4 October 2019
Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi
World Cup Pool Match
	South Africa 49 Italy 3
Captain: Siya Kolisi		Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Coach: Rassie Erasmus		Attendance: 44148

Team:
Combined caps: 646 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Tendai Mtawarira	Sharks	34	113
Hooker	Bongi Mbonambi	WP	28	32	1 try
Tight-head Prop	Frans Malherbe	WP	28	33
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	WP	27	81
Lock	Lood de Jager	Blue Bulls	26	41
Flank (C)	Siya Kolisi	WP	28	45
Flank	Pieter-Steph du Toit	WP	27	51
Eighthman	Duane Vermeulen	Blue Bulls	33	50
Scrumhalf	Faf de Klerk	Sale	27	26
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Blue Bulls	25	43	4 conversions, 2 penalties
Left Wing	Makazole Mapimpi	Sharks	29	10	1 try
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	WP	27	42
Outside Centre	Lukhanyo Am	Sharks	25	11	1 try
Right Wing	Cheslin Kolbe	Toulouse	25	11	2 tries
Full Back	Willie le Roux	Verblitz	30	57
Reserve	Francois Steyn	Montpellier	32	62
Reserve	Vincent Koch	Saracens	29	16
Reserve	Steven Kitshoff	WP	27	42
Reserve	Malcolm Marx	Lions	25	28	1 try
Reserve	RG Snyman	Blue Bulls	24	18	1 try
Reserve	Herschel Jantjies	WP	23	6
Reserve	Franco Mostert	Gloucester	28	34
Reserve	Francois Louw	Bath	34	71

Italy: 1 penalty

Match pictures:

Team for the Italy test: Back: Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Lood de Jager, RG Snyman, Franco Mostert, Duane Vermeulen, Damian de Allende Middle: Faf de Klerk, Bongi Mbonambi, Steven Kitshoff, Lukhanyo Am, Vincent Koch, Makazole Mapimpi, Cheslin Kolbe, Herschel Jantjies Front: Willie le Roux, Frans Steyn, Tendai Mtawarira, Siya Kolisi (captain), Rassie Erasmus (coach), Handré Pollard, Eben Etzebeth, Francois Louw, Pieter-Steph du Toit