Here is the Springboks’ Test record against Italy

World champions South Africa will host Italy in a two-Test series next month in Pretoria and Gqeberha. Here are all the details.

Jun 17, 2025 - 15:00
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Here is the Springboks’ Test record against Italy

World champions South Africa will host Italy in a two-Test series next month in Pretoria and Gqeberha.

The Springboks will take on the Azzurri at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, 5 July and in Gqeberha at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium a week later.

South Africa will also host second-tier nation Georgia on Saturday, 19 July at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela.

All three matches will kick off at 17:10 (SA time).

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At the time of publishing, the Springboks sit at No 1 in the World Rugby rankings, with Italy in 11th and Georgia in 12th.

South Africa have beaten Italy 15 times and lost once since first meeting in Rome in 1995, the year the Springboks won the first of a record four Rugby World Cup titles.

The last Test between the countries was two and a half years ago in Genoa, where the visitors triumphed 63-21.

DateResultVenue
12 November 1995Won 40-21Olympic Stadium, Rome
8 November 1997Won 62-31Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna
12 June 1999Won 74-3Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth
19 June 1999Won 101-0Kings Park, Durban
30 June 2001Won 60-14Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth
17 November 2001Won 54-26Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa
21 June 2008Won 26-0Newlands, Cape Town
21 November 2009Won 32-10Stadio Friuli, Udine
19 June 2010Won 29-13Puma Stadium, Witbank
26 June 2010Won 55-11Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
8 June 2013Won 44-10Kings Park, Durban
22 November 2014Won 22-6Stadio Euganeo, Padua
19 November 2016Lost 20-18Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
25 November 2017Won 35-6Stadio Euganeo, Padua
4 October 2019Won 49-3Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi
19 November 2022Won 63-21Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa

Meanwhile, South Africa have won both their previous encounters against Georgia.

The first came at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, while the their only previous visit to South Africa resulted in defeat in Pretoria in 2021.

DateResultVenue
24 October 2003Won 46-19Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
2 July 2021Won 40-9Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

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