Danilo Fischetti will go up against five of his Northampton Saints teammates after he was named in the Italy team to take on England this weekend.
The loosehead prop earns senior international cap number 62 from the start at Stadio Olimpico in Rome in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations Round 4 contest on Saturday (7 March kick-off 4:40pm GMT).
Fischetti adds to the Saints involvement in the fixture after Fin Smith, Tommy Freeman and Alex Coles were picked to start for England, with Trevor Davison and Henry Pollock named amongst the replacements.
Italy squad to face England
Saturday 7 March, kick-off: 4.40pm GMT
Guinness Men’s Six Nations, Round 4
Stadio Olimpico in Rome
15 Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma, 11 caps)
14 Louis Lynagh (Benetton Rugby, 12 caps)
13 Juan Ignacio Brex (Toulon, 50 caps)
12 Tommaso Menoncello (Benetton Rugby, 37 caps)
11 Monty Ioane (Lione, 45 caps)
10 Paolo Garbisi (Toulon, 52 caps)
9 Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton Rugby, 22 caps)
1 Danilo Fischetti (Northampton Saints 61 caps)
2 Giacomo Nicotera (Stade Français, 39 caps)
3 Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby, 72 caps)
4 Niccolò Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 61 caps)
5 Andrea Zambonin (Exeter Chiefs, 17 caps)
6 Michele Lamaro (Benetton Rugby, 52 caps) – captain
7 Manuel Zuliani (Benetton Rugby, 41 caps)
8 Lorenzo Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 36 caps)
Replacements:
16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo (Zebre Parma, 8 caps)
17 Mirco Spagnolo (Benetton Rugby, 22 caps)
18 Muhamed Hasa (Zebre Parma 6 caps)
19 Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby, 70 caps)
20 Riccardo Favretto (Benetton Rugby, 11 caps)
21 Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma, 23 caps)
22 Leonardo Marin (Benetton Rugby, 20 caps)
23 Tommaso Allan (Perpignan, 87 caps)