Saints Under-18 star Edoardo Todaro is set for his World Rugby U20 Championship bow as Italy face New Zealand on home soil this Sunday.
The fullback was ever present for the Azzuri during an impressive U20 Six Nations campaign earlier this year, Italy defeating both Scotland and Ireland en route to a fourth place finish in the competition.
Those commitments meant Todaro would miss out on the culmination of Saints’ Under-18 Premiership title-winning run, but he became one of eight youngsters to put pen to paper on full-time contracts at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens heading into the 2025/26 season.
Italy U20 team to face New Zealand U20
Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
Sunday 29 June, 2015
Kick-off: 7.30pm BST
15 Edoardo Todaro (Northampton Saints)
14 Alessandro Drago (Mogliano Veneto Rugby)
13 Federico Zanandrea (Mogliano Veneto Rugby)
12 Riccardo Casarin (Amatori & Union Rugby Milano)
11 Jules Ducros (Montpellier Hérault Rugby)
10 Roberto Fasti (Rugby Casale)
9 Niccolò Beni (Biarritz Olympique)
1 Sergio Pelliccioli (Petrarca Padova)
2 Nicolò Michele Corvasce (S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927)
3 Bruno Vallesi (Rugby Viadana 1970)
4 Mattia Midena (Rugby Paese)
5 Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi (Bath Rugby Academy)
6 Giacomo Milano (Rugby Noceto FC) (capt)
7 Antony Italo Miranda (Rugby Paese)
8 Nelson Casartelli (Rugby Paese)
Replacements
16 Alessio Caiolo-Serra (Stade Olympique Chambérien Rugby)
17 Sascha Mistrulli (Fc Grenoble)
18 Nicola Bolognini (Rugby Badia 1981)
19 Simone Fardin (Rugby Casale)
20 Piero Gritti (Asm Clermont)
21 Carlo Antonio Bianchi (Unione Rugby Firenze)
22 Luca Rossi (Pesaro Rugby)
23 Gianmarco Pietramala (Unione Rugby Firenze)
