Vintcent in Italy 23 for Ireland Six Nations Clash

Exeter Chiefs back rower Ross Vintcent has been named in the Italian 23 for the final weekend of the Guinness Six Nations.

Italy and Ireland come to the Stadio Olimpico with several changes from the matches played last Saturday. 

Both teams look to redeem a heavy defeat, respectively against England and France. 

Gonzalo Quesada makes seven changes, recalling Dino Lamb and starting Manuel Zuliani from the start with Brex taking over the captaincy in place of Michele Lamaro, who starts from the bench. 

Tommaso Allan's return to the starting line-up leads Capuozzo to move back to the wing, a role where he had fewer balls than when he wore the number 15 shirt, but which still becomes fundamental in terms of a line-up as orderly and compact as possible. Against a particularly structured team like Ireland, a player like Allan is needed, able to put order behind, considering the indispensability of Garbisi in the Azzurri game.

Italy:

15 Tommaso Allan

14 Ange Capuozzo

13 Juan Ignacio Brex

12 Tommaso Menoncello

11 Monty Ioane

10 Paolo Garbisi

9 Martin Page-Relo

1 Danilo Fischetti

2 Gianmarco Lucchesi

3 Simone Ferrari

4 Dino Lamb

5 Federico Ruzza

6 Seb Negri

7 Manuel Zuliani

8 Lorenzo Cannone

Replacements:

16 Giacomo Nicotera

17 Mirco Spagnolo

18 Giosue Zilocchi

19 Niccolo Cannone

20 Michele Lamaro

21 Ross Vintcent

22 Stephen Varney

23 Leonardo Marin