Conor O’Shea has made one change to his Italy starting XV and three more on the bench as they prepare to visit Wales on Sunday in the NatWest 6 Nations.
The Azzurri are still chasing their first win of this year’s Championship and their sole alteration from the side that lost in Marseille last time out sees Giulio Bisegni come in for the injured Tommaso Boni at outside centre.
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Bisegni has won seven caps for his county, all of them coming on the wing, and his last appearance was against England in last year’s Championship.
The in-form Zebre star’s inclusion sees him join Tommaso Castello in midfield while the back three of Matteo Minozzi, Mattia Bellini and Tommaso Benvenuti remains unchanged.
Tommaso Allan and Marcello Violi are the half-back pairing still while up front Sergio Parisse captains the side from No.8 in between flankers Seb Negri and Maxime Mbanda.
The second row consists of Alessandro Zanni and Dean Budd while Leonardo Ghiraldini is at hooker with Andrea Lovotti and Simone Ferrari the props.
On the bench there is a return for Giovanni Licata with George Biagi injured while Guglielmo Palazzani is the scrum-half cover with Edoardo Gori injured. The final change sees Oliviero Fabiani come in as the replacement hooker.
Italy team to face Wales: 15. Matteo Minozzi – Zebre 14. Tommaso Benvenuti – Benetton 13. Giulio Bisegni – Zebre 12. Tommaso Castello – Zebre 11. Mattia Bellini – Zebre 10. Tommaso Allan – Benetton 9. Marcello Violi – Zebre
1. Andrea Lovotti – Zebre 2. Leonardo Ghiraldini – Toulouse 3. Simone Ferrari – Benetton 4. Alessandro Zanni – Benetton 5. Dean Budd – Benetton 6. Sebastian Negri – Benetton 7. Maxime Mbanda – Zebre 8. Sergio Parisse – Stade Francais
Replacements: 16. Oliviero Fabiani – Zebre 17. Nicola Quaglio – Benetton 18. Tiziani Pasquali – Benetton 19. Federico Ruzza – Benetton 20. Giovanni Licata – Fiamme Oro 21. Guglielmo Palazzani – Zebre 22. Carlo Canna – Zebre 23. Jayden Hayward – Benetton
