Italy vs South Africa Preview & Prediction | 2025 End-Of Year Internationals
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World champions South Africa travel to Turin to take on Australia's conquerors Italy on Saturday, as both sides continue their Quilter Nations Series.
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Italy team news
Squad: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex (captain), 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Ross Vintcent, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Riccardo Favretto, 21 David Odiase, 22 Martin Page-Relo, 23 Tommaso Allan
South Africa team news
Squad: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Marco van Staden, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Gerhard Steenekamp, 17 Wilco Louw, 18 RG Snyman, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Andre Esterhuizen, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok
Italy vs South Africa prediction
Italy were 19-12 down to Australia with half an hour to play last weekend but dug deep to secure a 26-19 triumph in Udine - their second consecutive victory over the Wallabies having never previously beaten the southern hemisphere side.
The Azzurri now have the unenviable task of backing that up against the world champions and recently-crowned Rugby Championship winners.
Despite playing the second half with only 14 men, South Africa still managed to overcome France in Saint-Denis last week, winning 32-17 against the side they dramatically beat in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
The Springboks will naturally be favourites again here despite this match taking place in Turin, although Rassie Erasmus is choosing to give some game-time to some new faces.
This is unlikely to be overly one-sided as a result, but we still expect the number-one ranked side to win in relative comfort.
Italy vs South Africa tip: South Africa to win with -13 handicap
