7 Winners & Losers from South Africa v Italy

7 Winners & Losers from South Africa v Italy

A totally dominant performance from the Springboks in Gqeberha, running in 7 tries against Italy with only 14 men on the field.

We’ve picked our winners and losers from the match.

Winners

Willie Le Roux

The experienced fullback earned his 100th cap and becomes the 8th Springbok centurion. He also assisted one try with a moment of magic.

Edwill Van Der Merwe

The 29-year-old winger scored 2 tries and had an excellent performance. He was named Man-of-the-Match

Ox Nche

Ox made a big difference in the scrums after coming on in the 30th minute. The Springbok scrum was not doing well before he came on.

3 Debutants – (Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Ethan Hooker and Cobus Wiese)

It is always a memorable & special moment when you earn your first Springbok cap and these 3 guys will look forward to earning more.

Losers

Jasper Wiese

The loose forward let his emotions get the better of him and he got himself sent off for head butting another player early in the game.



Salman Moerat

Moerat lacks leadership skills, he is not visible on the field and made little difference in the game.

Italy

Although they played well, they failed to score a single point the entire game.

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