The Racing Metro player will be replaced in the Azzurri starting line-up by Gonzalo Canale, while Matteo Pratichetti will be on the bench.

Italy team is updated as follows:

ITALY
15 Luke MCLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 18 caps)
14 Kaine ROBERTSON (MPS Viadana, 45 caps)
13 Gonzalo CANALE (Clermont Auvergne, 55 caps)
12 Gonzalo GARCIA (Benetton Treviso, 17 caps)
11 Mirco BERGAMASCO (Stade Francais, 70 caps)
10 Craig GOWER (Bayonne, 10 caps)
9 Pablo CANAVOSIO (MPS Viadana, 29 caps)
8 Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Treviso, 41 caps)
7 Mauro BERGAMASCO (Stade Francais, 83 caps)
6 Josh SOLE (MPS Viadana, 45 caps)
5 Marco BORTOLAMI (Gloucester RFC, 81 caps)
4 Quintin GELDENHUYS (MPS Viadana, 10 caps)
3 Martin CASTROGIOVANNI (Leicester Tigers, 66 caps)
2 Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Benetton Treviso, 28 caps) - captain
1 Salvatore PERUGINI (Bayonne, 70 caps)

Replacements

16 Fabio ONGARO (Saracens, 68 caps)
17 Matias AGUERO (Saracens, 16 caps)
18 Valerio BERNABO' (Futura Park Rugby Roma, 13 caps)
19 Manoa VOSAWAI (Banca Monte Parma, 5 caps)
20 Tito TEBALDI (Plusvalore Gran Parma, 10 caps)
21 Riccardo BOCCHINO (Femi-CZ Rovigo, 2 caps)*
22 Matteo PRATICHETTI (MPS Viadana, 20 caps)

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