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Italy make just 1 change for Saturday's Six Nations visit by England

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Franco Smith has made one change to his Italy XV for Saturday’s Six Nations finale against England in Rome. The Italians were beaten 50-17 by Ireland last Saturday when they returned to championship action in Dublin.

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Despite that heavy Six Nations loss, coach Smith has opted to kept changes to a minimum in the hope of building some Italy selection consistency. That means the only alteration to their starting side sees Matteo Minozzi take over for Jayden Hayward at full-back.

Minozzi missed last Saturday’s round four championship match due to his start for Wasps in their Gallagher Premiership final defeat to Exeter at Twickenham.

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    There is also just one alteration on the bench, Guglielmo Palazzani coming in as back-up scrum-half in place of Gloucester’s Callum Braley

    “In Ireland, we saw flashes of our game and something positive, but we are aware that we have a lot of work ahead of us,” said Smith. “We are a young team that wants to emerge. We continue on our way to build a precise identity.”

    ITALY (vs England, Saturday)
    15 Matteo MINOZZI (Wasps, 19 caps)*
    14 Edoardo PADOVANI (Benetton Rugby, 24 caps)*
    13 Luca MORISI (Benetton Rugby, 33 caps)*
    12 Carlo CANNA (Zebre Rugby Club, 27 caps)
    11 Mattia BELLINI (Zebre Rugby Club, 26 caps)
    10 Paolo GARBISI (Benetton Rugby, 1 cap)*
    9 Marcello VIOLI (Zebre Rugby Club, 16 caps)*
    8 Jake POLLEDRI (Gloucester Rugby, 17 caps)
    7 Braam STEYN (Benetton Rugby, 40 caps)
    6 Sebastian NEGRI (Benetton Rugby, 26 caps)
    5 Niccolò CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 4 caps)*
    4 Marco LAZZARONI (Benetton Rugby, 7 caps)*
    3 Giosuè ZILOCCHI (Zebre Rugby Club, 6 caps)*
    2 Luca BIGI (Zebre Rugby Club, 28 caps) – capitano
    1 Danilo FISCHETTI (Zebre Rugby Club, 4 caps)*

    Replacements:
    16 Gianmarco LUCCHESI (Benetton Rugby, 1 cap)*
    17 Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 30 caps)*
    18 Pietro CECCARELLI (Brive, 10 caps)*
    19 David SISI (Zebre Rugby Club, 10 caps)
    20 Johan MEYER (Zebre Rugby Club 5 caps)
    21 Maxime MBANDA’ (Zebre Rugby Club, 21 caps)*
    22 Guglielmo PALAZZANI (Zebre Rugby Club, 39 caps)
    23 Federico MORI (Kawasaki Robot Calvisano, 1 cap)

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