THIS is the Springboks' Test record against Italy
World champions South Africa will host Italy in a two-Test series next month in Pretoria and Gqeberha.
The Springboks will take on the Azzurri at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, 5 July and in Gqeberha at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium a week later.
South Africa will then host second-tier nation Georgia on Saturday, 19 July at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela.
All three matches will kick off at 17:10 (SA time).
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At the time of publishing, the Springboks sit at No 1 in the World Rugby rankings, with Italy in 11th and Georgia in 12th.
South Africa have beaten Italy 15 times and lost once in their 16 Tests to date since first meeting in Rome in 1995, the year the Springboks won the first of a record four Rugby World Cup titles.
The last Test between the countries was two and a half years ago in Genoa, where the visitors triumphed 63-21. Date Result Venue 12 November 1995 Won 40-21 Olympic Stadium, Rome 8 November 1997 Won 62-31 Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna 12 June 1999 Won 74-3 Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth 19 June 1999 Won 101-0 Kings Park, Durban 30 June 2001 Won 60-14 Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth 17 November 2001 Won 54-26 Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa 21 June 2008 Won 26-0 Newlands, Cape Town 21 November 2009 Won 32-10 Stadio Friuli, Udine 19 June 2010 Won 29-13 Puma Stadium, Witbank 26 June 2010 Won 55-11 Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London 8 June 2013 Won 44-10 Kings Park, Durban 22 November 2014 Won 22-6 Stadio Euganeo, Padua 19 November 2016 Lost 20-18 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 25 November 2017 Won 35-6 Stadio Euganeo, Padua 4 October 2019 Won 49-3 Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi 19 November 2022 Won 63-21 Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa 5 July 2025 ? Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 12 July 2925 ? Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha
Meanwhile, South Africa have won both their previous encounters against Georgia.
The first came at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, while the their only previous visit to South Africa resulted in defeat in Pretoria in 2021. Date Result Venue 24 October 2003 Won 46-19 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 2 July 2021 Won 40-9 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 19 July 2025 ? Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela
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