South Africa 55-11 Italy

Steyn was in form on Saturday

Morne Steyn scored the first 20 points and finished with 26 overall as South Africa thrashed Italy 55-11 in the second Test in Buffalo City.

And winger Bryan Habana equalled South Africa's try-scoring record with the fifth of South Africa's seven tries to take his tally to 38 in 60 Tests.

The mark was set by scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen in 89 matches.

Winger Michele Sepe scored Italy's only try after chasing a David Gower grubber kick in the 65th minute of the match.

This was South Africa's final match before they start the defence of the Tri-Nations championship against New Zealand on 10 July in Auckland.

And they gave a much improved performance following a scrappy 29-13 first Test win in Witbank last weekend.

The hosts showed seven changes to their starting line-up from the previous Test, opted for a tighter approach and starved the Italians of possession.

Italy, who made a surprising nine changes, were under pressure almost from the start with the Springboks proving superior in the scrums and lineouts.

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Scorers

South Africa: Tries - Morne Steyn (2), Pierre Spies, Jannie du Plessis, Bryan Habana, Flip van der Merwe, BJ Botha. Conversions - Steyn (5), Ruan Pienaar (2). Penalties - Steyn (2)

Italy: Try - Michele Sepe. Penalties - Mirco Bergamasco (2)

Teams

South Africa

Gio Aplon; Jean de Villiers, Jaque Fourie, Juan de Jongh, Bryan Habana; Morne Steyn, Ricky Januarie; Pierre Spies, Francois Louw, Schalk Burger; Andries Bekker, Bakkies Botha; Jannie du Plessis, John Smit (capt), Gurthro Steenkamp

Replacements used: Chiliboy Ralepelle, BJ Botha, Flip van der Merwe, Dewald Potgieter, Ruan Pienaar, Butch James, Wynand Oliver

Italy

Luke McLean; Michele Sepe, Gonzalo Canale, Andrea Masi, Mirco Bergamasco; Craig Gower, Simon Picone; Sergio Parisse (capt), Paul Derbyshire, Manoa Vosawai; Marco Bortolami, Carlo Antonio Del Fava; Lorenzo Cittadini, Fabio Ongaro, Salvatore Perugini

Replacements used: Leonardo Ghiralindi, Franco Sbaraglini, Quintin Geldenhuys, Alessandro Zanni, Tito Tebaldi, Riccardo Bocchino

Replacement not used: Matteo Pratichetti

Referee: Andrew Small (ENG)

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