The Springboks will face Italy in their first official Test of the season on Saturday at Loftus Versfeld, heading into the game buoyed by a 54-7 drubbing of the Barbarians at Cape Town's DHL Stadium last weekend.
The remarkable rise of flanker Vincent Tshituka from a child refugee to the Springboks Test team will be completed on Saturday when he faces Italy in Pretoria.But the clash with Italy is an official Test and no Springbok will be prouder…
SABC will televise the second Incoming Series Test match between the Springboks and Italy at at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha next weekend.