Capuozzo back at 15 as Italy name team for Uruguay

Italy head coach Kieran Crowley has announced his squad to face Uruguay in Pool A at Stade de Nice on Wednesday, with star Ange Capuozzo moving back to his preferred 15 spot.

There are a total of four changes from the win against Namibia.

Tommaso Allan and Alessandro Garbisi start alongside each other in the half-backs for only the third time, after last year against Georgia and this year against Romania.

Tommaso Allan kicked all eight shots at goal against Namibia in the opening round, scoring 17 points, equalling his highest points total in a RWC match after also scoring 17 against Romania in Exeter in 2015. He requires 15 more points to surpass Diego Dominguez as Italy’s all-time leading Rugby World Cup points scorer. In his ninth RWC game, Allan will look to overtake Dominguez who scored 98 points in nine matches between 1991 and 1999.

ITALY TEAM:

1 Danilo Fischetti

2 Giacomo Nicotera

3 Marco Riccioni

4 Niccolo Cannone

5 Federico Ruzza

6 Sebastian Negri

7 Michele Lamaro (c, pictured)

8 Lorenzo Cannone

9 Alessandro Garbisi

10 Tommaso Allan

11 Montanna Ioane

12 Paolo Garbisi

13 Juan Ignacio Brex

14 Lorenzo Pani

15 Ange Capuozzo

Replacements:

16 Luca Bigi

17 Federico Zani

18 Pietro Ceccarelli

19 Dino Lamb

20 Manuel Zuliani

21 Giovanni Pettinelli

22 Alessandro Fusco

23 Paolo Odogwu