Quantcast

Italian Team For Opener


Parisse

By Cappa
February 1 2012

Italy go for experience as they travel to Paris for the most difficult of opening games. But can they cause a shock?

Italy head coach Jacques Brunel is French so who better to plan a giantkilling.

Italy:

15 Andrea MASI (Aironi Rugby, 64 caps)
14 Giovanbattista VENDITTI (Aironi Rugby, uncapped)*
13 Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Treviso, 12 caps)*
12 Alberto SGARBI (Benetton Treviso, 12 caps)
11 Luke MCLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 33 caps)
10 Kristopher BURTON (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps)
9 Edoardo GORI (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps)*
8 Sergio PARISSE (Stade Francais, 83 caps) - capitano
7 Robert BARBIERI (Benetton Treviso, 16 caps)
6 Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Treviso, 58 caps)
5 Quintin GELDENHUYS (Aironi Rugby, 25 caps)
4 Cornelius VAN ZYL (Benetton Treviso, 6 caps)
3 Martin CASTROGIOVANNI (Leicester Tigers, 82 caps)
2 Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Benetton Treviso, 41 caps)
1 Andrea LO CICERO (Racing-Metro Paris, 91 caps)

replacements
16 Tommaso D’APICE (Aironi Rugby, 3 caps)*
17 Lorenzo CITTADINI (Benetton Treviso, 8 caps)
18 Marco BORTOLAMI (Aironi Rugby, 88 caps)
19 Simone FAVARO (Aironi Rugby, 6 caps)*
20 Fabio SEMENZATO (Benetton Treviso, 8 caps)
21 Tobias BOTES (Benetton Treviso, uncapped)
22 Gonzalo CANALE (Clermont-Auvergne, 72 caps)


View a Printer Friendly version of this Story.

Bookmark or share this story with:

Italian Team For Opener
Discussion started by Six Nations 2012 (IP Logged), 01/02/2012 15:58
Six Nations 2012
Six Nations 2012
01/02/2012 15:58
What do you think? You can have your say by posting below.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.

Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment. We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals. We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards. If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing abuse@sportnetwork.net