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Rugby Union
June Internationals Match
Italy vs South Africa
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Italy should be in for an almighty backlash from a Springbok side determined to make amends for last week’s poor performance in Witbank.
The dour win against the bottom team in the Six Nations championship was a wake-up call for South Africa’s coaches and players alike a week after they had crushed Grand Slam champions France in Cape Town.
South Africa have won all three of their games so far this season but face an Italy team boosted by a promising outing in the first Test, where they recorded their best result against the Boks (losing by sixteen points) and outscored the world champions 10-7 in the second half.
Credit to the Italians, who never gave up, but their hosts showed there was something missing in a display where the Springboks were in control at the front but didn’t capitalise on their possession and go-forward ball.
Scrum-half Ricky Januarie on a number of occasions struggled to get the ball away quickly and the solid defence of Italy against a Bok midfield playing out of position did not make for a spectacular or convincing display behind the pack.
The teams:
South Africa: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Jean de Villiers, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 BJ Botha, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Butch James, 22 Wynand Oliver.
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Craig Gower, 9 Simon Picone, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Manoa Vosawai, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Franco Sbaraglini, 18 Quintin Geldenhuys, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Tito Tebaldi, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Matteo Pratichetti.
Italy vs South Africa live
Date: Saturday, June 26
Kick-off: (13:00 until 15:00 GMT)
Venue: Buffalo City Stadium, East London
Weather forecast: High of 21°C, with 20 per cent chance of rain.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Andrew Small (England), Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
