Mallett calls up novice props
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:23
After losing Matias Aguero and Lorenzo Cittadini, Italy's national coach Nick Mallett has called up two novices - Michele Rizzo of Carrera Petrarca Padova and Ignacio Rouyet of Montepaschi Viadana.
Rizzo has one cap, Rouyet none.
The team is playing in South Africa and Argentina, tough countries to visit with inexperienced props.
The team meet s in Rome to travel to Cape Town, Mallett's hometown, on 15 June.
The Italian squad: Robert Barbieri (Benetton Treviso, 6 Caps), Pablo Canavosio (Castres Olympique, 18 Caps), Salvatore Costanzo (Benetton Treviso, 4 Caps), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster, 28 Caps), Santiago Dellapè (Biarritz Olympique, 50 Caps), Jaco Erasmus (Montepaschi Viadana, 2 Caps), /Gonzalo Garcia (Cammi Calvisano, uncapped), Leonardo Ghiraldini (captain) (Cammi Calvisano, 11 Caps), Andrea Marcato (Benetton Treviso, 7 Caps), Andrea Masi (Biarritz Olympique, 40 Caps), Luke Mclean (Cammi Calvisano, uncapped), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester, 26 Caps), Ludovico Maria Nitoglia (Cammi Calvisano, 17 Caps), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens, 53 Caps), Enrico Patrizio (Carrera Petrarca Padova, 3 Caps), Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Cariparma, uncapped), Simon Picone (Benetton Treviso, 15 Caps), Matteo Pratichetti (Cammi Calvisano, 8 Caps), Tommaso Reato (Femi Cz Rovigo, 1 Cap), Michele Rizzo (Carrera Petrarca Padova, 1 Cap), Kaine Robertson (Montepaschi Viadana, 30 Caps), Ignacio Rouyet (Montepaschi Viadana, Esordiente), Josh Sole (Montepaschi Viadana, 28 Caps), /Alessandro Zanni (Cammi Calvisano, 22 Caps)
