Vintcent to Face France in Rome

Ross Vintcent named on the Italian bench in Round 3 against France.

Gonzalo Quesada, Head Coach of the Italian Men's National Team, has named his line-up that will face France on Sunday 23 February 4pm at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, in Round 3 of the Guinness Six Nations 2025 which will be broadcast live on Sky Sport 1 and free-to-air on Rai 2.

The two teams will face each other for the fiftieth time for the Garibaldi Trophy. Their last encounter was in February 2024, played in Lille which ended with a 13-13 draw.

15 Tommaso ALLAN (USA Perpignan, 83 caps)

14 Ange CAPUOZZO (Stade Toulousain, 25 caps)

13 Juan Ignacio BREX (Benetton Rugby, 43 caps)

12 Tommaso MENONCELLO (Benetton Rugby, 25 caps)

11 Simone GESI (Zebre Parma, 2 caps)

10 Paolo GARBISI (Toulon RC, 44 caps)

9 Martin PAGE-RELO (Lyon Olympique, 15 caps)

8 Lorenzo CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 25 caps)

7 Michele LAMARO (Benetton Rugby, 45 caps) – captain

6 Sebastian BLACKS (Benetton Rugby, 60 caps)

5 Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 61 caps)

4 Niccolò CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 49 caps)

3 Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 61 caps)

2 Gianmarco LUCCHESI (Toulon RC, 30 caps)

1 Danilo FISCHETTI (Zebre Parma, 49 caps)

Available

16 Giacomo NICOTERA (Stade Francais, 30 caps)

17 Mirco SPAGNOLO (Benetton Rugby, 11 caps)

18 Giosuè ZILOCCHI (Benetton Rugby, 22 caps)

19 Riccardo FAVRETTO (Benetton Rugby, 4 caps)

20 Manuel ZULIANI (Benetton Rugby, 29 caps)

21 Ross VINTCENT (Exeter Chiefs, 11 caps)

22 Alessandro GARBISI (Benetton Rugby, 15 caps)

23 Jacopo TRULLA (Zebre Parma, 13 caps)