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Springboks Kick Back From Last Year’s Historical Loss to Beat Italy 35-6

The Springboks made up for last year’s history-making loss to Italy, by beating the Italians in a whopping 35-6 victory in the European country’s home territory on Saturday, clocking up their second win of the Outgoing Tour. It’s also SA’s biggest win against Italy in 20 years. Eben Etzebeth recovered from last week’s injury to […]

By SAPeople
25-11-17 23:13
in Fab South African Stuff

The Springboks made up for last year’s history-making loss to Italy, by beating the Italians in a whopping 35-6 victory in the European country’s home territory on Saturday, clocking up their second win of the Outgoing Tour. It’s also SA’s biggest win against Italy in 20 years.

Eben Etzebeth recovered from last week’s injury to lead his team to victory under challenging conditions in Padova as heavy rain teemed down.

With powerful scrumming and mauling, the South Africans managed to prevent the Italians from scoring a single try, while five tries were scored by the Springboks –  by Francois Louw, Bongi Mbonambi, Francois Venter, Steven Kitshoff and Franco Mostert.

Handre Pollard played a far better game than last week, and pulled off five successful conversions… earning him the Man of the Match award.