LIVE UPDATES: Italy v South Africa
The Boks are close to full-strength, while Italy are weakened with several players unavailable.
Italy took on South Africa in a Nations Championship game at Turin on Saturday, with the match kicking off at 1.40pm. The Springboks entered the game as leaders of the South Section of the new competition, thanks to victories in July against England, Scotland, and Wales. Italy, on the other hand, are currently sixth on the North Section log, having suffered three losses in July to Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.
Although the Boks are near full strength for this match, Italy are significantly weakened, as several first-choice players are unavailable. The Italy squad includes 15 players: Mirko Belloni, Ange Capuozzo, Paolo Odogwu, Leonardo Marin, Monty Ioane, Paolo Garbisi, Alessandro Fusco, Lorenzo Cannone, Samuele Locatelli, Alessandro Ortombina, Federico Ruzza, Niccolò Cannone, Simone Ferrari, Giacomo Nicotera (captain), and Muhamed Hasa.
Their bench features 22 additional players, including Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Danilo Fischetti, Ion Neculai, Enoch Opoku Gyamfi, Ross Vintcent, Manuel Zuliani, Stephen Varney, Tommaso Allan. Conversely, the Springboks' lineup consists of 15 players: Damian Willemse, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Ethan Hooker, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Morné van den Berg, Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (captain), Ruan Nortjé, Salmaan Moerat, Thomas du Toit, Malcolm Marx, and Ox Nché.
Their bench consists of 16 players: Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Gerhard Steenekamp, Wilco Louw, Lood de Jager, Cameron Hanekom, Paul de Villiers, Grant Williams, and Manie Libbok.
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