TheItaly andSouth Africa rugby union teams first met in 1995. The Springboks 101-0 victory in Durban in 1999 was at the time their 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.

The teams have met once in theRugby World Cup, in the group stages of the2019 Rugby World Cup, with South Africa winning 49-3 after Italy had a player sent off.^[2]

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

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	12 November 1995	Stadio Olimpico,Rome	21–40	South Africa	1995 South Africa tour of England and Italy
2	8 November 1997	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara,Bologna	31–62	South Africa	1997 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
3	12 June 1999	Boet Erasmus Stadium,Port Elizabeth	74–3	South Africa	1999 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa
4	19 June 1999	Kings Park Stadium,Durban	101–0	South Africa
5	30 June 2001	Boet Erasmus Stadium,Port Elizabeth	60–14	South Africa	2001 Italy rugby union tour
6	17 November 2001	Stadio Luigi Ferraris,Genoa	26–54	South Africa	2001 autumn internationals
7	21 June 2008	Newlands Stadium,Cape Town	26–0	South Africa	2008 mid-year test
8	21 November 2009	Stadio Friuli,Udine	10–32	South Africa	2009 end-of-year test
9	19 June 2010	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium,Witbank	29–13	South Africa	2010 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa
10	26 June 2010	Buffalo City Stadium,East London	55–11	South Africa
11	8 June 2013	Kings Park Stadium,Durban	44–10	South Africa	2013 South African quadrangular tournament
12	22 November 2014	Stadio Euganeo,Padua	6–22	South Africa	2014 end-of-year test
13	19 November 2016	Stadio Artemio Franchi,Florence	20–18	Italy	2016 end-of-year test
14	25 November 2017	Stadio Euganeo,Padua	6–35	South Africa	2017 end-of-year test
15	4 October 2019	Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa,Fukuroi,Japan	49–3	South Africa	2019 Rugby World Cup
16	19 November 2022	Stadio Luigi Ferraris,Genoa,Italy	21–63	South Africa	2022 end-of-year test
17	5 July 2025	Loftus Versfeld Stadium,Pretoria,South Africa	42–24	South Africa	2025 mid-year test
18	12 July 2025	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Gqeberha,South Africa	45–0	South Africa	2025 mid-year test
19	15 November 2025	Juventus Stadium,Turin,Italy	14–32	South Africa	2025 end-of-year test

Year	Italy	South Africa	Series winner
1999	0	2	South Africa
2010	0	2	South Africa
2025	0	2	South Africa

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