Italy head coach John Kirwan has called up 30 players for a training camp in preparation for the RBS 6 Nations.
The squad will be training from January 16-18 at Viadana, minus injured prop Salvatore Perugini and centres Simone Picone and Gonzalo Canale.
Kirwan has turned to Viadana captain Mario Savi, utility back Gert Peens from LAquila Rugby and Benetton Trevisos former national captain Alessandro Troncon as cover.
Squad: Matteo Barbini (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Cristian Bezzi (Arix Viadana), Marco Bortolami (Narbonne), Martin Castrogiovanni (Ghial Calvisano), Salvatore Costanzo (Benetton Treviso), David Dal Maso (Benetton Treviso), Roland De Marigny (Overmach Parma), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Overmach Parma), Santiago Dellape' (Agen), Paul Griffen (Ghial Calvisano), Giorgio Intoppa (Ghial Calvisano), Andrea Lo Cicero (Conad L'Aquila), Andrea Masi (Arix Viadana), Ludovico Nitoglia (Ghial Calvisano), Fabio Ongaro (Benetton Treviso), Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso), Luciano Orquera (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Sergio Parisse (Benetton Treviso), Enrico Pavanello (Benetton Treviso), Gert Peens (Conad L'Aquila), Aaron Persico (Agen), Walter Pozzebon (Benetton Treviso), Kaine Paul Robertson (Arix Viadana), Mario Savi (Arix Viadana), Andrea Scanavacca (Rugby Rovigo), Cristian Stoica (Montpellier), Pietro Travagli (Arix Viadana), Alessandro Troncon (Benetton Treviso).
