History of rugby union matches between Italy and South Africa

The Italy and South 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.

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
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			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