History of rugby union matches between Italy and South Africa

The Italy and South Africa rugby union teams first met in 1995. Their 101-0 victory in Durban in 1999 was at the time the Springboks' largest victory,^[1] and remains Italy's heaviest defeat. Italy earned their first ever win over South Africa on 19 November 2016, 20-18, in Florence.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Italy	Won by  South Africa	Drawn	Italy points	South Africa points
In Italy	6	1	5	0	114	228
In South Africa	7	0	7	0	51	389
Neutral venue	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall	13	1	12	0	165	617

Record

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
13	19 November 2016	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	20 – 18	Italy	2016 end-of-year test
12	22 November 2014	Stadio Euganeo, Padua	6 – 22	South Africa	2014 end-of-year test
11	8 June 2013	Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban	44 – 10	South Africa	2013 South African quadrangular tournament
10	26 June 2010	Buffalo City Stadium, East London	55 – 11	South Africa	2010 mid-year test
9	19 June 2010	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank	29 – 13	South Africa	2010 mid-year test
8	21 November 2009	Stadio Friuli, Udine	10 – 32	South Africa	2009 end-of-year test
7	21 June 2008	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	26 – 0	South Africa	2008 mid-year test
6	17 November 2001	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	26 – 54	South Africa
5	30 June 2001	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	60 – 14	South Africa
4	19 June 1999	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	101 – 0	South Africa
3	12 June 1999	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	74 – 3	South Africa
2	8 November 1997	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	31 – 62	South Africa
1	12 November 1995	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	21 – 40	South Africa

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