Italy 14-32 South Africa: The Springboks overcame Franco Mostert’s red card to win in Turin

South Africa overcame a first-half red card to win for the second successive match, as the world champions followed up last weekend’s win over France with a 32-14 win over Italy in Turin.

Seven days after Loyd de Jager was sacked in Paris, teammate Franco Mostert was sent off in the 12th minute against the Italians.

Mostert was deemed to have made contact with the head of opposing fly-half Paolo Garbisi and did not attempt to wrap his arms in the tackle.

South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus, who had opted for a rotating starting line-up, brought on four of his substitutes for the first 26 minutes and the Springboks took a 10-3 lead at half-time thanks to Marco van Staden’s converted try.

Two Garbesi penalties cut Italy’s deficit to one point but they were unable to capitalize on a short period with a two-man advantage, after Van Staden was yellow carded for a foul.

Scrum-half Morne van den Berg crossed for South Africa’s second score as Italy’s Lorenzo Canone was in the foul basket, and although Ange Capuzzo collected an inside pass to race over goal in response for the hosts, Grant Williams and Ethan Hooker scored late on to secure victory for the Springboks.