Italy have called up Viadana lock Carlo Antonio Del Fava into the initial 30-man squad to face Scotland on Saturday week.
Lock included despite recent knee surgery
Italy have called up Viadana lock Carlo Antonio Del Fava into the initial 30-man squad to face Scotland on Saturday week.
Del Fava underwent a knee operation only last week that was expected to sideline him for at least a month.
However, he has been included in Nick Mallett's squad - as has Rugby Roma full-back Paolo Buso, who won his only cap two years ago.
Manoa Vosawai, Simone Favaro, Michele Sepe and Matteo Pratichetti are the other additions to the 24-man squad for Sunday's defeat to England.
The list will be whittled down to 24 on Tuesday, with Italy playing host to Scotland four days later.
Italy squad: Ricardo Bocchino (Rovigo), Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Paolo Buso (Viadana), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont), Andrea Masi (Racing Metro Paris), Luke McLean (Treviso), Gonzalo Garcia (Treviso), Craig Gower (Bayonne), Kaine Robertson (Viadana), Alberto Sgarbi (Treviso), Tito Tebaldi (Gran Parma), Pablo Canavosio (Viadana), Paul Derbyshire (Petrarca Padova), Matteo Pratichetti (Viadana) Michele Sepe (Viadana); Matias Aguero (Saracens), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Viadana), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Treviso), Lorenzo Cittadini (Treviso), Quintin Geldenhuys (Viadana), Valerio Bernabo (Rugby Roma), Simone Favaro (Rugby Parma), Salvatore Perugini (Bayonne), Josh Sole (Viadana), Alessandro Zanni (Treviso), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens), Manoa Vosawai (Rugby Parma).
