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ITALY V FRANCE at Stade De France, 9.2.2014 (16:00 Local Time) ITALY v FRANCE at Stade de France, 9.2.2014 (16:00 local time) Head coach Jacques Brunel changes a third of his side from the team which lost to Wales. Gonzalo Garcia comes in at centre to win his 30th cap in place of Alberto Sgarbi, whilst four others are promoted from the bench: Alberto de Marchi, Joshua Furno, Francesco Minto and Tommaso Iannone. Four drop to the bench Michele Rizzo, Marco Bortolami, Alessandro Zanni and Angelo Esposito. The starting XV has a total of 566 caps; the bench has a further 295 caps. 77% of the caps are contained within the forwards. The average age of the walk-on team is 27.1 years; the average on the bench is almost 29.6 AGE & EXPERIENCE 110 Total caps 40 100 6NC caps Age 90 35 80 70 30 60 Caps Age 50 25 40 30 20 20 10 0 15 Gori (9) Gori Minto (6) Minto Furno (5) Furno Allan (10) Allan Sarto (11) Sarto Rizzo (17) Rizzo Zanni (20) Zanni Botes (21) Botes Parisse (8) Parisse Garcia (12) Garcia McLean (15) McLean Cittadini (18) Cittadini Iannone (14) Iannone Ghiraldini (2) Ghiraldini Giazzon (16) Giazzon Orquera (22) Orquera de Marchi (1) de Marchi Esposito (23) Esposito Bortolami (19) Bortolami Geldenhuys (4) Geldenhuys Campagnaro (13) Campagnaro Castrogiovanni (3) Castrogiovanni Ma.Bergamasco (7) Ma.Bergamasco (1) ALBERTO DE MARCHI TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Benetton Treviso Overall 13 5 8 - - - 4 - 9 Born: 13.3.1986 (27) in Jesolo (Italy) RBS 6 Nations 6 1 5 - - - 2 - 4 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 118kg (18st 8lb) v France 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - Position: Prop @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 9.6.2012 v Argentina (San Juan) RBS 6N 2014 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 RBS 6N debut: 3.2.2013 v France (Roma) PRO12 2013/14 9 7 2 - - - 3 1 5 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 4 2 2 - - - - - 4 Club debuts: 2006-07 Parma, 2010-11 Aironi, 2012-13 Treviso Began playing in Italy's lower levels with San Dona 2004, made Super-10 debut for Parma in the local derby against Gran Parma in November 2006 Italy A debut came against v Georgia in the IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest 2007, now played 12 games at this level, including three appearances the 2011 Churchill Cup in England His only senior try to date came for Parma at home to Prato in the Super-10 on 1 May 2010 Part of training squad for 2011 RWC and 2012 RBS 6 Nations but injury prevented him making his debut until the summer tour against Argentina in San Juan June 2012 Came off the bench to make his RBS 6 Nations bow during Italy's Garibaldi Trophy victory over France at the Stadio Olimpico in round one 2013. Has played in all games in the tournament since but his only start was against England in round 4 Compiled by (2) LEONARDO GHIRALDINI TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Benetton Treviso Overall 60 48 12 5 4 20 14 - 46 Born: 26.12.1984 (29) in Padova (Italy) RBS 6 Nations 29 27 2 1 - - 5 - 24 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 102kg (16st 0lb) v France 6 5 1 - - - 2 - 4 Position: Hooker @ Stade de France 3 3 - - - - - - 3 Test debut: 11.6.2006 v Japan (Tokyo) RBS 6N 2014 1 1 - - - - - - 1 RBS 6N debut: 17.3.2007 v Ireland (Roma) PRO12 2013/14 4 4 - - - - 1 1 2 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 3 3 - - - - - - 3 Club debuts: 2003-04 Padova, 2005-06 Calvisano, 2009-10 Treviso Italian Championship finalist with Calvisano in 2006, skippered them to success in 2008 final, and won another crown with Benetton Treviso two years later Made his Italy A debut against Tonga in 2005; also played for them in the IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest 2007 This is his 8th successive RBS 6 Nations campaign since his debut against Ireland in Rome in 2007, missing only two possible matches during that time Played in two RWC with Italy, 2007 and 2011, has played in each of Italy's last 15 tests,13 as a starter. His 4 test tries to date have come against Argentina, Pacific Islanders, Japan and Tonga (3) MARTIN CASTROGIOVANNI TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Toulon Overall 102 79 23 1 12 60 29 1 72 Born: 21.10.1981 (32) in Parana (Argentina) RBS 6 Nations 50 37 13 - 5 25 7 1 42 Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 117kg (18st 5lb) v France 11 6 5 - 2 10 2 - 9 Position: Prop @ Stade de France 5 4 1 - 1 5 - - 5 Test debut: 8.6.2002 v New Zealand (Hamilton(NZ)) RBS 6N 2014 1 1 - - - - - - 1 RBS 6N debut: 22.2.2003 v Ireland (Roma) Top14 2013/14 12 5 7 - - - 5 1 6 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 5 3 2 - - - 4 - 1 Club debuts: 2001-02 Calvisano, 2006-07 Leicester, 2013-14 Toulon Has been in four Premiership winning squads with Leicester in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2013 and a finalist with them in 2011 and 2012. Made his RBS 6 Nations debut v Ireland 2003, and has appeared in every tournament since. Last week became only the 6th player, and the first from Italy, to play 50 games in the RBS 6 Nations. Is the world's most prolific try-scoring prop with 12, his most recent coming against France in round 1 last year Has appeared for Italy in three Rugby World Cups: skippered them for the first time during the two games on the North American tour summer 2012 and then against Wales in last year's RBS 6 Nations. Played in his 100th test against Fiji in Cremona last November (4) QUINTIN GELDENHUYS TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Zebre Overall 42 36 6 - - - 12 - 30 Born: 19.6.1981 (32) in Krugersdorp (S Africa) RBS 6 Nations 21 19 2 - - - 5 - 16 Ht: 2.03m (6'8") Wt: 126kg (19st 11lb) v France 4 3 1 - - - 2 - 2 Position: Lock @ Stade de France 2 2 - - - - - - 2 Test debut: 13.6.2009 v Australia (Canberra) RBS 6N 2014 1 1 - - - - - - 1 RBS 6N debut: 6.2.2010 v Ireland (Dublin) PRO12 2013/14 8 8 - - - - 2 - 6 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 4 4 - - - - - - 4 Club debuts: 2002 Sharks XV, 2003 Pumas, 2005-06 Viadana, 2010-11 Aironi, 2012-13 Zebre Made his first class debut for Natal in the Vodacom Cup, March 2002, going on to become a losing finalist later in the same year against Natal Wildebeest. World U21 Championship winner with South Africa in 2002. Made his way to Italy summer 2005 when signing for Viadana. Made his Italy A debut v Scotland in 2009, his test debut followed v Australia in Canberra June that year Appeared in three Italian Championship finals with Viadana in 2007, 2009, and 2010 when he was skipper, but lost them all (to Benetton Treviso) His RBS 6 Nations bow came in Italy's opening game of the 2010 tournament against Ireland at Croke Park. Has since played in every one of Italy's last 21 RBS 6 Nations matches, 19 as a starter Has yet to score a test try. Compiled by (5) JOSHUA FURNO TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Biarritz Olympique Overall 14 6 8 - - - 6 - 8 Born: 21.10.1989 (24) in Melbourne (Australia) RBS 6 Nations 4 2 2 - - - 2 - 2 Ht: 2.01m (6'7") Wt: 114kg (17st 13lb) v France - - - - - - - - - Position: Lock @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 20.8.2011 v Scotland (Murrayfield) RBS 6N 2014 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 RBS 6N debut: 17.3.2012 v Scotland (Roma) Top14 2013/14 12 5 7 - - - 2 - 10 FACTBOX: ACC 2013/14 6 6 - - 1 5 3 - 3 Club debuts: 2009-10 Viadana, 2010-11 Aironi, 2012-13 Narbonne, 2013-14 Biarritz Played for Italy U19 in 2008, Italy U20 in Six Nations 2008 & 2009, and the Junior World Championships in Wales 2008 & Japan 2009 Italy A debut came against England Saxons at Worcester 2011, he also played for them in Churchill Cup that summer Test debut came as a replacement in the World Cup warm up game against Scotland at Murrayfield August 2011 Made his RBS 6 Nations debut off the bench in the round 5 fixture against Scotland in Rome 2012, whilst his only two starts to date came in rounds 4 & 5 last year. Made a first test start in the second row against Canada in Toronto June 2012; has played in Italy's last 5 tests, coming on as a replacement in the last 4. (6) FRANCESCO MINTO TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Benetton Treviso Overall 8 5 3 - - - 2 - 6 Born: 20.5.1987 (26) in Mirano (Italy) RBS 6 Nations 6 3 3 - - - 2 - 4 Ht: 1.93m (6'4") Wt: 104kg (16st 5lb) v France 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Position: Flanker @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 17.11.2012 v New Zealand (Roma) RBS 6N 2014 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 RBS 6N debut: 3.2.2013 v France (Roma) 0 - - - - - - - - - FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 Club debuts: 2006-07 Parma, 2010-11 Treviso Represented Italy U21 at the Six Nations 2007 Italy A debut came in IRB Nations Cup Bucharest 2008, played in same tournament 2009 & 2010. Represented Italy A at the Churchill Cup in England summer 2011 and now has 16 caps at A level The only senior try he has ever scored was for Treviso in Glasgow in the PRO12 in January 2013 Made test debut against the All Blacks at Rome's Stadio Olimpico in November 2012.
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