History of rugby union matches between Italy and South Africa

The Italy and South Africa rugby union teams first met in 1995. Their 101-0 victory in Durban in 1999 was at the time the Springboks' 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.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Italy	Won by  South Africa	Drawn	Italy points	South Africa points
In Italy	6	1	5	0	114	228
In South Africa	7	0	7	0	51	389
Neutral venue	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall	13	1	12	0	165	617

Record

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

Record	Italy	South Africa
Longest winning streak	1 (19 November 2016–Present)	12 (12 Nov 1995–19 November 2016)
Largest points for
Home	31 (8 November 1997)	101 (19 June 1999)
Away	14 (30 June 2001)	62 (8 November 1997)
Largest winning margin
Home	2 (19 November 2016)	101 (19 June 1999)
Away	NA	31 (8 November 1997)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
13	19 November 2016	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	20 – 18	Italy	2016 end-of-year test
12	22 November 2014	Stadio Euganeo, Padua	6 – 22	South Africa	2014 end-of-year test
11	8 June 2013	Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban	44 – 10	South Africa	2013 South African quadrangular tournament
10	26 June 2010	Buffalo City Stadium, East London	55 – 11	South Africa	2010 mid-year test
9	19 June 2010	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank	29 – 13	South Africa	2010 mid-year test
8	21 November 2009	Stadio Friuli, Udine	10 – 32	South Africa	2009 end-of-year test
7	21 June 2008	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	26 – 0	South Africa	2008 mid-year test
6	17 November 2001	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	26 – 54	South Africa
5	30 June 2001	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	60 – 14	South Africa
4	19 June 1999	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	101 – 0	South Africa
3	12 June 1999	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	74 – 3	South Africa
2	8 November 1997	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	31 – 62	South Africa
1	12 November 1995	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	21 – 40	South Africa

References

1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/06/12/1390260.htm