Italy v South Africa live: Latest score and updates as Springboks take on Azzurri

Not Paolo Garbisi’s best – that’s two misses from the tee from him now.

Here comes more South African beef – Andre Esterhuizen is replacing Edwill van der Merwe, presumably to step in at centre and on the flank when required. Ethan Hooker will go out to the wing.

Paolo Garbisi, meanwhile, is lining up a penalty.

Plenty of drama, then, but still we remain pointless in Turin. The Springboks, to recap, have lost a lock, replaced a flanker to get one on, and now changed both props. They’ve done very well to hold Italy out, mind.

Manuel Zuliani! Cor, he’s good, over the ball, winning another one at the breakdown.

Well well well – Rassie Erasmus has hooked both his props! Boan Venter follows Zachary Porthen off with Gerhard Steenekamp sent for.

Ethan Hooker is packing down on the side of the scrum for South Africa. Again Italy get a slight edge at the set piece but once more they are perhaps guilty of kicking too soon, Juan Ignacio Brex skewing into touch. He’s a classy footballer; that wasn’t his best.

A crunching tackle from Canan Moodie on Niccolo Cannone forces a knock on from the Italian.

Hang on, another Springboks change – young Zachary Porthen is heading off, with Wilco Louw on.

Italy have been very, very close to cracking the Springboks in this first 20 minutes but still they remain without a point. Damian Willemse has been outstanding covering – he races across to collect Ange Capuozzo’s chip before the full-back can regather.

Nifty stuff at the lineout breaks the Springboks line, before Paolo Garbisi goes for a crosskick…ah, you’d say that was the wrong call, Monty Ioane well marked by Damian Willemse – and the full-back claims impressively to save South Africa. There was no advantage, either – an odd decision from Garbisi.

And Italy monster the Springboks at the first scrum after that change. Into the 22 they go…

Remarkable. The world champions are down to 14 men again, and as it’s a full red card, they won’t be able to replace Franco Mostert after 20 minutes.

I’m staggered, in truth, that the officials reached that decision. Rassie Erasmus makes a change – poor Ben-Jason Dixon is sacrificed to get Ruan Nortje on in the second row.