Capitano Castro

Martin Castrogiovanni will celebrate his 94th test for Italy by captaining them against Wales in the Stadio Olmipico on Saturday.  Castro captains Italy for the third time overall, and for the first time in the Six Nations Championship.  Castro is undefeated in his previous two matches as captain after wins against Canada and the USA this Summer.  Italy haven't beaten Wales since 2007 so Good Luck Castro!

Italy: Andrea Masi; Giovanbattista Venditti, Tommaso Benvenuti, Gonzalo Canale, Luke McLean; Kristopher Burton, Edoardo Gori; Andrea Lo Cicero, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni (capt), Antonio Pavanello, Francesco Minto, Alessandro Zanni, Simone Favaro, Manoa Voaswai

Replacements: Davide Gizazzon, Alberto de Marchi, Lorenzo Cittadini, Quintin Geldenhuys, Paul Derbyshire, Tobias Botes, Luciano Orquera, Gonzalo Garcia.