Vintcent to Start for Italy in Rome

Ross Vintcent will start for Italy in Rome this weekend as they host Scotland.

Gonzalo Quesada has named the official line-up that will face Scotland on Saturday 9 March at 3.15pm at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, in Round Four of the Guinness Six Nations 2024.

The game will be broadcast live on Sky Sport 1 and free-to-air on Cielo (channel 26).

It will be the 37th match between the two teams, the thirteenth in Rome and the sixteenth in Italy. Match direction is entrusted to the Australian Angus Gardner in the match that will give decide the Cuttitta Cup.

The back three will be formed by Capuozzo, Ioane and Louis Lynagh who will make his debut with the senior men's national team. Menoncello returns to form - together with Brex - the center pair of the first two matches of the tournament, while the keys to the midfield will once again be entrusted to Paolo Garbisi and Page-Relo.

In the back row - together with captain Lamaro - he confirms Vintcent with the number 8 while Sebastian Negri returns after his injury which kept him in the box against Ireland and France. Ruzza and Cannone will take to the field in the second row, while Simone Ferrari will return to the front row together with Nicotera and Fischetti.

Ready to take over from the bench are Lucchesi, Spagnolo, Zilocchi, Zambonin, Lorenzo Cannone - also absent in the second and third rounds of the tournament due to injury - Varney, Marin and Mori.

Italy:

15 Ange CAPUOZZO (Stade Toulousain, 18 caps)

14 Louis LYNAGH (Harlequins, debutant)

13 Juan Ignacio BREX (Benetton Rugby, 33 caps)

12 Tommaso MENONCELLO (Benetton Rugby, 15 caps)

11 Monty IOANE (Lyon 28 caps)

10 Paolo GARBISI (Toulon, 34 caps)

9 Martin PAGE-RELO (Lyon, 6 caps)

8 Ross VINTCENT (Exeter, 2 caps)

7 Michele LAMARO (Benetton Rugby, 36 caps) – captain

6 Sebastian NEGRI (Benetton Rugby, 53 caps)

5 Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 52 caps)

4 Niccolò CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 39 caps)

3 Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 51 caps)

2 Giacomo NICOTERA (Benetton Rugby, 21 caps)

1 Danilo FISCHETTI (Zebre Parma, 39 caps)

Replacements:

16 Gianmarco LUCCHESI (Benetton Rugby, 20 caps)

17 SPANISH Mirco (Benetton Rugby, 3 caps)

18 Giosuè ZILOCCHI (Benetton Rugby, 19 caps)

19 Andrea ZAMBONIN (Zebre Parma, 6 caps)

20 Lorenzo CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 17 caps)

21 Stephen VARNEY (Gloucester, 27 caps)

22 Leonardo MARIN (Benetton Rugby, 7 caps)

23 Federico MORI (Bayonne, 16 caps)