It was in the air, but it is now official.
Italrugby captain Sergio Parisse will miss next Saturday's match against Scotland, for the 3rd / sixth round of the Six Nations, and will bid farewell to the national team on Saturday 14 March at the Olimpico in Rome on the occasion of the challenge to the vice world champions England.
In fact, the name of Parisse is not included in the list of 31 players called up by coach Franco Smith for Italy-Scotland. Twenty-two names Smith had already made them known in recent days while among the nine called today, or Pietro Ceccarelli, Oliviero Fabiani, Federico Ruzza, Callum Braley, Jake Polledri, Alberto Sgarbi, Jimmy Tuivaiti, Marcello Violi and Matteo Minozzi, who will reach Rome comrades by 5 pm tomorrow, there is no Parisse. Who is playing in France in Toulon but will skip this 6 Nations commitment to focus on the match against the English, in front of the friendly public who will want to pay him the right tribute to his great career, which has so far reached 142 appearances in blue. The 36 year old man symbol of Italian rugby could join the group (but not play) on the occasion of the trip to Dublin against Ireland, then he will play the game of his blue farewell against England. Not surprisingly, for this match there is a great demand for tickets and the desire to say goodbye to Parisse is the basis of this coupon hunt.
These are the blue squads for Italy-Scotland: - pylons: Ceccarelli, Fischetti, Lovotti, Riccioni, Zilocchi; - heels: Bigi, Fabiani, Zani; - second lines: Budd, Cannone, Ruzza, Zanni; - Flanker / n.8: Lazzaroni, Licata, Negri, Polledri, Steyn, Tuivaiti; - Scrum half: Braley, Palazzani, Violi; - Opening medians: Allan, Canna, Rizzi; - Centers / wings / extremes: Bellini, Bisegni, Hayward, Minozzi, Morisi, Sarto, Sgarbi.
Italy-Scotland, called up to the Azzurri, there is no Parisse
2020-02-16T11:02:42.294Z
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