ITALY TEAM TO PLAY IRELAND NAMED
For immediate release: Thursday 4th February 2010
Issued on behalf of RBS 6 Nations
Italy Head Coach Nick Mallett named today the team that will face Ireland in Croke Park on saturday 6th in the RBS 6 Nations 2010 opener:
15 Luke MCLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 14 caps)
14 Kaine ROBERTSON (MPS Viadana, 41 caps)
13 Gonzalo CANALE (Clermont Auvergne, 51 caps)
12 Gonzalo GARCIA (Benetton Treviso, 13 caps)
11 Mirco BERGAMASCO (Stade Francais, 66 caps)
10 Craig GOWER (Bayonne, 6 caps)
9 Tito TEBALDI (Plusvalore Gran Parma, 6 caps)
8 Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Treviso, 37 caps)
7 Mauro BERGAMASCO (Stade Francais, 79 caps)
6 Josh SOLE (MPS Viadana, 41 caps)
5 Quintin GELDENHUYS (MPS Viadana, 6 caps)
4 Carlo Antonio DEL FAVA (MPS Viadana, 41 caps)
3 Martin CASTROGIOVANNI (Leicester Tigers, 62 caps)
2 Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Benetton Treviso, 24 caps) – captain
1 Salvatore PERUGINI (Bayonne, 66 caps)
replacements
16 Fabio ONGARO (Saracens, 64 caps)
17 Matias AGUERO (Saracens, 13 caps)
18 Marco BORTOLAMI (Gloucester RFC, 77 caps)
19 Paul DERBYSHIRE (Petrarca Padova, 1 cap)
20 Simon PICONE (Benetton Treviso, 20 caps)
21 Riccardo BOCCHINO (Femi-CZ Rovigo, uncapped)*
22 Andrea MASI (Racing-Metro Paris, 46 caps)
* Italian Rugby Academy member
media contact: Andrea Cimbrico, mob. +39.320.78.77.67, acimbrico@federugby.it
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