South Africa continue their third pool journey at Rugby World Cup 2019 will be against Italy at the Shizuoka Stadium. The matchups against South Africa vs Italy scheduled to be held on Friday 4th October at 11:45 (SAST), 09:45 GMT and 18:45 Local Time. Springbok won their 2nd round match against Nami and ware defeated 23–13 by New Zealand in their opening game of the tournament. On the other hand Italy won 1st, 2nd match against Namibia and Canada. Check out Springbok vs Italy – 2019 Rugby World Cup: What, when, how to follow, squads and prediction.

When is it?

The clash between South Africa vs Italy square off on Friday 04 October 2019.

What time is kick-off?

The matchups gets under way at 11:45 (SAST), 09:45 GMT and 18:45 Local Time. South Africa and Italy have only played each other on 14 previous occasions; of which Italy won only a single match. South Africa have won 13 of the meetings. Points earned Springbok 652, Italy 171.

Where is it?

Springbok vs Italy’s third round match of Rugby World Cup 2019 takes place in the Ecopa Stadium, Fukuroi, Japan. Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA, is mainly a football stadium. The stadium also hosts Rugby World Cup 2019 matches. Japan, although the stadium itself is merely the centrepiece of the larger Ogasayama Sports Park which extends into neighbouring Kakegawa. The stadium’s capacity is 50,889.

What TV channel is it on?

All 48 games will be shown live on different streaming services. It depends on your location. SUPERSPORT is the main broadcaster for the South African this year. In the UK ITV will be showing live coverage of the match from 10.25 am with the match available to stream live in the UK on the ITV Player. Supported devices including laptops, smartphones and tablets. Alternatively, RWCFixtures.Com has rounded up everything you need to know about how to follow the Springbok vs Italy game on TV.

Italy squads

Forwards: Simone Ferrari, Andrea Lovotti, Tiziano Pasquali, Nicola Quaglio, Marco Riccioni, Federico Zani, Luca Bigi, Oliviero Fabiani, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Dean Budd, Federico Ruzza, David Sisi, Alessandro Zanni, Maxime Mbanda, Sebastian Negri, Sergio Parisse (captain) Jake Polledri, Abraham Steyn

Backs: Callum Braley, Guglielmo Palazzani, Tito Tebaldi, Tommaso Allan, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Benvenuti, Michele Campagnaro, Luca Morisi, Mattia Bellini, Giulio Bisegni, Jayden Hayward, Matteo Minozzi, Edoardo Padovani

Springboks squads

Forwards: Schalk Brits, Lood de Jager, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Koch, Siya Kolisi (captain), Francois Louw, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Bongi Mbonambi, Franco Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira, Trevor Nyakane, Kwagga Smith, RG Snyman, Duane Vermeulen

Backs: Lukhanyo Am, Damian de Allende, Faf de Klerk, Warrick Gelant, Elton Jantjies, Herschel Jantjies, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Willie le Roux, Makazole Mapimpi, Sbu Nkosi, Handré Pollard, Cobus Reinach, Frans Steyn

The biggest week of the Springboks’ four-year cycle since the last Rugby World Cup is here, and it is a “desperate situation” according to assistant coach Matthew Proudfoot. In their third match of the tournament, most of the players who took to the field against the All Blacks have returned, with only five retained from the Namibia clash.

The Bok coach has also picked a forward-heavy bench, with only two backline replacements in scrumhalf, Herschel Jantjies and utility back Francois Steyn.

South Africa v Italy prediction

The Boks were at their lowest a few years ago when going down to Italy. However, despite an initial loss to the All Blacks, they are in a much better place now and remain among the favorites to lift the trophy.

They dismantled Namibia with ease to record their first win of the tournament and will move level on 10 points with Italy should they pull off a bonus-point victory.

Italy will be confident after their back-to-back triumphs and have a ‘puncher’s chance’ of victory, but it seems more likely that order will be restored to the group.