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

Record

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

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	12 November 1995	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	21–40	South Africa
2	8 November 1997	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	31–62	South Africa	1997 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
3	12 June 1999	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	74–3	South Africa	1999 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa
4	19 June 1999	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	101–0	South Africa
5	30 June 2001	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	60–14	South Africa	2001 Italy rugby union tour
6	17 November 2001	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	26–54	South Africa	2001 autumn internationals
7	21 June 2008	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	26–0	South Africa	2008 mid-year test
8	21 November 2009	Stadio Friuli, Udine	10–32	South Africa	2009 end-of-year test
9	19 June 2010	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank	29–13	South Africa	2010 mid-year test
10	26 June 2010	Buffalo City Stadium, East London	55–11	South Africa	2010 mid-year test
11	8 June 2013	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	44–10	South Africa	2013 South African quadrangular tournament
12	22 November 2014	Stadio Euganeo, Padua	6–22	South Africa	2014 end-of-year test
13	19 November 2016	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	20–18	Italy	2016 end-of-year test
14	25 November 2017	Stadio Euganeo, Padua	6–35	South Africa	2017 end-of-year test
15	4 October 2019	Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi, Japan	49–3	South Africa	2019 Rugby World Cup
16	19 November 2022	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy	21–63	South Africa	2022 end-of-year test

List of series

Year	Italy	South Africa	Series winner
1999	0	2	South Africa