
Match on Saturday 7th at 12.40 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, valid for the fourth day of the Nations Championship
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Italy will face South Africa on Saturday 7th at 12.40 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, in the match valid for the fourth day of the Nations Championship which inaugurates the Northern Emisphere Series. It will be the twentieth meeting between the two teams, the second consecutive in Turin and the tenth in Italy. The match will be broadcast live on Sky Sport Uno, free-to-air on Tv8 and streaming on Now.
Gonzalo Quesada, Italy rugby coach, has made official the line-up that will face South Africa on Saturday 7th at 12.40pm, at the Allianz Stadium in Turin in the match valid for the fourth day of the Nations Championship which will inaugurate the Northern Emisphere Series. The match will be broadcast live on Sky Sport Uno, free-to-air on Tv8 and streaming on Now.
The extended triangle of Italy's first line-up for the '26-'27 season will be made up of Belloni, Capuozzo and Ioane, the same trio who took the field against Chile in November 2025.
Pair of centers formed by Marin and Odogwu, while the keys to the midfield will be entrusted to Paolo Garbisi and Alessandro Fusco. Samuele Locatelli will make his debut in the third line wearing the number seven shirt, completing the department with Lorenzo Cannone and Ortombina. On the second line there will be the experience of Ruzza and Niccolò Cannone, while on the front line Giacomo Nicotera will collect his second cap as captain, leading the national team for the first time at home, after his debut in the role in the 2025 tour in Namibia, with Niccolò Cannone and Paolo Garbisi chosen as vice-captains.
Completing the unit together with the Stade Francais hooker will be Ferrari - together with Allan the only two veterans of the victory against South Africa in Florence in 2016 - and Hasa.
It will be the twentieth meeting between the two teams, the second consecutive in Turin and the tenth in Italy. The direction of the match will be entrusted to the Irishman Eoghan Cross.

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