Overview

• No. 8 Jasper Wiese was sent off in the 22nd minute for head-butting Italy prop Danilo Fischetti, leaving South Africa to contest most of the match with 14 players.
• The Springboks scored seven tries and registered a shutout at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium to seal a 45-0 victory and complete a 2-0 mid-year Test series sweep.
• Full-back Willie le Roux became the eighth Springbok to reach 100 caps, while Cobus Wiese, Ethan Hooker and Asenathi Ntlabakanye made their international debuts.
• Additional sin-binnings during the match have prompted disciplinary review questions just days before South Africa’s one-off Test against Georgia on July 19 in Mbombela.
• Coach Rassie Erasmus’s reshuffled lineup, featuring 11 new starters and multiple World Cup winners, demonstrated the squad’s depth and adaptability.