Italy coach Conor O'Shea has named his starting XV to take on Fiji at Stadio Angelo Massimino on Saturday in their first November international, with New Zealand-born Jayden Hayward in line to make his debut.
Hayward (full-back), Leonardo Sarto (wing) and Mattia Bellini (wing) form the back three combination. Tommaso Boni and Tomasso Castello are at 12 and 13 respectively while Carlo Canna (fly-half) and Marcelo Violi (scrum-half) make up the half-back pairing.
The indomitable Sergio Parisse returns to captain the side from the number eight position while Abraham Steyn and Francesco Minto make up the rest of the loose trio combination.
Dean Budd and Marco Fuser are the locks while Luca Bigi will scrum down at hooker with Simone Ferrari and Andrea Lovotti packing down either side of him.
Italy: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Tomasso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Abraham Steyn, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Giovanni Licara, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Ian McKinley, 23 Matteo Minozzi
Date: Saturday, November 11
Venue: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Kick-Off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand), Pierre Brousset (France)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
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