Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has named his team to face Ireland in Saturday's Six Nations clash at the Aviva Stadium.
— Italrugby (@Federugby) February 8, 2018
Italy team to play Ireland
FORWARDS: 1 Nicola Quaglio (Benetton Rugby), 2 Luca Bigi (Benetton Rugby), 3 Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby), 4 Alessandro Zanni (Benetton Rugby), 5 Dean Budd (Benetton Rugby), 6 Sebastian Negri Da Oleggio (Benetton Rugby), 7 Abraham Steyn (Benetton Rugby), 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 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Stade Toulousain), 17 Andrea Lovotti (Zebre Rugby Club), 18 Tiziano Pasquali (Benetton Rugby), 19 Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby), 20 Maxime Mata Mbanda’ (Zebre Rugby Club), 21 Edoardo Gori (Benetton Rugby), 22 Carlo Canna (Zebre Rugby Club), 23 Jayden Hayward (Benetton Rugby)