Italy coach Conor O'Shea on Thursday named the following team to play South Africa in Padua on Saturday:
15-Jayden Hayward, 14-Angelo Esposito, 13-Tommaso Boni, 12-Tomasso Castello, 11-Mattia Bellini, 10-Carlo Canna, 9-Marcello Violi, 8-Sergio Parisse (captain), 7-Abraham Steyn, 6-Giovanni Licata, 5-Dean Budd, 4-Marco Fuser, 3-Simone Ferrari, 2-Luca Bigi, 1-Andrea Lovotti.
Replacements: 16-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17-Federico Zani, 18-Tiziano Pasquali, 19-Francesco Minto, 20-Renato Giammarioli, 21-Edoardo Gori, 22-Ian McKinley, 23-Matteo Minozzi.