The team will get together in Rome for two training camps at the end of this month with Brunel set to reduce the squad from 31 to 23 ahead of the clash with Tonga on November 10.

A week later they will take on the All Blacks in Rome before heading to Florence for the final match against Australia.

Stade Francais No.8 Sergio Parisse will captain the side with the hugely experienced quartet of Mauro Bergamasco, Martin Castrogiovanni, Andrea Lo Cicero and Alessandro Zanni also picked up front.

In the backs the experience of Mirco Bergamasco, Gonzalo Canale and Andrea Masi will be expected to complement rising stars Tommaso Benvenuti and Luca Morisi.

Squad for the autumn internationals

Forwards: Robert Barbieri, Mauro Bergamasco, Martin Castrogiovanni, Lorenzo Cittadini, Alberto De Marchi, Paul Derbyshire, Simone Favaro, Joshua Furno, Quintin Geldenhuys, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Davide Giazzon, Andrea Lo Cicero, Francesco Minto, Sergio Parisse, Antonio Pavanello, Michele Rizzo, Manoa Vosawai, Alessandro Zanni

Backs: Tommaso Benvenuti, Mirco Bergamasco, Tobias Botes, Kristopher Burton, Gonzalo Canale, Edoardo Gori, Tommaso Iannone, Andrea Masi, Luke McLean, Luca Morisi, Luciano Orquera, Alberto Sgarbi, Giovanbattista Venditti