Italy head coach Nick Mallett has named his 30-man squad ahead of the RBS 6 Nations opener in Dublin at Croke Park on February 6th.
Italy will assemble in Rome on Sunday, January 31st, and will travel to Dublin on Thursday, February 4th.
Italy’s squad will be reduced to 24 on Tuesday 2nd and six players will be added to the Italy “A” team that will face England Saxons in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, on Sunday 7th.
Matias AGUERO (Saracens, 13 caps)
Mauro BERGAMASCO (Stade Francais, 79 caps)
Mirco BERGAMASCO (Stade Francais, 66 caps)
Riccardo BOCCHINO (Femi-CZ Rovigo, esordiente)*
Marco BORTOLAMI (Gloucester RFC, 77 caps)
Gonzalo CANALE (Clermont-Auvergne, 51 caps)
Martin CASTROGIOVANNI (Leicester Tigers, 62 caps)
Lorenzo CITTADINI (Benetton Treviso, 1 cap)
Carlo Antonio DEL FAVA (MPS Viadana, 41 caps)
Paul DERBYSHIRE (Petrarca Padova, 1 cap)
Simone FAVARO (Banca Monte Parma, 5 caps)*
Gonzalo GARCIA (Benetton Treviso, 13 caps)
Quintin GELDENHUYS (MPS Viadana, 6 caps)
Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Benetton Treviso, 24 caps)
Craig GOWER (Bayonne, 6 caps)
Andrea MARCATO (Benetton Treviso, 16 caps)
Andrea MASI (Racing Metro Paris, 46 caps)
Luke McLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 14 caps)
Fabio ONGARO (Saracens, 64 caps)
Antonio PAVANELLO (Benetton Treviso, 5 caps)
Salvatore PERUGINI (Bayonne, 66 caps)
Simon PICONE (Benetton Treviso, 20 caps)
Matteo PRATICHETTI (MPS Viadana, 20 caps)
Kaine Paul ROBERTSON (MPS Viadana, 41 caps)
Michele SEPE (MPS Viadana, 2 caps)
Alberto SGARBI (Benetton Treviso, 5 caps)
Josh SOLE (MPS Viadana, 41 caps)
Tito TEBALDI (Plusvalore Gran Parma, 6 caps)
Manoa VOSAWAI (Banca Monte Parma, 5 caps)
Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Treviso, 37 caps)