Italy coach Brad Johnstone has named the following training squad of 20 players for the opening Six Nations Championship match with Ireland on February 3rd.
Four more players will be added to the squad at a later date.
ForwardsAlessandro Moscardi (capt), Mauro Bergamasco, Wim Visser (all Treviso), Giampiero De Carli, Andrea Lo Cicero (both Roma), Celestino Paoletti (La Rochelle/Fra), Andrea Muraro (Padova), Jean-Marc Lorenzi (Colomiers/Fra), Giuseppe Lanzi (Calvisano), Aaron Persico (Viadana), Riccardo Piovan (Parma), David Dal Maso (Rovigo)
BacksAlessandro Troncon (Montferrand/Fra), Filippo Frati (Parma), Ramiro Pez, Giovanni Raineri (both Roma), Gianluca Pozzebon, Denis Dallan (both Treviso), Luca Martin (Northampton/Eng), Alexander Stoica (Narbonne/Fra)
