Uncapped Sbaraglini earns Italy call

ITALY coach Nick Mallett has called uncapped Franco Sbaraglini to replace injured Fabio Ongaro for tomorrow’s Six Nations game against Scotland.

Ongaro sustained an injury on Wednesday and has been ruled out for the encounter at Murrayfield.

The Saracens hooker started in the Azzurri´s defeats to England and Ireland, but had been dropped to the bench by Mallett for the Scotland game.

Benetton Treviso hooker Sbaraglini will take Ongaro´s place on the bench.

ITALY (v Scotland): A. Marcato (Treviso); Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), G. Canale (Clermont-Auvergne), G. Garcia (Calvisano), M. Pratichetti (Calvisano); L.e McLean (Calvisano), P. Griffen (Calvisano); S. Perugini (Stade Toulousain), L. Ghiraldini (Calvisano), M. Castrogiovanni (Leicester), S. Dellape (Toulon), M. Bortolami (Gloucester), A. Zanni (Calvisano), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), S. Parisse (Stade Francais).

Replacements: F. Sbaraglini (Treviso), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), C. Del Fava (Ulster), P. Canavosio (Viadana), J. Sole (Viadana), A. Bacchetti (Rovigo), G. Rubini (Cariparma)