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Italian Head Coach Jacques Brunel has named his team to face Scotland this Saturday in Torino. The fixture is to be the first between the teams since the Six Nations when Italy won away from home at Murrayfield.
Argentine Sergio Parisse will not play this Saturday which has seen Zebre second-rower Quintin Geldenhuys named as captain for the fixture and Fjiian Samuela Vunisa named at the back of the scrum.
Despite the non-avilability of Parisse Brunel’s side will have Argentine involvement with Gonzalo Garcia named at inside center and Matias Aguero to play loosehead prop. Martin Castrogiovanni is to feature from the bench covering tighthead prop.
Canadian Robert Barbieri will play not part in the match for the Azzurri.
Italy
15 Andrea Masi, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Giovambattista Venditti, 10 Tommas Allan, 9 Guglielmo Palazzani, 8 Samuela Vunisa, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Valerio Bernabó, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (Captain), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Davide Giazzon, 1 Matias Aguero
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Martín Castrogiovanni, 19 Mauro Bortolami, 20 Mauro Bergamasco, 21 Marcello Violi, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Luke McLean
