New Zealand showed no mercy against Italy in their Rugby World Cup clash in Lyon on Friday as they ran in 14 tries to win 96-17.
Italy mounted an impressive second-half comeback in their World Cup clash with Uruguay at Stade de Nice on Wednesday to claim a 38-17 victory.
Italy got their 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign off to a flying start as they sealed a 52-8 bonus-point victory over Namibia in Toulouse on Saturday.
The Springbok Women will face Scotland and Italy – both ranked in the top-10 – in their opening matches of WXV 2 in the Western Cape in October.
Caelan Doris shone and Jack Conan suffered an injury scare as Ireland launched their World Cup warm-up fixtures by easing to a 33-17 win over Italy in Dublin.
Junior Springbok head coach Bafana Nhleko named five uncapped players in his starting team to face Italy in Paarl on Thursday.