Italy bring in Giulio Bisegni for Wales clash

Italy head coach Conor O’Shea has made just one change to his starting XV to play Wales, with Giulio Bisegni replacing Tommaso Boni.

Despite going down to France two weeks ago – their third successive defeat in this year’s Six Nations – O’Shea has largely kept faith with the squad.

The pack remains unchanged where Sebastian Negri will look to continue his fine form in the championship having impressed against England and France.

There are alterations to the bench, however, with Oliviero Fabiani, Giovanni Licata and Guglielmo Palazzani all among the replacements after missing out versus Les Bleus.

Italy: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Giulio Bisegni, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Alessandro Zanni, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Giovanni Licata, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Jayden Hayward

Date: Sunday, March 11
Venue: Principality Stadium
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Pascal Gaüzère (France), Andrew Brace (Ireland)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)