Century maker: Italy scrum half Alessandro Troncon will earn his 100th Test cap in the Pool C match against Portugal on Wednesday

PARIS, 17 September - Italy head coach Pierre Berbizier has named his team to play Portugal in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool C match at Parc des Princes, Paris on Wednesday.

Italy team:

1 Andrea Lo Cicero
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Carlo Del Fava
5 Marco Bortolami (c)
6 Sergio Parisse
7 Mauro Bergamasco
8 Manoa Vosawai
9 Alessandro Troncon
10 Roland de Marigny
11 Matteo Pratichetti
12 Andrea Masi
13 Gonzalo Canale
14 Pablo Canavosio
15 David Bortolussi

Replacements:

16 Fabio Ongaro
17 Matias Aguero
18 Salvatore Perugini
19 Valerio Bernabò
20 Silvio Orlando
21 Paul Griffen
22 Ezio Galon

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