Monty Ioane - players.bio

Italy head coach Gonzalo Quesada shuffled their line-up on Thursday for their first-ever meeting with Chile this weekend, making 10 changes to the team which lost to South Africa, with captain Michele Lamaro back from injury.

Louis Lynagh Tommaso Menoncello Paolo Garbisi Stephen Varney Michele Lamaro Gonzalo Quesada Italy Australia South Africa Chile rowing Testing UPS FIVE

Italy make one change as prop Riccioni comes in for South Africa clash

TURIN, Italy :Italy prop Marco Riccioni has replaced Simone Ferrari as head coach Gonzalo Quesada unsurprisingly named a largely unchanged side for Saturday's Autumn International against South Africa in Turin after last weekend's win over Australia.

Louis Lynagh Tommaso Menoncello Paolo Garbisi Stephen Varney Michele Lamaro Sebastian Negri Rassie Erasmus International Gonzalo Quesada France Italy Australia South Africa county Florence Features record

Italy stun Wallabies with Australian influence to the fore

UDINE, Italy :Italy upset Australia with a come-from-behind 26-19 victory on Saturday with the son of a Wallaby great scoring one try and an Australian-born winger the other to snatch a famous win for the hosts.

Harry Wilson Louis Lynagh Paolo Garbisi Italy Australia Testing UPS FLEX FIVE Ball

Lynagh lines up for Italy in Australia test, Lamaro out injured

Italy's Louis Lynagh was selected by head coach Gonzalo Quesada when he named his side to face Australia in the first of their three Autumn internationals on Saturday in Udine, but captain Michele Lamaro is out through injury.

Louis Lynagh Tommaso Menoncello Paolo Garbisi Stephen Varney Michele Lamaro Sebastian Negri Federico Ruzza International Gonzalo Quesada Tommaso Allan France Italy Australia South Africa Ireland Chile county Florence Testing UPS

Ireland survive scare to secure bonus-point win over Italy

Dan Sheehan scored a hat-trick as Ireland overcame a sloppy start to keep alive their hopes of retaining the Guinness Six Nations title with an unconvincing 22-17 bonus-point success over Italy.

Jack Crowley Hugo Keenan Dan Sheehan Simon Easterby Sam Prendergast Rugby Union France Italy Ireland county Union Guinness Six Nations

Ioane returns as much-changed Italy seek first win over England

Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada on Friday made six changes to his side ahead of their Six Nations clash with England at Twickenham on Sunday, with wing Monty Ioane returning from injury.

Tommaso Menoncello Paolo Garbisi Stephen Varney Gianmarco Lucchesi International Gonzalo Quesada Tommaso Allan France Italy Georgia New Zealand Samoa Testing record show Rugby performer gatherings

Italy team to face England in Six Nations

Italy head coach Gonzalo Quesada on Friday named the following team to face England in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Sunday: