Italy have named their side to face Scotland in Saturday’s Six Nations match in Rome.
Coach Brad Johnstone has made three changes from the side defeated in Paris ten days ago. Luca Martin is relegated to the replacement bench, with his place in the centre taken by Padova’s Mirko Bergamasco.
There are two changes to the Italian front row, with props Pucciariello and De Carli coming into the team to replace Lo Cicero and Muraro.
Backs: P Vaccari (Calvisano); R Pedrazzi (Viadana), Mirko Bergamasco (Padua), C Stoica (Castres), D Dallan (Treviso); D Dominguez (Stade Francais), A Troncon (Montferrand).
Forwards: F Pucciariello (Gloucester), A Moscardi (Treviso, capt), G De Carli (Calvisano), S Dellape (Viadana), C Checchinato (Treviso), M Bortolami (Padua), Mauro Bergamasco (Treviso), M Phillips (Viadana).
Replacements: A Moreno (Worcester), A Lo Cicero (Toulouse), M Giacheri (Sale), A Persico (Viadana), J-M Queirolo (Dax), R Pez (Rotherham), L Martin (Northampton).