Springboks run in nine tries to crush Italy 66-7 in Turin
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scores 26 points as the world champions stay perfect in the Nations Championship.
By SitesNG Sports Desk · · 2 min read
South Africa beat Italy 66-7 in the Nations Championship at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday 7 November 2026. The Springboks led 45-0 at half-time and scored nine tries.
Fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored 26 points: a try, nine conversions and a penalty. Malcolm Marx scored twice, and Morne van den Berg, Damian Willemse, Siya Kolisi, Wilco Louw, Paul de Villiers and Ethan Hooker also crossed. Scrum-half van den Berg was Player of the Match. Federico Ruzza scored Italy’s only try.
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“But when you win 66-7, I don’t think you can start nitpicking problems in the second half.”
Rassie Erasmus
It was South Africa’s fourth straight bonus-point win. Erasmus warned: “We have to play much better than this if we want to be competitive against France and Ireland.”
What’s next
The Boks play France at the Stade de France on Friday 13 November, then Ireland in Dublin, before the finals weekend at Twickenham at the end of November. Read about the game in Nigeria on our rugby pages.
Reporting by the SitesNG Sports Desk, based on reports from TimesLIVE, Rugby.com.au, The Star (Reuters). Published 7 November 2026 in the African Sports News weekly edition of 10 November 2026.
