Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has named his team to face France in Friday evening's Six Nations match at the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille.
O'Shea has made three changes from the side beaten by Ireland, with prop Andrea Lovotti and hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini both gaining starts, while Maxime Mbanda features in the back-row, packing down alongside Sebastian Negri and skipper Sergio Parisse, who wins his 132nd cap.
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Italy team to play France
FORWARDS: 1 Andrea Lovotti (Zebre Rugby Club), 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Stade Toulousain) 3 Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby), 4 Alessandro Zanni (Benetton Rugby), 5 Dean Budd (Benetton Rugby), 6 Sebastian Negri Da Oleggio (Benetton Rugby), 7 Maxime Mata Mbanda' (Zebre Rugby Club), 8 Sergio Parisse (CAPTAIN, Stade Francais)
BACKS: 9 Marcello Violi (Zebre Rugby Club), 10 Tommaso Allan (Benetton Rugby), 11 Mattia Bellini (Zebre Rugby Club), 12 Tommaso Castello (Zebre Rugby Club), 13 Tommaso Boni (Zebre Rugby Club), 14 Tommaso Benvenuti (Benetton Rugby), 15 Matteo Minozzi (Zebre Rugby Club)
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Luca Bigi (Benetton Rugby), 17 Nicola Quaglio (Benetton Rugby), 18 Tiziano Pasquali (Benetton Rugby), 19 George Fabio Biagi (Zebre Rugby Club), 20 Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby), 21 Edoardo Gori (Benetton Rugby), 22 Carlo Canna (Zebre Rugby Club), 23 Jayden Hayward (Benetton Rugby)