Italy make final cut

Final cut: Italy coach Nick Mallett

Italy Head Coach Nick Mallett named his final 26-man squad for the November Test Matches on Wednesday.

Italy will face Australia in Padova on December 8, Argentina in Torino on the 15th and Pacific Islanders in Reggio Emilia on 22nd.

Giulio Toniolatti, a 24-year-old scrum-half from Almaviva UR Capitolina is the only uncapped player in the squad, while Saracens' prop Matias Aguero and Brive's fly-half Luciano Orquera make their return in the Azzurri team after long absences from international stage.

Aguero played his last international against Portugal during the 2007 RWC, while Orquera hasn't played for Italy since 2005.

Stade Français number eight Sergio Parisse will skipper the team, which will assemble in Padova on Novembre 2.

Italy squad: Matias Aguero (Saracens, 8 caps), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Français, 65 caps), Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Français, 53 caps), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester RFC, 67 caps), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont Auvergne, 41 caps), Pablo Canavosio (Montepaschi Viadana, 20 caps), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster Branch, 30 caps), Santiago Dellape (RC Toulon, 52 caps), Gonzalo Garcia (Cammi Calvisano, 2 caps), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Cammi Calvisano, 13 caps), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing Metro Paris, 76 caps), Andrea Marcato (Benetton Treviso, 9 caps), Andrea Masi (Biarritz Olympique, 41 caps), Luke McLean (Cammi Calvisano, 2 caps), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester RFC, 28 caps), Fabio Ongaro (Saraceno, 56 caps), Luciano Orquera (Brive, 10 caps), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais, 54 caps, captain), Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Cariparma, 1 cap), Salvatore Perugini (Stade Toulousain, 52 caps), Matteo Pratichetti (Cammi Calvisano, 10 caps), Tommaso Reato (Femi CZ Rovigo, 3 caps), Kaine Robertson (Montepaschi Viadana, 32 caps), Josh Sole (Montepaschi Viadana, 30 caps), Giulio Toniolatti (AlmavivA UR Capitolina, uncapped), Alessandro Zanni (Cammi Calvisano, 24 caps).