The third Test at Lord's starts on Thursday.

Carlos Alcaraz's charge towards a third consecutive Wimbledon crown faces a tricky test against volatile Russian Andrey Rublev on Sunday.

Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus praised brave and tough Italy, who denied 42-24 winners South Africa the momentum they wanted in the second half of the first Test.

Beatrice Chebet shattered the women's 5,000m world record with a groundbreaking time of 13min 58.06sec as fellow Kenyan Faith Kipyegon lowered her own 1,500m global record.

The second Test is scheduled for Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha next Saturday.