Italy play reigning champions France at Stadio Flaminio, a tough assignment.

Berbizier has "four old stagers"  back in his squad - 33-year-old Andrea Scanavacca, 33-year-old Italian icon Alessandro Troncon, three quarter Denis Dallan who first played for Italy in 1999 and 31-year-old Roland de Marigny who was born in South Africa of French Mauritian descent.

Of the 24 players, 14 play their rugby outside of Italy.

The Squad:

Forwards: Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Français), Valerio Bernabò (Cammi Calvisano), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester Tigers), Santiago Dellapè (Biarritz Olympique), Carlo Festuccia (Rolly Gran Parma), Andrea Lo Cicero (Infinito L’Aquila), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens), Sergio Parisse (Stade Français), Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse), Andrea Scanavacca (Cammi Calvisano), Josh Sole (Arix Viadana), Maurizio Zaffiri (Cammi Calvisano), Alessandro Zanni (Cammi Calvisano)

Backs: Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Français), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont Auvergne), Denis Dallan (Stade Français), Roland De Marigny (Cammi Calvisano), Paul Griffen (Cammi Calvisano), Andrea Masi (Biarritz Olympique), Ramiro Pez (Bayonne), Kaine Paul Robertson (Arix Viadana),  Alessandro Troncon (Clermont Auvergne)