England-Italy will be played in Twickenham next Sunday, for the second day of the Six Nations, and there are two new features from coach
Kieran Crowley
in the blue XV compared to the initial one who faced France last Sunday at the Olimpico in the debut of the 2023 tournament .Edoardo Padovani - returning from the first minute after coming on as a substitute in the match against Australia and South Africa in November - will be part of the extended triangle with
Ange Capuozz
o and
Tommaso Menoncello
, while
Marco Riccioni
will wear the blue shirt again after the injury on the front line
occurred in November 2021 in the Test Match played in Treviso against Argentina, completing the department with
Danilo Fischetti and Giacomo Nicotera
.
Confirmed in midfield T
ommaso Allan
at the opener and
Stephen Varney
with the n.9.
Jake Polledri
is back on the bench
and returns to the match list for Italy after the injury suffered against Scotland in November 2020.
Here is the XV blue for Sunday
: 15 Capuozzo, 14 Padovani, 13 Brex, 12 L. Morisi, 11 Menoncello, 10 Allan, 9 Varney, 8 L. Cannone, 7 Lamaro, 6 Negri, 5 Ruzza, 4 N. Cannone, 3 Riccioni , 2 Nicotera, 1 Fischetti.
Subs: 16 Bigi, 17 Zani, 18 Ferrari, 19 Iachizzi, 20 Polledri, 21 Zuliani, 22 Fusco, 23 Bruno.
