Namibia boasts more Rugby World Cup experience than Italy for their Pool A match in Saint-Etienne on Saturday.
Italy made two changes from its last warmup game, a 42-21 win over Japan in Treviso two weeks ago.
Former London Irish prop Danilo Fischetti and Harlequins lock Dino Lamb have swapped off the bench to start in place of Ivan Nemer and Niccolo Cannone. The backline was the same, including wing Montanna Ioane, who scored three tries against Japan. The reserves included Saracens prop Marco Riccioni, whose knee injury in the Ireland warmup loss, along with Stephen Varney’s shoulder complaint in the same game, made coach Kieran Crowley delay the World Cup squad announcement.“The most important lesson from the match against Japan was always being in the lead and always in control of the match. We scored immediately and remained in front, something that doesn’t happen often. It will be essential to approach Namibia the same way.
Namibia will play only a 12th test since 2021 when former South Africa coach Allister Coetzee took charge while also overseeing Italy’s Rovigo club.Italy: Tommaso Allan, Ange Capuozzo, Juan Ignacio Brex, Luca Morisi, Montanna Ioane, Paolo Garbisi, Stephen Varney; Lorenzo Cannone, Michele Lamaro , Sebastian Negri, Federico Ruzza, Dino Lamb, Simone Ferrari, Giacomo Nicotera, Danilo Fisichetti.
Namibia: Divan Rossouw, Gerswin Mouton, Johan Deysel , Danco Burger, JC Greyling, Tiaan Swanepoel, Damian Stevens; Richard Hardwick, Johan Retief, Wian Conradie, Tjiuee Uanivi, Adriaan Ludick, Johan Coetzee, Torsten Van Jaarsveld, Desiderius Sethie. Reserves: Louis van der Westhuizen, Jason Benade, Casper Viviers, Tiaan De Klerk, Prince Gaoseb, Jacques Theron, Andre van der Bergh, Le Roux Malan.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
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