Pez returns to Italy line up

Pez will win his thirty-fifth cap at the Stadio Flaminio in one of three changes from the team that beat Scotland 37-17 at Murrayfield two weeks ago. Andrea Scanavacca, the Calvisano stand-off, drops to the bench while club mate Matteo Pratichetti comes in at left wing for the injured Andrea Masi.

In the forwards, Gloucester tight head prop Carlos Nieto replaces the injured Martin Castrogiovanni of Leicester.

Italy: R De Marigny; K Robertson, G Canale, Mirco Bergamasco, M Pratichetti; R Pez, A Troncon; S Parisse, Mauro Bergamasco, A Zanni, M Bortolami (capt), S Dellape, C Nieto, C Festuccia, A Lo Cicero

Replacements: L Ghiraldini, S Perugini, F Staibano, V Bernabo, M Zaffiri, P Griffen, A Scanavacca