Overview
- Franco Mostert was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Paolo Garbisi, leaving South Africa a man down for nearly 70 minutes.
- Marco van Staden, Morne van den Berg, Grant Williams and Ethan Hooker scored the visitors’ tries, with Handré Pollard kicking the rest of the points.
- Italy’s reply came through an Ange Capuozzo try and Garbisi’s boot as the hosts pressed but failed to convert pressure into enough points.
- Rassie Erasmus’s side started with 11 changes from the XV that beat France, underscoring the tour’s squad-rotation strategy.
- The match was played in wet conditions at Allianz Stadium, and South Africa now head to Dublin to face Ireland while Italy host Chile next weekend.