The Springboks face Italy in a rare meeting on South African soil as the world champions begin their international action for ...

World champions South Africa begin their Test season with a 42-24 victory over a youthful Italy at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in ...

The blowout expected from world champion South Africa didn’t eventuate as it scratched out a 42-24 win over Italy at Loftus ...

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus praised brave and tough Italy, who denied 42-24 winners South Africa the momentum they wanted.

Pretoria, South Africa Loftus Versfeld Saturday South Africa 42 (Morne van den Berg 2, Jesse Kriel, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Vincent Koch, Marco van Staden tries; Handre Pollard 6 conversions), Italy 24 ...

The Springboks kicked off their Test season with a well fought win over Italy at Loftus, as Jesse Kriel and Handré Pollard ...

PRETORIA - South Africa laboured but still ran in six tries to secure a 42-24 victory over an inexperienced Italy side at ...

South Africa laboured but still ran in six tries to secure a 42-24 victory over an inexperienced Italy side at Loftus ...

The Springboks will face Italy in their first official Test of the season on Saturday at Loftus Versfeld, heading into the game buoyed by a 54-7 drubbing of the Barbarians at Cape Town's DHL Stadium ...

Italy have selected Giacomo Da Re at flyhalf and three debutants on the bench against South Africa in Pretoria on Saturday, ...

In a hard-fought battle, the Springboks edged past Italy. Discover what the players had to say after the scrappy Test at ...