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07 October 2008
Italy coach Nick Mallett
has drawn heavily on players based in France and England for
his 30-man Italy squad due to take on Australia, Argentina
and the Pacific Islands in November’s internationals.
Five of his squad are
Paris based with Sergio Parisse and the Bergamasco brothers
(Mauro and Mirco) drawn from Top 14 leaders Stade Francais,
while Carlo Festuccia and Andrea Lo Cicero are both
currently with Pro D2’s Racing-Metro ’92.
Other players featured who
are currently plying their trade in France include Santiago
Dellape (Toulon), Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse), Gonzalo
Canale (Clermont), Andrea Masi (Biarritz) and Luciano
Orquuera (Brive).
Italy are due to take on
Australia at Padua on November 8, Argentina in Turin on
November 15 and the Pacific Islands a week later in Reggio
Emilia.
Full squad:
Forwards: Matias Aguero (Saracens), Robert Barbieri
(Treviso), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Marco
Bortolami (Gloucester), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster),
Santiago Dellape (Toulon), Carlo Festuccia (Racing Metro),
Leonardo Ghiraldini (Calvisano), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing
Metro), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens),
Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais/), Salvatore Perugini
(Toulouse), Tommaso Reato (Rovigo), Josh Sole (Viadana),
Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano)
Backs: Andrea Bacchetti (Rovigo), Mirco Bergamasco
(Stade Francais), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont), Pablo Canavosio
(Viadana), Gonzalo Garcia (Calvisano), Andrea Marcato
(Treviso), Andrea Masi (Biarritz), Luke McLean (Calvisano),
Luciano Orquera (Brive), Riccardo Pavan (Parma), Simon
Picone (Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano), Kaine
Robertson (Viadana), Giulio Toniolatti (Capitolina Rome)
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