Saints prop duo get Italy call for November fixtures
Saints prop duo Danilo Fischetti and Ion Neculai have been called up by Italy ahead of their Nations Championship matches in November.
Italy will take on South Africa in Turin (November 14), Argentina in Genova (November 21) and Fiji in Udine (November 28).
And loosehead Fischetti and tighthead Neculai are ready to resume key roles for their country following Saturday’s Gallagher PREM game at home to table-toppers Gloucester.
Italy squad for the Nations Championship
Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby, 73 caps), Danilo Fischetti (Northampton Saints, 66 caps), Muhamed Hasa (Zebre Parma, 11 caps), Ion Neculai (Northampton Saints, 4 caps), Ivan Nemer (Benetton Rugby, 16 caps), Marco Riccioni (Perpignan, 39 caps), Tommaso Di Bartolomeo (Zebre Parma, 12 caps), Gianmarco Lucchesi (Toulon, 36 caps), Giacomo Nicotera (Stade Français, 41 caps), Niccolò Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 65 caps), Mattia Midena (Benetton Rugby/Mogliano Veneto Rugby, uncapped), Enoch Opoku Gyamfi (Bath, 1 cap), Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby, 74 caps), Lorenzo Cannone (Benetton Rugby, 40 caps), Samuele Locatelli (Zebre Parma, uncapped), Alessandro Ortombina (Zebre Parma, 2 caps), Ross Vintcent (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps), Manuel Zuliani (Benetton Rugby, 43 caps), Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton Rugby, 25 caps), Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma, 27 caps), Stephen Varney (Exeter Chiefs, 39 caps), Tommaso Allan (Zebre Parma, 91 caps), Paolo Garbisi (Perpignan, 57 caps), Leonardo Marin (Benetton Rugby, 25 caps), Damiano Mazza (Zebre Parma, uncapped), Federico Mori (Bayonne, 17 caps), Paolo Odogwu (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps), Mirko Belloni (Zebre Parma, 3 caps), Matt Gallagher (Benetton Rugby, 3 caps), Monty Ioane (Lyon, 49 caps), Louis Lynagh (Benetton Rugby, 16 caps), Giovanni Montemauri (Zebre Parma, uncapped), Federico Zanandrea (Benetton Rugby, uncapped).