Italy coach Nick Mallett has named a team featuring eight changes for their Six Nations clash with Ireland in Rome on Sunday.
Injuries to fly-half Andrea Marcato and lock Marco Bortolami have forced Mallett's hand somewhat but there are changes to every sector bar the front row.
Calvisano team-mates Luke Mclean and Paul Griffen will form an English-speaking half-back pair as Mauro Bergamasco moves back to the flank after last week's failed experiment at scrum-half. Skipper Sergio Parisse returns to the number eight jersey as a result.
Alessandro Zanni completes a new-look back row as Josh Sole drops to the bench
The younger Bergamasco brother, Mirko, shifts to outside centre from wing in the place of Gonzalo Garcia, giving Matteo Pratichetti a chance to start in the number eleven jersey.
Tommaso Reato is promoted from the bench to replace Bortolami in the second row as Carlo Antonio Del Fava enters the matchday 22.
Replacement back Andrea Bacchetti is the only uncapped player in the squad.
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi (Biarritz Olympique), 14 Kaine Robertson (MPS Viadana), 13 Gonzalo Canale (Clermont-Auvergne), 12 Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), 11 Matteo Pratichetti (Cammi Calvisano), 10 Luke Mclean (Cammi Calvisano), 9 Paul Griffen (Cammi Calvisano) ,8 Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais)(c), 7 Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), 6 Alessandro Zanni (Cammi Calvisano), 5 Tommaso Reato (Femi CZ Rovigo), 4 Santiago Dellape' (Toulon RC), 3 Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester Tigers), 2 Fabio Ongaro (Saracens), 1 Salvatore Perugini (Stade Toulousain),
Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia (Racing Metro Paris), 17 Carlos Nieto (Gloucester RFC), 18 Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster), 19 Josh Sole (MPS Viadana), 20 Giulio Toniolatti (AlmavivA UR Capitolina), 21 Gonzalo Garcia (Cammi Calvisano), 22 Andrea Bacchetti (Femi CZ Rovigo).
Date: Sunday, February 15
Venue: Stadio Flaminio
Kick-off: 15.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: Chris White (England)
Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales), Romain Poite (France)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)
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