Northampton Saints prop Danillo Fischetti has been picked to start for Italy against Ireland this weekend in Round 2 of the Six Nations.
Fischetti, who was a key part of Italy’s victory last weekend over Scotland, will earn his 60th cap when he runs out at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in Round 2 of the Men’s Guinness Six Nations.
Italy team vs Scotland
Guinness Men’s Six Nations
Saturday 14 February, 2026
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 2.10pm UK time
15 Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma, 9 caps)
14 Louis Lynagh (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps)
13 Tommaso Menoncello (Benetton Rugby, 35 caps)
12 Leonardo Marin (Benetton Rugby, 18 caps)
11 Monty Ioane (Lyon Olympique, 43 caps)
10 Paolo Garbisi (Toulon RC, 50 caps)
9 Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma, 21 caps)
1 Danilo Fischetti (Northampton Saints, 59 caps)
2 Giacomo Nicotera (Stade Français, 37 caps)
3 Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby, 70 caps)
4 Niccolò Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 59 caps)
5 Andrea Zambonin (Exeter Chiefs, 15 caps)
6 Michele Lamaro (Benetton Rugby, 50 caps) – captain
7 Manuel Zuliani (Benetton Rugby, 39 caps)
8 Lorenzo Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 34 caps)
Replacements:
16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo (Zebre Parma, 7 caps)
17 Mirco Spagnolo (Benetton Rugby, 20 caps)
18 Muhamed Hasa (Zebre Parma, 5 caps)
19 Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby, 68 caps)
20 Riccardo Favretto (Benetton Rugby, 9 caps)
21 David Odiase (Zebre Parma, 3 caps)
22 Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton Rugby, 20 caps)
23 Paolo Odogwu (Benetton Rugby, 7 caps)