ITALY TO SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA 2008

Schedule

June 21 v South Africa in Capetown

June 28 v Argentina in Cordoba

Squad

Backs

Pablo Canavosio (Castres, France) age 25, 18 tests

Gonzalo Garcia (Calvisano) 23, 0

Andrea Marcato (Treviso) 24, 6

Andrea Masi (Biarritz, France) 26, 40

Luke McLean (Calvisano) 20, 0

Ludovico Nitoglia (Calvisano) 24, 17 (Last played for Italy early 2006)

Enrico Patrizio (Padova) 23, 3

Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Parma) 21, 0

Simon Picone (Treviso) 25, 15

Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano) 22, 8

Kaine Robertson (Viadana) 27, 30

Forwards

Matias Aguero (Saracens, England) 27, 8

Roberto Barbieri (Treviso) 23, 7

Lorenzo Cittadini (Calvisano) 24, 1

Salvatore Costanzo (Treviso) ? , 0

Carlo Del Fava (Ulster, Ireland) 26, 28

Santiago Dellape (Biarritz, France) 29, 50

Jaco Erasmus (Viadana) 28, 2

Leonardo Ghiraldini, Capt. (Calvisano) 22, 11

Carlos Nieto (Gloucester, England) 31, 24

Fabio Ongaro (Saracens, England) 30, 53

Tommaso Reato (Rovigo) 22, 1

Josh Sole (Viadana) 27, 28

Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano) 23, 22

Head Coach

Nik Mallett

Injured

Martin Castrogiovanni, Andrea Lo Cicero, Salvatore Perugini

Not Selected

Sergio Parisse, Marco Bortolami, Mauro Bergamasco, Miro Bergamasco, David Bortolussi, Ezio Galon, Gonzalo Canale, Alberto Scargi, Paulo Buso, Pietro Travagli, Carlo Festuccia