Italy vs South Africa: The Springboks tackle the Gli Azurri in what may very well be an attention-grabbing Test rugby battle.
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Italy vs South Africa: Match report
Seven second-half tries, with Kurt-Lee Arendse grabbing a brace in a Man of the Match efficiency, noticed the Springboks document a convincing 63-21 win over Italy in Genoa.
The massive win was South Africa’s first of their tour of the Northern Hemisphere following two slim losses to Ireland and France within the final fortnight.
The 63 factors scored by the Springboks, is probably the most in opposition to the Azzurri since South Africa gained by 101-0 in Durban again in 1999, and it’s additionally their highest rating in Italy.
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It was additionally the largest successful margin underneath Jacques Nienaber as head coach, surpassing the 40-9 win over Georgia in his first Test in cost in 2021, and the Springboks’ largest win since beating Canada 66-7 on the Rugby World Cup in 2019.
The first half noticed some enterprising rugby from each side, with the Springboks scoring two tries, a conversion and a penalty purpose which handed them a 18-13 halftime lead. The dwelling facet replied with a transformed attempt to two penalty targets.
The Springboks reduce free within the second half although, to outscore the house facet by seven tries to at least one, displaying some stunning attacking play to halt the Azzurri of their tracks.
Second half powers Italy vs South Africa end result
That was primarily as a result of introduction of the highly effective Bomb Squad – the alternative forwards – early within the second half, which injected further vitality into the Bok pack.
Manie Libbok, approaching as a second-half alternative for the injured Cheslin Kolbe, slotted in impressively into the flyhalf place (with Damian Willemse transferring to proper wing) and kicked 5 conversions so as to add to his good distributing expertise.
Italy vs South Africa: Arendse the star
Arendse was spectacular with ball in hand as his Test tally moved to 6 tries in as many look, whereas the previous Blitzbok speedster additionally made an ideal all-round contribution, and he was deservingly awarded the Man of the Match accolade.
It was the livewire Arendse who broke the duvet defence and scored out extensive with hardly two minutes on the clock at hand SA an excellent begin from a transfer initiated by Willemse.
Italy responded with a penalty purpose 4 minutes later, when Springbok midfielder Andre Esterhuizen was penalised on the breakdown.
Italy dangle on early
Tommaso Allan, the Italian pivot, made no mistake with the straight-forward kick to place the house facet on the board, however moments later, Bok skipper Siya Kolisi pinned Italian hooker Giacomo Nicotera with an excellent deal with, successful a penalty within the course of, and Kolbe stepped up so as to add the three at hand SA the 8-3 lead.
But the Italians duly scored straight from the kick-off when their excellent younger fullback Ange Capuozzo reduce via the Bok defence to attain within the nook with a shocking end. Allan added the conversion to edge Italy 10-8 forward, with the house followers now in advantageous voice.
Trading penalties
Allan and Kolbe traded penalty targets to vary the rating to 13-11 earlier than Bongi Mbonambi went over after a wave of Bok assaults, with the hooker breaking away from the maul to attain his third strive in opposition to Italy because the South Africans regained the lead.
Kolbe added the extras to provide the SA facet a five-point benefit at 18-13, which is the way it stayed till the break.
Minutes after the restart one other Allan penalty purpose closed the hole to 18-16, however the Springboks then determined to place the foot to the pedal to surge into a formidable, profiting interval of play.
Manie Libbok makes the distinction to Italy vs South Africa
Kolbe gained the ball from the restart and raced clear to attain the Boks’ third strive. However, the Bok dynamo injured his hamstring within the course of and was changed by Libbok, who took over at flyhalf with Willemse transferring to the wing.
Libbok then began to tug the strings because the Bok forwards offered him with an ideal attacking platform and he initiated a counter-attack to dump the ball cleverly, which resulted in a second strive for Arendse. The alternative flyhalf kicked the conversion over from the touchline to take the rating to 30-16.
Here comes the growth
With the Springbok Bomb Squad now on the pitch, the South Africans upped the tempo significantly to place Italy underneath all types of stress.
Replacement flanker Kwagga Smith was the recipient of some intelligent lineout play. He was readily available to take the ball and power his method over subsequent to the poles for a transformed strive, making it 37-16.
Malcolm Marx, on for Mbonambi, additionally bought in on the try-scoring act when he dotted down after one other highly effective lineout maul to stretch the result in 42-16.
But the house refused to go away and their spectacular No 8 and captain, Lorenzo Cannone, went over for the blue jerseys’ solely second-half strive which decreased the SA result in 42-21.
However, the Boks weren’t achieved but.
Replacement prop Steven Kitshoff then scored his second worldwide strive following extra intelligent forwards-interplay, with Libbok including the extras because the Springboks edged additional forward to 49-21 with 10 minutes remaining.
Italy vs South Africa turns into a rout
Willemse bought their eighth strive of the afternoon because the Springboks went previous the 50-point mark in a transfer that went coast-to-coast. Libbok managed to squeeze the conversion previous the upright to take the rating to 56-21 with simply six minutes remaining.
That, nevertheless, was sufficient time for alternative scrumhalf Cobus Reinach to make it 9 tries in complete for Siya Kolisi’s males when he took a cross from the spectacular Arendse to dive over close to the poles.
Libbok kicked his fifth conversion to make the ultimate rating 63-21 for an ideal South African triumph.
The Springboks conclude their finish of 12 months tour subsequent week once they face England at Twickenham.
Team information
Italy coach Kieran Crowley has made two modifications to his staff from final weekend’s historic victory over Australia.
The two modifications to the beginning staff are each within the entrance row, the place Pietro Ceccarelli (prop) and Giacomo Nicotera (hooker) will begin rather than Simone Ferrari and Gianmarco Lucchesi respectively.
Experienced 10 Tommaso Allan will begin at fyhalf once more, after he was a late alternative final week for Paolo Garbisi. The solely change on the bench sees Manuel Zuliani change Toa Halafihi.
“We achieved a historic result against Australia, but we are not satisfied,” stated Crowley.
“The following day the focus was immediately shifted to South Africa. It will be a very intense match from a physical point of view. We continue on this path proving to be competitive in every game.”
The Springboks hand alternatives to flyhalf Manie Libbok and Evan Roos.
“I’m very excited about this opportunity, so much so that I am struggling to sleep at night,” stated Roos.
“It has been some time since I final performed a Test, so I actually need to convey vitality and a presence off the bench. I gained’t do something in a different way I simply need to play my sport.
“The last time I got a chance to play was against Wales, so one learns to appreciate it, and when you get the opportunity to play it is even more special.”
Roos added: “I’ve been learning a lot from Jasper and Kwagga and I am trying to take everything in. The nice thing about this environment is that it is competitive, but we help one another.”
Teams: Italy vs South Africa
Teams
Italy: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommaso Allan 9 Stephen Varney; 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (captain), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti.
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Ivan Nemer, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 David Sisi, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Edoardo Padovani, 23 Tommaso Menoncello.
South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Damian de Allende, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Siyamthanda Kolisi (captain), 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 1 Retshegofaditswe Nche.
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Albertus Smith, 21 Evan Roos, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Manie Libbok.
Date: Saturday, November 19
Venue: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Kick-off: 14.00 (15.00 SA time; 13.00 GMT)
Expected climate: Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler. High of 16°C and a low of 11°C
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)