Italian Squad to Tour Australia and New Zealand

Schedule

June 13 v Australia in Canberra

June 20 v Australia in Melbourne

June 27 v New Zealand in Christchurch

Backs

Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais, France) age 25, 61 tests

Kristopher Burton (Prato) , New Cap

Gonzalo Canale (Clermont-Auvergne, France) 26, 47

Pablo Canavosio (Viadana) 26, 25

Gonzalo Garcia (Calvisano) 24, 8

Craig Gower (Bayonne, France) , New Cap

Luke McLean (Calvisano) 21, 8

Simon Picone (Treviso) 26, 17

Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano) 23, 17

Roberto Quartaroli (Overmach Parma) , 1

Kaine Robertson (Viadana) 28, 37

Giulio Rubini (Overmach Parma) 21, 3

Alberto Sgarbi (Treviso) 21, 2

Tito Tebaldi (Parma) , New Cap

Giulio Toniolatti (Roma) 24, 3

Forwards

Matias Aguero (Saracens, England) Age 28, 11 tests

Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais, France) 29, 71

Marco Bortolami (Gloucester, England) 28, 74

Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster, Ireland) 27, 36

Paul Derbyshire (Padova) , New Cap

Simone Favaro (Rovigo) , New Cap

Quintin Geldenhuys (Viadana) , New Cap

Leonardo Ghiraldini (Calvisano) 23, 19

Jean-Francois Montauriol (Venise) 24, 1

Sergio Parisse, Capt. (Stade Francais, France) 25, 62

Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse, France) 30, 60

Tommaso Reato (Rovigo) 23, 8

Ignacio Rouyet (Viadana) 30, 2

Franco Sbaraglini (Treviso) 26, 1

Fabio Staibano (Castres, France)

Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano) 24, 31

Head Coach: Nick Mallett

Not Selected: Andrea Masi and hooker Carlo Festuccia, both from the Abbruzzo region hit by an earthquake and have asked to be with their families. Simon Picone (unavailable for personal reasons)

Injured: Martin Castrogiovanni, Andrea Marcato.

Injured after Selection: Gilberto Pavan, Josh Sole