Italy names team to play Australia

PADUA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy coach Conor O’Shea on Thursday named the following team to take on Australia in their test on Saturday:

15-Jayden Hayward, 14-Tommaso Benvenuti, 13-Michele Campagnaro, 12-Tommaso Castello, 11-Mattia Bellini, 10-Tommaso Allan, 9-Tito Tebaldi, 8-Braam Steyn, 7-Jake Polledri, 6-Sebastian Negri, 5-Dean Budd, 4-Alessandro Zanni, 3-Simone Ferrari, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini (captain), 1-Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: 16-Luca Bigi, 17-Cherif Traore, 18-Tiziano Pasquali, 19-Marco Fuser, 20-Johan Meyer, 21-Guglielmo Palazzani, 22-Carlo Canna, 23-Luca Morisi.

(Reporting by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)