Parisse To Lead Italy Against England

Having missed the preview round’s match against Ireland Sergio Parisse returns to lead Italy against England on Saturday. The Argentine-Italian will start in his usual position at the back of the scrum.

The additional two changes made by Italy seee Sebastian Negri back to play flanker and Luca Bigi starting ahead of regular hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini.

Italy played their best rugby of the past year against Ireland. They did so with impressive performances from Federico Ruzza, Braam Steyn, and Tito Tebaldi all of whom will start against England.

ITALY
15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Edoardo Padovani, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Sergio Parisse (capt.), 7 Braam Steyn, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Federico Ruzza, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 David Sisi, 20 Jake Polledri, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Ian McKinley, 23 Tommaso Castello