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ITALY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

1 February 2012, 3:43 pm

By Hashim Piperdy

ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA RUGBY
Italy head coach Jacques Brunel named today the team that will face France on saturday in Stade de France in RBS 6 Nations' 2012 opener.

15 Andrea MASI (Aironi Rugby, 64 caps)
14 Giovanbattista VENDITTI (Aironi Rugby, uncapped)*
13 Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Treviso, 12 caps)*
12 Alberto SGARBI (Benetton Treviso, 12 caps)
11 Luke MCLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 33 caps)
10 Kristopher BURTON (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps)
9 Edoardo GORI (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps)*
8 Sergio PARISSE (Stade Francais, 83 caps) - capitano
7 Robert BARBIERI (Benetton Treviso, 16 caps)
6 Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Treviso, 58 caps)
5 Quintin GELDENHUYS (Aironi Rugby, 25 caps)
4 Cornelius VAN ZYL (Benetton Treviso, 6 caps)
3 Martin CASTROGIOVANNI (Leicester Tigers, 82 caps)
2 Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Benetton Treviso, 41 caps)
1 Andrea LO CICERO (Racing-Metro Paris, 91 caps)

replacements
16 Tommaso D’APICE (Aironi Rugby, 3 caps)*
17 Lorenzo CITTADINI (Benetton Treviso, 8 caps)
18 Marco BORTOLAMI (Aironi Rugby, 88 caps)
19 Simone FAVARO (Aironi Rugby, 6 caps)*
20 Fabio SEMENZATO (Benetton Treviso, 8 caps)
21 Tobias BOTES (Benetton Treviso, uncapped)
22 Gonzalo CANALE (Clermont-Auvergne, 72 caps)

23° and 24° man (travelling to Paris): Luca MORISI (Banca Monte Parma Crociati, esordiente)*, Michele RIZZO (Benetton Treviso, 2 caps)
*FIR Academy member