Major shift in momentum here in Durban. Italians growing in confidence and creativity with ball in hand. The Boks are finding possession impossible to come by and have spent the last fifteen minutes absorbing Italian pressure inside their own half..

Go Italy!!

The Italians are rewarded for their relentless pressure when Sgarbi touches down for try number one. They build their way back into the Boks' twenty-two and begin to hammer the solid Springbok line. After a number of phases, Parisse delivers a clever pass through his legs to Sgarbi who slips past one tackle and topples over de Villier's challenge for the try.

Italians hit the ground running, securing possession off the kick-off and stringing together a number of phases in Springbok territory. Basson puts in a high tackle on Venditti and earns himself a yellow. They opt for the line-out and set the maul. Parisse then splits right and slips a superb offload into space - but the support is poor and possession is lost..

Heyneke Meyer will be pleased with his team selection so far. They've acquitted themselves well in the first half and have dominated this visiting Italian team. They've showed fluency and grit in attack and have been resolute in their defence. Despite the score-line, the Italians raised their tempo towards the close of the half and will look to build on this in the second..

Du Plesis is adjudged to have dragged down the scum and is therefore penalised. Italians boot to the corner and set the maul. But the ball is fumbled at the rear, and the Boks clear the ball into touch from the resulting scrum. The Half Time whistle sounds.

Two minutes left in the first half, and Boks with a scrum just inside their own half..

Parisse leading the charge admirably out there as he looks to spark his side into action with some barrelling runs in Springbok territory. After 28 minutes, the Italians earn a chance to put points on the board when Kruger is penalised for a high tackle. Di Bernanrdo steps up to secure his first Test Match points - but his kick drifts wide of the uprights.

The Italians relieve pressure with a boot down-field. Habana collects and launches the counter-attack, scything through the blue defence with his blistering pace before linking with the Engelbrecht for the try. Fantastic effort by the Boks!

The one man advantage pays dividends at scrum-time. The Italian pack crumbles under pressure and is penalised. Steyn boots for the corner, and the Boks fling the ball wide off the back of the line-out. After a number of phases, they sweep the ball to the opposite wing to capitalise on an enormous overlap. But Le Roux's pass is poor and points go a-begging..