The Springboks are expected to put quite a few points past Italy when the two sides meet at Newlands on the 21st of June.
Italy coach Nick Mallett will name a hugely inexperienced squad to tour South Africa with the eye on building depth in his squad and giving the fringe players some exposure against the top teams.
Some of Italy's top players missing are Gloucester captain Marco Bortolami, Italian captain Sergio Parisse of Stade Francais, Clermont centre Gonzalo Canale and the Stade Francais pair of the Bergamasco brothers Mauro and Mirco.
Mallett says if two or three players have good tes! ts against the Springboks and Argentina a week later, he'll consider the tour a success.
Italian squad:
Forwards: Matias Aguero (Saracens, England), Roberto Barbieri (Treviso), Lorenzo Cittadini (Calvisano), Salvatore Costanzo (Treviso), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster, Ireland), Santiago Dellape (Biarritz, France), Jaco Erasmus (Viadana), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Calvisano), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester, England), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens, England), Tommaso Reato (Rovigo), Josh Sole (Viadana), Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano).
Backs: Pablo Canavosio (Castres, France), Gonzalo Garcia (Calvisano), Andrea Marcato (Treviso), Andrea Masi (Biarritz, France), Luke McLean (Calvisano), Ludovico Maria Nitoglia (Calvisano), Enrico Patrizio (Padova), Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Parma), Simon Picone (Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano), Kaine Robertson (Viadana).
