Italy make two changes ahead of Fiji match

Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has made two changes to his starting line‑up for tomorrow's clash against the Vodafone Flying Fijians.

The only change amongst the backs sees Marcello Violi taking over from Edoardo Gori, who captained the Azzurri in their loss to Scotland.

This will be the first time Violi starts a Test after he made three appearances off the replacements bench for Italy.

Italy: 15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Tommaso Boni, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Abraham Steyn, 7 Maxime Mbanda’, 6 Francesco Minto (c), 5 Dean Budd, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: 16 Ornel Gega, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Andries Van Schalkwyk, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Tito Tebaldi, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti