Parisse Leads Italy with Three Changes Against France

Sergio Parisse leads Italy who have made three changes to face France. The teams will battle it out at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday.

The Argentine-Italian will skipper Italy from no 8. He will join six of the same forwards who started against England. The one change to the pack sees Toulouse hooker, Leonardo Ghiraldini returning to start,

In the backs there are two changes. Angelo Esposito has been named to start on one wing while Carlo Canna is back to play at fly half.

Italy are 0-3 in this year’s Six Nations. Saturday’s match is the final opportunity to win a match at home. The Italians will play away to the high-flying Scots in Edinburgh in round five.

ITALY
15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Luke McLean, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Carla Canna, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Capt.), 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Abraham Steyn, 5 Dries van Schalkwyk, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: 16 Tommaso D’Apice, 17 Sami Panico, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 George Biagi, 20 Maxime Mbanda, 21 Giorgio Bronzini, 22 Tommaso Benvenuti, 23 Luca Sperandio