Italy claimed their first victory over South Africa on Saturday, beating the demoralised southern-hemisphere giants 20-18 in Florence. Both sides scored two tries, but Italy fed off repeated South Africa mistakes and grew in confidence as the game wore on. They matched South Africa in the scrum and showed them up in the maul. Within moments of Habana’s try, after South Africa messed up the restart, Italy’s South African-born Andries Van Schalkwyk replied, crossing the line from a rolling maul. “We are at an all-time low,” Jean de Villiers, who captained South Africa to third at the World Cup 12 months ago, told SuperSport.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2016 16:21 UTC