History of rugby union matches between Italy and South Africa
The Italy and South Africa rugby union teams first met in 1995. To date, South Africa have won all of their encounters. Their 101-0 victory in Port Elizabeth in 2001 was at the time the Springboks' largest victory [1], and remains Italy's heaviest defeat.
Overall summary
| Details |
Played |
Won by Italy |
Won by South Africa |
Drawn |
Italy points |
South Africa points |
| In Italy |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
88 |
188 |
| In South Africa |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
41 |
345 |
| Neutral venue |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Overall |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
129 |
533 |
Results
| Date |
Venue |
Score |
Victor |
Comments |
| 26 June 2010 |
Buffalo City Stadium, East London, South Africa |
55 – 11 |
South Africa |
|
| 19 June 2010 |
Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank, South Africa |
29 – 13 |
South Africa |
|
| 21 November 2009 |
Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy |
10 – 32 |
South Africa |
|
| 21 June 2008 |
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |
26 – 0 |
South Africa |
|
| 17 November 2001 |
Genoa, Italy |
26 – 54 |
South Africa |
|
| 30 June 2001 |
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
60 – 14 |
South Africa |
|
| 19 June 1999 |
Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa |
101 – 0 |
South Africa |
|
| 12 June 1999 |
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
74 – 33 |
South Africa |
|
| 8 November 1997 |
Bologna, Italy |
31 – 62 |
South Africa |
|
| 12 November 1995 |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |
21 – 40 |
South Africa |
|
References