Bortolami back for Wales

| Wed, 02/13/2008 - 03:31

Italy coach Nick Mallett on Tuesday named a 24-man squad for Italy's third Six Nations match against Wales at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday February 23.

The only change to the side that ran Ireland and England close in the first two games is former captain Marco Bortolami who returns after a head injury.

The Gloucester lock, who has 64 caps, replaces Tommaso Reato who won his first cap against Ireland in Croke Park on February 2.

Here is the squad, in alphabetical order:

Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais)

Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais)

Marco Bortolami (Gloucester RFC)

David Bortolussi (Montpellier)

Gonzalo Canale (Clermont-Auvergne)

Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester Tigers)

Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster)

Santiago Dellape' (Biarritz Olympique)

Carlo Festuccia (Racing Metro Paris)

Ezio Galon (Overmach Cariparma)

Leonardo Ghiraldini (Cammi Calvisano)

Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing Metro Paris)

Andrea Marcato (Benetton Treviso)

Andrea Masi (Biarritz Olympique)

Carlos Nieto(Gloucester RFC)

Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais)

Enrico Patrizio (Carrera Petrarca Padova)

Salvatore Perugini (Stade Toulousain)

Simon Picone (Benetton Treviso)

Kaine Paul Robertson (Montepaschi Viadana)

Alberto Sgarbi (Benetton Treviso)

Josh Sole (Montepaschi Viadana)

Pietro Travagli (Overmach Cariparma)

Alessandro Zanni (Cammi Calvisano)

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