The 24-0 half-time lead was despite a red card to Bok No 8 Jasper Wiese 10 minutes in and while playing with one player short might kick in later in the second half, the Boks looked at ease playing with 14 against 15.
An early try by Grant Willliams was followed by a double from Edwill van der Merwe, before Canan Moodie finished brilliantly just before the break to hand the Boks all the momentum they need going into the break.
The Boks added three more tries after the break as they never dropped the intensity against an Italian team that didn’t have answers for the Bok attack.
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Scorers:
Springboks 45 (24) – Tries: Grant Williams, Edwill van der Merwe (2), Canan Moodie, Malcolm Marx, Makazole Mapimpi, Jan-Hendrik Wessels. Conversions: Manie Libbok (5).
Italy 0