Italy - South Africa (07/11/2026)

Upcoming Men's Nations Championship R4
IT
Italy
Form W L L L L
Coach: Gonzalo Quesada
Stadium: Allianz Stadium, Turin  ·  Fog 12°C
Kick-off
Head-to-head
D 14-32 15/11/2025
D 0-45 12/07/2025
D 24-42 05/07/2025
D 21-63 19/11/2022
D 3-49 04/10/2019
Broadcaster: TMC
SA
South Africa
Form L W W W L
Coach: Rassie Erasmus
Stadium
Allianz Stadium, Turin
Coaches
Gonzalo Quesada (Italy) / Rassie Erasmus (South Africa)
Broadcaster
TMC
Weather
Fog 12°C

Key facts before the match

Form Last 5 matches

Italy 4 losses in a row
  1. W 23-18
  2. L 17-31
  3. L 10-27
  4. L 17-47
  5. L 10-57
of wins
20%
pts scored / match
15.4
pts conceded / match
36

Biggest win 23-18 against ENG

Heaviest defeat 10-57 against Australie

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South Africa
  1. L 16-33
  2. W 33-26
  3. W 29-24
  4. W 43-28
  5. L 38-42
of wins
60%
pts scored / match
31.8
pts conceded / match
30.6

Biggest win 43-28 against Nouvelle-Zelande

Heaviest defeat 16-33 against Nouvelle-Zelande

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Head-to-head 5 last meetings

0Italy
wins
5South Africa
Last meeting 15/11/2025
14-32
avg pts Italy
12.4
avg pts South Africa
46.2

South Africa unbeaten in the last 5 meetings

Line-ups

ItalySouth Africa
  1. 1M. Hasa
  2. 2G. Nicotera
  3. 3S. Pietro Ferrari
  4. 4N. Cannone
  5. 5F. Ruzza
  6. 6A. Ortombina
  7. 7S. Locatelli
  8. 8L. Cannone
  9. 9A. Fusco
  10. 10P. Garbisi
  11. 11M. Ioane
  12. 12L. Marin
  13. 13P. Odogwu
  14. 14A. Capuozzo
  15. 15M. Belloni
  1. 1R. Nche
  2. 2M. Justin Marx
  3. 3T. Joubert du Toit
  4. 4S. Moerat
  5. 5R. Nortje
  6. 6S. Kolisi
  7. 7P. Stephanus du Toit
  8. 8J. van der Westhuizen Wiese
  9. 9M. van den Berg
  10. 10S. Feinberg-Mngomezulu
  11. 11E. Hooker
  12. 12D. de Allende
  13. 13J. Andre Kriel
  14. 14K. Arendse
  15. 15D. Willemse
Replacements
  1. 16T. di Bartolomeo
  2. 17D. Fischetti
  3. 18I. Neculai
  4. 19E. Opoku-Gyamfi
  5. 20R. Micheal Vintcent
  6. 21M. Zuliani
  7. 22S. Varney
  8. 23T. Allan
Replacements
  1. 16J. Hendrik Wessels
  2. 17G. Cornelis Steenekamp
  3. 18W. Louw
  4. 19L. de Jager
  5. 20C. Hanekom
  6. 21P. De Villiers
  7. 22G. Williams
  8. 23I. Libbok
Italy
Forwards
1 Muhamed Hasa
2 Giacomo Nicotera
3 Simone Pietro Ferrari
4 Niccolo Cannone
5 Federico Ruzza
6 Alessandro Ortombina
7 Samuele Locatelli
8 Lorenzo Cannone
Half-backs
9 Alessandro Fusco
10 Paolo Garbisi
Backs
11 Monty Ioane
12 Leonardo Marin
13 Paolo Odogwu
14 Ange Capuozzo
15 Mirko Belloni
Replacements
16 Tommaso di Bartolomeo
17 Danilo Fischetti
18 Ion Neculai
19 Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi
20 Ross Micheal Vintcent
21 Manuel Zuliani
22 Stephen Varney
23 Tommaso Allan
South Africa
Forwards
1 Retshegofaditswe Nche
2 Malcolm Justin Marx
3 Thomas Joubert du Toit
4 Salmaan Moerat
5 Ruan Nortje
6 Siya Kolisi
7 Pieter Stephanus du Toit
8 Jasper van der Westhuizen Wiese
Half-backs
9 Morne van den Berg
10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
Backs
11 Ethan Hooker
12 Damian de Allende
13 Jesse Andre Kriel
14 Kurt-Lee Arendse
15 Damian Willemse
Replacements
16 Jan Hendrik Wessels
17 Gerhardus Cornelis Steenekamp
18 Wilco Louw
19 Lodewyk de Jager
20 Cameron Hanekom
21 Paul De Villiers
22 Grant Williams
23 Immanuel Libbok