South Africa played a tough game and defeated Italy 32-14
At the November window meeting, the Springboks they prevailed against Italy 32-14 Allianz Stadium in Turin, despite having played 70 minutes with one man less. I relived the game on Disney+ Premium Plan.
From the beginning of the match, Italy came out with everything and began to suffocate the Springboks with constant attacks, who were also able to defend themselves in a great way in the fine meters.
Within 10 minutes, bad news occurred for South Africa: Franco Mostert, second line, went to tackle without the ball on the neck of Paolo Garbisi and, after the TMO review, the referee decided to give him the red card.
Rassie Erasmus He moved the board and, in just 10 minutes, made four modifications to change the course of the match with 14 players. Despite its numerical superiority, the team led by Gonzalo Quesada could not find a way to reach the rival goal.
So it is so, that Garbisi He missed two penalties in a row and the duel continued 0-0. In a first half in which everything happened, those led by Rassie Erasmus took the lead on the scoreboard, thanks to the drop of Handré Pollard.
At 36 minutes, the third time was the charm for Garbisiwho scored from a penalty and added the first three points for his team to equalize the match. But South Africa is South Africa: in the last play of the first half, the visitors became strong through their forwards and Marco van Staden reached the ingoal, to go to half-time with a result in favor of 10-3.
The snap started just as frenetic as the first one was. At 42 minutes, Garbisi scored again through a penalty, while South Africa received a warning from Marco van Staden and he had to play for 10 minutes with 13 players!
Through that prison, GarbisiHe, again, put his team within range, but Pollard He extended the lead with a penalty to make it 13-9. At 60, the Springboks reached the ingoal again, this time through Morne van den Berg.
The match continued in a round trip. So much so that, at 64, Ange Capuozzo He broke with his speed and scored the victory to score a goal and make the result 20-14 in favor of South Africa.
With eight minutes left before closing, Grant Williams, who had recently entered, cut himself and increased the advantage for the African team. In the last play of the game, Ethan Hooker He took advantage of a great assist from Libbok and declared the score 32-14 in favor of the Springboks.
The summary of the meeting, here.
