Italy name their team for USA match

Italy head coach Nick Mallett on Sunday announced his team to play their third Pool C match against USA at Trafalgar Park, Nelson, on Tuesday, 27 September.

Italy:

1. Salvatore Perugini
2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
3. Martin Castrogiovanni
4. Quintin Geldenhuys
5. Cornelius van Zyl
6. Alessandro Zanni
7. Mauro Bergamasco
8. Sergio Parisse (c)
9. Fabio Semenzato
10. Luciano Orquera
11. Mirco Bergamasco
12. Gonzalo Garcia
13. Gonzalo Canale
14. Tommaso Benvenuti
15. Andrea Masi

Replacements:

16. Fabio Ongaro
17. Andrea Lo Cicero
18. Marco Bortolami
19. Paul Derbyshire
20. Edoardo Gori
21. Riccardo Bocchino
22. Luke McLean