In a critical inclusion for the Azzurri, Ange Capuozzo, Paolo Garbisi, and Michele Lamaro will make their returns to the Italy squad for three November Tests after missing out on summer action.
Confirmed by the Italian Rugby Federation on Thursday, the news will be welcome for Italian fans, with Capuozzo having been out of action with a broken fibula sustained in June.
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Outside of the key returns, however, Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada's 34-man squad sprang no surprises. Toulon playmaker Garbisi, who missed the summer tour of South Africa that saw Italy lose twice to the Springboks (42-24 and 45-0), is also back along with Perpignan's Tommaso Allan, Treviso flanker Lamaro and Bordeaux-Begles scrum-half Martin Page-Relo.
There were also call-ups for uncapped 19-year-olds Edoardo Todaro, a centre with Northampton, and Enoch Opoku Gyamfi, a lock currently on Bath's books.
The Italians will be looking to finish their 2025 season on a high, currently having only two wins so far this season: a 22-15 win against Wales in the Six Nations and a 73-6 win over Namibia on their recent tour to Africa.
Having claimed a historic victory over the Wallabies in their last clash in Florence in 2022, the Italians will likely be targeting that clash in their last three matches of the year.
Italy play Australia in Udine on November 8 before taking on world champions South Africa a week later in Turin, and finishing up with an historic maiden fixture against Chile in Genoa on November 22.
Forwards:
Lorenzo Cannone, Niccolo Cannone, Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Pablo Dimcheff, Riccardo Favretto, Simone Ferrari, Danilo Fischetti, Muhamed Hasa, Alessandro Izekor, Michele Lamaro, Sebastian Negri, Giacomo Nicotera, Enoch Opoku Gyamfi, Marco Riccioni, Federico Ruzza, Mirco Spagnolo, Ross Vintcent, Andrea Zambonin, Manuel Zuliani Backs:
Tommaso Allan, Juan Ignacio Brex, Ange Capuozzo, Giacomo Da Re, Alessandro Garbisi, Paolo Garbisi, Monty Ioane, Louis Lynagh, Leonardo Marin, Damiano Mazza, Tommaso Menoncello, Martin Page-Relo, Lorenzo Pani, Edoardo Todaro, Stephen Varney
