Northampton Saints prop Danilo Fischetti has been selected to start at loosehead for Italy in their clash against Argentina this Saturday (14 November, kick-off: 11.40 GMT).
The Azzurri face Argentina in the Nations Championship at the Stadio Marassi in Genoa for the 25th time in the two sides’ history, with Fischetti in line for a 68th cap for his country.
Italy currently sit bottom of the Northern Hemisphere group after last weekend’s loss to South Africa, and go in search of their first win of the tournament as they face fourth-place Argentina in Round 5.
Italy team to face Argentina
15 Tommaso Allan (Zebre Parma, 92 Caps)
14 Ange Capuozzo (Stade Toulousain, 33 Caps)
13 Paolo Odogwu (Benetton Rugby, 11 Caps)
12 Leonardo Marin (Benetton Rugby, 26 Caps)
11 Monty Ioane (Lyon, 50 Caps)
10 Paolo Garbisi (Perpignan, 58 Caps)
9 Stephen Varney (Exeter Chiefs 40 Caps)
1 Danilo Fischetti (Northampton Saints 67 Caps)
2 Giacomo Nicotera (Stade Français, 42 Caps) – Captain
3 Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby, 74 Caps)
4 Niccolò Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 66 Caps)
5 Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby, 75 Caps)
6 Ross Vintcent (Exeter Chiefs, 23 Caps)
7 Manuel Zuliani (Benetton Rugby, 44 Caps)
8 Lorenzo Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 41 Caps)
Replacements:
16 Gianmarco Lucchesi (Toulon, 36 Caps)
17 Muhamed Hasa (Zebre Parma, 12 Caps)
18 Marco Riccioni (Perpignan, 39 Caps)
19 Enoch Opoku Gyamfi (Bath, 2 Caps)
20 Alessandro Ortombina (Zebre Parma, 3 Caps)
21 Samuele Locatelli (Zebre Parma, 1 Cap)
22 Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton Rugby 25 Caps)
23 Federico Mori (Bayonne, 17 Caps)