Mirco Bergamasco
Date of birth: 23/02/83
Position: Centre
Test caps: 45
Test Debut: France, 2002
Test Points: 70
Current Club: Stade Francais
Strengths: Widely hailed as the best player of the 2007 Six Nations Bergamasco impressed by scoring three tries. His pace and flair are vital to the Azzurri.
Weaknesses: Bergamasco is sometimes too selfish as he attempts to take on the opposition alone instead of firing the ball down the backline.
Likely headlines: Brothers in arms
Did you know? Mirco Bergamasco appeared on the cover 2004 edition of Les Dieux du Stade, a popular calendar featuring nude and semi-nude photographs.