FRANCE HEAD COACH Guy Noves will hand out two international debuts for Saturday’s (13.30) Six Nations meeting away to Italy.
Brive back row Fabien Sanconnie will make a full Test debut on the blindside, he is one of four changes to the starting line-up from the defeat to Ireland in Dublin last time out.
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Talented young Castres scrum-half Antoine Dupont is the second uncapped name in the 23. The 20-year-old, who Leinster fans may remember from his starring role in Castres’ January draw with Leo Cullen’s men, takes a place among the replacements alongside the returning Francois Trimh-Duc and Yoann Huget.
Noves’ other changes come in the second row, with Julien LeDevedec joining Yoann Maestri, and in the back three where Brice Dulin and Virimi Vakatawa slot in alongside Noa Nakaitaci.
France captain Guilhem Guirado will win his 50th cap in Rome opposite one of Conor O’Shea’s three changes from the controversial defeat in Twickenham.
Leonardo Ghiraldini starts at hooker for the Azzurri, while Angelo Esposito is named on the right wing and Carlo Canna replaces the injured Tommaso Allan at out-half for the Stadio Olimpico clash.
Italy
15. Edoardo Padovani
14. Angelo Esposito
13. Michele Campagnaro
12. Luke McLean
11. Gioanbattista Venditti
10. Carlo Canna
9. Edoardo Gori
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1. Andrea Lovotti
2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
3. Lorenzo Cittadini
4. Marco Fuser
5. Dries van Schalwyk
6. Braam Steyn
7. Simone Favaro
8. Sergio Parisse (Capt)
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