60–14 2001 Italy rugby union tour 6 17 November 2001 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa 26–54 2001 autumn internationals 7 21 June 2008 Newlands Stadium, Cape Town 26–0 2008 mid-year test 8 21 November 2009 Stadio Friuli, Udine 10–32 2009 end-of-year test 9 19 June 2010 Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank 29–13 2010 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa 10 26 June 2010 Buffalo City Stadium, East London 55–11 11 8 June 2013 Kings Park Stadium, Durban 44–10 2013 South African quadrangular tournament 12 22 November 2014 Stadio Euganeo, Padua 6–22 2014 end-of-year test 13 19 November 2016 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 20–18 2016 end-of-year test 14 25 November 2017 Stadio Euganeo, Padua 6–35 2017 end-of-year test 15 4 October 2019 Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi, Japan 49–3 2019 Rugby World Cup 16 19 November 2022 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy 21–63 2022 end-of-year test 17 5 July 2025 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 42–24 2025 mid-year test 18 12 July 2025 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa 45–0 2025 mid-year test 19 15 November 2025 Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy 14–32 2025 end-of-year test
List of series Played Won byItaly Won bySouth Africa Drawn 3 0 3 0
Year Italy South Africa Series winner 1999 0 2 2010 0 2 2025 0 2
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