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Berbizier set to name first squad

5 May 2005, 11:01 am

New Italy coach Pierre Berbizier has drawn up a list of 56 players from which he will pick his squad for this summer's tour.

The former France international succeeded John Kirwan as Azzurri coach last week and will now look to trim his squad to 30.

Included in his initial list is Bath fly-half Ramiro Pez but the majority of the players are home based.

Italy play Argentina twice, on June 11 and 17, and take on Australia on June 25.

Italy squad to face Argentina and Australia (from):

Matias Aguero (Arix Viadana), Matteo Barbini (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Andrea Benatti (Arix Viadana), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Cristian Bezzi (Arix Viadana), Marco Bortolami (Narbonne), Gonzalo Canale (Benetton Treviso), Pablo Canavosio (Ghial Calvisano), Martin Castrogiovanni (Ghial Calvisano), Salvatore Costanzo (Benetton Treviso), David Dal Maso (Benetton Treviso), Denis Dallan (Benetton Treviso), Manuel Dallan (Benetton Treviso), Roland De Marigny (Overmach Parma), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Overmach Parma), Santiago Dellape (Agen), Andrea De Rossi (SKG Gran Rugby), Gianluca Faliva (Benetton Treviso), Luigi Ferraro (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Carlo Festuccia (SKG Gran Parma), Paul Griffen (Ghial Calvisano), Andrea Lo Cicero (Conad L'Aquila), Facundo Lopez (Arix Viadana), Roberto Mandelli (Ghial Calvisano), Antonio Mannato (SKG Gran Parma), Andrea Masi (Arix Viadana), Francesco Mazzariol (SKG Gran Parma), Martin Murgier (Ghial Calvisano), Carlos Nieto (Arix Viadana), Ludovico Maria Nitoglia (Ghial Calvisano), Michele Nitoglia (Net.Com Lazio & Primavera), Fabio Ongaro (Benetton Treviso), Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso), Luciano Orquera (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Samuele Pace (Arix Viadana), Sergio Parisse (Benetton Treviso), Antonio Pavanello (Rugby Rovigo), Enrico Pavanello (Benetton Treviso), Roberto Pedrazzi (Arix Viadana), Gert Jacobus Peens (Conad L'Aquila), Aaron Ronald Persico (Agen), Salvatore Perugini (Ghial Calvisano), Ramiro Pez (Bath), Simon Picone (Benetton Treviso), Gabriel Alejandro Pizarro (Rugby Rovigo), Walter Pozzebon (Benetton Treviso), Federico Pucciariello (Bourgoin), Michele Rizzo (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Kaine Paul Robertson (Arix Viadana), Mario Savi (Arix Viadana), Andrea Scanavacca (Rugby Rovigo), Josh Sole (Arix Viadana), Alessandro Stoica (Montpellier), Pietro Travagli (Arix Viadana), Alessandro Troncon (Benetton Treviso), Maurizio Zaffiri (Ghial Calvisano).