Campagnaro starts for Italy
Picture: Getty ImagesBy Mark Stevens
4/2/2016
Exeter Chiefs back Michele Campagnaro has been named in the Italian starting XV for their RBS Six Nations opener with France on Saturday.
Signed in the summer from Benetton Treviso, Campagnaro has impressed many at Sandy Park this season with some eye-catching displays.
He will start against Les Bleus in Paris at outside centre, the same position he has filled for the Chiefs in both the Aviva Premiership and European Champions Cup in recent weeks.
Campagnaro, 22, is one of two Premiership-based players named in the Italian side, the other is Wasps prop Lorenzo Cittadini.
As always, the imposing Sergio Parisse skippers the side from No.8
Italy side to face Francis in RBS Six Nations Championship
15 David Odiete
14 Leonardo sarto
13 Michele Campagnaro
12 Gonzalo Garcia
11 Mattia Bellini
10 Carlo Canna
9 Edoardo Gori
1 Andrea Lovotti
2 Ornel Gega
3 Lorenzo Cittadini
4 George Fabio Biagi
5 Marco Fuser
6 Francesco Minto
7 Alessandro Zanni
8 Sergio Parisse (capt)
16 Davide Giazzon
17 Matteo Zanusso
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Valerio Bernabo
20 Andries Van Schalkwyk
21 Guglielmo Palazzani
22 Kelly Haimona
23 Luke McLean