7 Winners & Losers from South Africa v Italy

July 12, 2025
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Ultimate Rugby

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 8^th 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 30^th 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.

✅ - Cobus Wiese
✅ - Asenathi Ntlabakanye
✅ - Ethan Hooker

That Springbok depth is looking stacked 👀🇿🇦

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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.

The Boks are down by one as Jasper Wiese sees red 🟥

Watch the Springboks live on #SSRugby (Ch.211) and SS Grandstand (Ch.201) in three language options 🎙️🏉

📺 Stream #RSAvITA on DStv: https://t.co/0P0NNhnwKw pic.twitter.com/gJbPTvZOTl
— SuperSport Rugby (@SSRugby) July 12, 2025