Italy coach Conor O'Shea called on
his men to end the 2019 Six Nations on a high as they seek to
beat France in Rome on Saturday to avoid a fourth consecutive
whitewash in the tournament.
"We will play against a very strong team as always happens,"
O'Shea said.
"Our focus will be on ourselves, on trying to play our best
rugby.
"We want to finish the Championship with a great performance
at Stadio Olimpico".
O'Shea has made five changes to his starting XV after last
weekend's 57-14 thrashing in England.
Marco Zanon, 21, will make his debut at outside centre,
coming in for the injured Michele Campagnaro.
Openside flanker Jake Polledri comes in for Sebastian Negri,
while lock David Sisi replaces the injured Dean Budd, who has a
knock to the ribs.
In the front row, Tiziano Pasquali gets the nod at tighthead
over Simone Ferrari and Leonardo Ghiraldini comes in for Luca
Bigi at hooker.
Italy:
15. Jayden Hayward (Benetton Rugby),
14. Edoardo PadovanI (Zebre Rugby Club),
13. Marco Zanon (Benetton Rugby),
12. Luca Morisi (Benetton Rugby),
11. Angelo Esposito (Benetton Rugby),
10. Tommaso Allan (Benetton Rugby),
9. Tito Tebaldi (Benetton Rugby);
1. Andrea Lovotti (Zebre Rugby Club)
2. Leonardo Ghiraldini (Stade Toulousain)
3. Tiziano Pasquali (Benetton Rugby)
4. David Sisi (Zebre Rugby Club)
5. Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby)
6. Braam Steyn (Benetton Rugby)
7. Jake Polledri (Gloucester Rugby)
8. Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais) - captain.
Replacements:
16. Luca Bigi (Benetton Rugby),
17. Cherif Traore (Benetton Rugby),
18. Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby),
19. Alessandro Zanni (Benetton Rugby),
20. Sebastian Negri (Benetton Rugby),
21. Guglielmo Palazzani (Zebre Rugby Club),
22. Ian McKinley (Benetton Rugby),
23. Luca Sperandio (Benetton Rugby).
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