Gonzalo Quesada, Head Coach of the Italian Men's National Team, has announced the list of players called up for the Padua training camp – in preparation for the Nations Championship – scheduled to begin on Sunday, October 25.
Italy Squad - Nations Championship Northern Hemisphere Series:
(Club/Caps)
Props
Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 73 caps)
Danilo FISCHETTI (Northampton Saints 66 caps)
Muhamed HASA (Zebre Parma, 11 caps)
Marco RICCIONI (Perpignan, 39 caps)
Mirco SPAGNOLO (Benetton Rugby, 26 caps)
Hookers
Tommaso DI BARTOLOMEO (Zebre Parma, 12 caps)
Gianmarco LUCCHESI (Toulon, 36 caps)
Giacomo NICOTERA (Stade Français, 41 caps)
Second Row
Niccolò CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 65 caps)
Mattia MIDENA (Benetton Rugby, rookie)
Enoch OPOKU GYAMFI (Bath, 1 cap)
Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 74 caps)
Back Row
Lorenzo CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 40 caps)
Michele LAMARO (Benetton Rugby, 57 caps)
Samuele LOCATELLI (Zebre Parma, rookie)
Alessandro ORTOMBINA (Zebre Parma, 2 caps)
Ross VINTCENT (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
Manuel ZULIANI (Benetton Rugby, 43 caps)
Scrum-halves
Alessandro GARBISI (Benetton Rugby 25 caps)
Alessandro FUSCO (Zebre Parma, 27 caps)
Stephen VARNEY (Exeter Chiefs 39 caps)
Fly-halves
Tommaso ALLAN (Zebre Parma, 91 caps)
Paolo GARBISI (Perpignan, 57 caps)
Centers
Juan Ignacio BREX (Toulon, 55 caps)
Leonardo MARIN (Benetton Rugby, 25 caps)
Damiano MAZZA (Zebre Parma, rookie)
Federico MORI (Bayonne, 17 caps)
Wings/Full-backs
Mirko BELLONI (Zebre Parma, 3 caps)
Ange CAPUOZZO (Stade Toulousain, 32 caps)
Matt GALLAGHER (Benetton Rugby, 3 caps)
Monty IOANE (Lyon, 49 caps)
Louis LYNAGH (Benetton Rugby, 16 caps)
Giovanni MONTEMAURI (Zebre Parma, rookie)
Paolo ODOGWU (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps)
Italy Fixtures
Round 4: Saturday 7 November 2026 – Italy v South Africa, KO 11.40h
Round 5: Friday 13 November 2026 – Italy v Argentina, KO 11.40h
Round 6: Saturday 21 November 2026 – Italy v Fiji, KO 16.40h
