By Cappa
January 16 2012
Italy head coach Jacques Brunel has Italy’s 30-man squad. Brunel will make his debut as Italy’s head-coach in a match against his home country, France and he has confirmed twenty-two players from Italy’s 30-man squad for RWC 2011, naming four uncapped players – three of them coming from the Union’s Academies for the development of young players – in the squad ..
The four uncapped players are 25-year-old prop from Aironi Alberto De Marchi, who was part of the training squad for RWC 2011; 21-year-old centre Luca Morisi from Crociati who missed “Italy 2011” Junior World Championship due to injury, 22-year-old Aironi winger Giovambattista Venditti and 18-year-old winger Angelo Esposito who emerged from the U18 North-East Academy to win his Italy “A” debut in June against Tonga in the Churchill Cup Plate Final.
Props
Martin CASTROGIOVANNI (Leicester Tigers, 82 caps)
Lorenzo CITTADINI (Benetton Treviso, 8 caps)
Alberto DE MARCHI (Aironi Rugby, uncapped)
Andrea LO CICERO (Racing-Metro Paris, 91 caps)
Hookers
Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Benetton Treviso, 41 caps)
Tommaso D’APICE (Aironi Rugby, 3 caps)*
Locks
Marco BORTOLAMI (Aironi Rugby, 88 caps)
Quintin GELDENHUYS (Aironi Rugby, 25 caps)
Antonio PAVANELLO (Benetton Treviso, 5 caps)
Cornelius VAN ZYL (Benetton Treviso, 6 caps)
Flanker/n.8s
Robert BARBIERI (Benetton Treviso, 16 caps)
Mauro BERGAMASCO (Aironi Rugby, 88 caps)
Paul DERBYSHIRE (Benetton Treviso, 16 caps)
Simone FAVARO (Aironi Rugby, 6 caps)*
Sergio PARISSE (Stade Francais, 83 caps)
Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Treviso, 58 caps)
Scrum-halves
Edoardo GORI (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps)*
Fabio SEMENZATO (Benetton Treviso, 8 caps)
Fly-halves
Kristopher BURTON (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps)
Luciano ORQUERA (Aironi Rugby, 27 caps)
Centres
Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Treviso, 12 caps)*
Gonzalo CANALE (Clermont-Auvergne, 72 caps)
Luca MORISI (Banca Monte Parma Crociati, uncapped)*
Alberto SGARBI (Benetton Treviso, 14 caps)
Wings
Angelo ESPOSITO (Ruggers Tarvisium/Accademia FIR, uncapped)*
Roberto QUARTAROLI (Aironi Rugby, 3 caps)
Giulio TONIOLATTI (Aironi Rugby, 8 caps)
Giovambattista VENDITTI (Aironi Rugby, uncapped)*
Fullbacks
Andrea MASI (Aironi Rugby, 64 caps)
Luke MCLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 33 caps)
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