Italy coach Nick Mallett has made one enforced change to his squad for Saturday's RBS Six Nations clash with Wales.
Derbyshire remains sidelined with leg complaint
Italy coach Nick Mallett has made one enforced change to his squad for Saturday's RBS Six Nations clash with Wales.
The Azzurri coach has replaced injured flanker Paul Derbyshire with scrum-half Tito Tebaldi, as his side look to register their first points of the campaign in Rome.
The exclusion of Treviso flanker Derbyshire, whose father is Scottish, comes as no surprise after the powerful forward was forced to sit out Italy's first two tournament games against Ireland and England with to a leg injury.
In his place, Mallett has selected Aironi number nine Tebaldi who has been out of favour since being selected for Italy's first November international against Argentina last year.
Italy began their Six Nations campaign with a last gasp 13-11 defeat at home to Ireland before slumping to a 59-13 mauling at the hands of England at Twickenham.
Backs: Mirco Bergamasco, Tommaso Benvenuti, Kristopher Burton, Pablo Canavosio, Gonzalo Canale, Gonzalo Garcia, Andrea Masi, Luke McLean, Luciano Orquera, Fabio Semenzato, Alberto Sgarbi.
Forwards: Robert Barbieri, Valerio Bernabo, Martin Castrogiovanni, Andrea Lo Cicero, Lorenzo Cittadini, Santiago Dellape, Paul Derbyshire, Carlo Antonio Del Fava, Carlo Festuccia, Quintin Geldenhuys, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Sergio Parisse, Salvatore Perugini, Manoa Vosawai, Alessandro Zanni.
