Conor O'Shea Names Italy Touring Squad

Italy coach Conor O'Shea has selected thirty-one players for Italy's June test against Japan on June 9th in Oita and the June 16th in Kobe.

O'Shea has selected a number of player's that participated in the 6 Nations this year, with Benetton Rugby prop Cherif Traore the only debutant in the squad, while Michele Campagnaro and Luca Morisi return to the squad.

The squad to tour Japan is:

Props
Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 13 caps) 
Andrea LOVOTTI (Zebras Rugby Club, 25 caps) * 
Tiziano PASQUALI (Benetton Rugby, 7 caps) 
Cherif TRAORE (Benetton Rugby, rookie) * 
Federico ZANI (Benetton Rugby, 6 caps)

Hookers
Luke BIGI (Benetton Rugby, 9 caps) 
Oliviero FABIANI (ZEBRE Club, 6 caps) 
Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Stade Toulousain, 94 caps)

Locks
George BIAGI (Zebre Rugby Club, 21 caps) 
Dean BUDD (Benetton Rugby, 11 caps) 
Marco FUSER (Benetton Rugby, 27 caps) * 
Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 6 caps) * 
Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Rugby, 104 caps)

Flanker / n.8
Giovanni LICATA (Flame Gold Rugby, 5 caps) * 
Sebastiani NEGRI (Benetton Rugby, 7 caps) 
Jake POLLEDRI (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap) 
Abraham Jurgens STEYN (Benetton Rugby, 19 caps)

Scrumhalves
medics William PALAZZANI (Zebre Rugby Club, 24 caps) 
Tito TEBALDI (Benetton Rugby, 23 caps) 
Marcello VIOLI (Zebre Rugby Club, 13 caps) *

Flyhalves
medium Tommaso ALLAN (Benetton Rugby, 38 caps) 
Carlo CANNA (Zebre Rugby Club, 29 caps)

Centres
Giulio BISEGNI (Zebre Rugby Club, 9 caps) 
Michele CAMPAGNARO (Exeter Chiefs, 32 caps) * 
Tommaso CASTELLO (Zebre Rugby Club, 10 caps) 
Luca MORISI (Benetton Rugby, 16 caps) *

Outside backs

Mattia BELLINI (Zebre Rugby Club, 13 caps) * 
Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Rugby, 50 caps) * 
Jayden HAYWARD (Benetton Rugby, 8 caps) 
Matteo MINOZZI (Zebre Rugby Club, 8 caps) * 
Edoardo PADOVANI (Zebre Rugby Club , 14 caps) *

Players not available due to injury or rest: 

Robert Julian BARBIERI (Benetton Rugby), Tommaso BONI (Zebre Rugby Club), Angelo ESPOSITO (Benetton Rugby), Ornel GEGA (Benetton Rugby), Renato GIAMMARIOLI (Zebre Rugby Club), Edoardo GORI (Benetton Rugby), Ian MCKINLEY (Benetton Rugby), Maxime MBANDA’ (Zebre Rugby Club), Sergio PARISSE (Stade Francais), Leonardo SARTO (Glasgow Warriors)