Conor O’Shea has made two changes for Italy as Edoardo Padovani comes into the backline and Nicola Quaglio into the front row for their Guinness Six Nations clash with Wales on Saturday.
Padovani, who scored a try off the bench in the second half against Scotland, comes onto the right wing while Michele Campagnaro shifts back inside to his preferred position in the centres.
That means that Tommaso Castello drops out of the matchday 23 while up front Andrea Lovotti has the flu and is replaced at loosehead prop by Quaglio.
Quaglio joins Simone Ferrari and Leonardo Ghiraldini in the front row while Dean Budd and David Sisi remain in the second row.
Sergio Parisse captains again from No.8 with Abraham Steyn and Sebastian Negri either side.
Guglielmo Palazzani – also a try-scorer last weekend in Edinburgh – remains at No.9 with Tito Tebaldi’s back still posing a problem.
Tommaso Allan remains at No.10 with Campagnaro and Luca Morisi in midfield and Padovani joining Jayden Hayward and Angelo Esposito in the back three.
Elsewhere, Edoardo Gori comes onto the bench as scrum-half cover while Marco Barbini is another new replacement for the front row.
15 Jayden Hayward (Benetton Rugby, 13 caps) 14 Edoardo Padovani (Zebre Rugby Club, 16 caps)* 13 Michele Campagnaro (Wasps, 39 caps)* 12 Luca Morisi (Benetton Rugby, 21 caps)* 11 Angelo Esposito (Benetton Rugby, 16caps) 10 Tommaso Allan (Benetton Rugby, 44 caps) 9 Guglielmo Palazzani (Zebre Rugby Club, 29 caps)
1 Nicola Quaglio (Benetton Rugby, 8 caps)* 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Stade Toulousian, 100 caps) 3 Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby, 18caps) 4 David Sisi (Zebre Rugby Club, 1 cap) 5 Dean Budd (Benetton Rugby, 17 caps) 6 Sebastian Negri (Benetton Rugby, 13 caps) 7 Abraham Jurgens Steyn (Benetton Rugby, 26caps) 8 Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais, 135caps) – capitano
Replacements:
16 Luca Bigi (Benetton Rugby, 16 caps) 17 Cherif Traore (Benetton Rugby, 6caps)* 18 Tiziano Pasquali (Benetton Rugby, 14caps) 19 Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby, 8 caps)* 20 Marco Barbini (Benetton Rugby, 2 caps) 21 Edoardo Gori (Benetton Rugby, 68 caps)* 22 Ian McKinley (Benetton Rugby, 5 caps) 23 Tommaso Benvenuti (Benetton Rugby, 56caps)*
