Forced choices for the coach Franco Smith, forced not to select many players involved with the Italian national squad for the match on Saturday against Scotland at Murrayfield, in the second day of the Six Nations tournament.
The green and white head coach can, however, count on returns from Robert Barbieri and Valerio Bernabò.
In the starting lineup, second row Corniel Van Zyl, who will captain the team and well worth mentioning are the confirmation of Giovanni Maistri as hooker and the debut in the RaboDirect PRO12 for Doppies La Grange as outside centre.
For the former captain of the Lions is the official onset with Benetton Treviso after the injury suffered in the friendly against London Wasps during summer.
On the bench, the only permit player will be Filippo Giusti, flanker from Petrarca Padova, while also Pedro Di Santo is set to be back, after he suffered an injury with Glasgow Warriors, last October 27.
Starting line-up:
15 Brendan Williams
14 Christian Loamanu
13 Gideon La Grange
12 Luca Morisi
11 Ludovico Nitoglia
10 Alberto Di Bernardo
9 Fabio Semenzato
8 Robert Barbieri
7 Valerio Bernabò
6 Dean Budd
5 Corniel Van Zyl (captain)
4 Marco Fuser
3 Jacobus Roux
2 Giovanni Maistri
1 Ignacio Fernandez-Rouyet
Replacements:
16 Franco Sbaraglini
17 Matteo Muccignat
18 Pedro Di Santo
19 Enrico Ceccato
20 Filippo Giusti
21 Giulio Toniolatti
22 James Ambrosini
23 Andrea Pratichetti
Head Coach: Franco Smith.
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