Italy coach Nick Mallett yesterday made two more changes to the 32-man Italy squad for their year-end tour Tests.

Saracens hooker Fabio Ongaro and Treviso scrum-half Simon Picone have replaced Racing Metro hooker Carlo Festuccia and Clermont centre Gonzalo Canale, who are both injured.

The Azzuri play New Zealand in Milan on 14 November, South Africa in Udine a week later and Samoa in Reggio Emilia on 28 November.

Italy squad

Forwards (18): Matias Aguero (Saracens/ENG), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester/ENG), Lorenzo Cittadini (Treviso), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Viadana), Paul Derbyshire (Padova), Simone Favaro (Parma), Quintin Geldenhuys (Viadana), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Treviso), Francesco Minto (Parma), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens/ENG), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais/FRA – capt), Antonio Pavanello (Treviso), Salvatore Perugini (Bayonne/FRA), Tommaso Reato (Rovigo), Ignacio Rouyet (Treviso), Josh Sole (Viadana), Manoa Vosawai (Parma), Alessandro Zanni (Treviso).

Backs (14): Tommaso Benvenuti (Treviso), Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais/FRA), Kristopher Burton (Cavalieri Prato), Gonzalo Garcia (Treviso), Craig Gower (Bayonne/FRA), Luke McLean (Treviso), Simon Picone (Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Viadana), Kaine Robertson (Viadana), Fabio Semenzato (Treviso), Michele Sepe (Viadana), Alberto Sgarbi (Treviso), Tito Tebaldi (Gran Parma), Giovanbattista Venditti (Gran Parma).

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