Italy's new coach Pierre Berbizier has selected 30 players for his team's summer tour of Argentina and Australia.
Berbiziers first assignment since taking over from John Kirwan will see the Azzurri play two Tests against Argentina, both at Corboda, on June 11 and 17 and then travel to Australia to face the Wallabies on June 25.
Italy squad to play Argentina and Australia:
Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Cristian Bezzi (Arix Viadana), Marco Bortolami (Narbonne), Gonzalo Canale (Benetton Treviso), Martin Castrogiovanni (Ghial Calvisano), David Dal Maso (Benetton Treviso), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Overmach Parma), Santiago Dellape (Agen), Carlo Festuccia (SKG Gran Parma), Paul Griffen (Ghial Calvisano), Andrea Lo cicero (Conad L'Aquila), Antonio Mannato (SKG Gran Parma), Andrea Marcato (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Andrea Masi (Arix Viadana), Andrea Moretti (Ghial Calvisano), Carlos Nieto (Arix Viadana), Ludovico Maria Nitoglia (Ghial Calvisano), Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso), Luciano Orquera (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Sergio Parisse(Benetton Treviso), Roberto Pedrazzi (Arix Viadana), Gert Peens(Conad L'Aquila), Aaron Ronald Persico (Agen), Salvatore Perugini (Ghial Calvisano), Simon Picone (Benetton Treviso), Gabriel Alejandro Pizzarro (Rugby Rovigo), Kaine Paul Robertson (Arix Viadana), Andrea Scannavacca (Rugby Rovigo), Josh Sole (Arix Viadana), Pietro Travagli (Arix Viadana).
