Italy coach Jacques Brunel has named centre Enrico Bacchin as injured centre Luca Morisi's replacement in their World Cup squad, the Italian Rugby Federation said on Thursday.
Bacchin made his Italy debut in the Six Nations victory over Scotland in February and has won three caps. Morisi suffered a knee injury in the warm-up defeat by Wales at the weekend.
Italy are in World Cup Pool D along with Ireland, France, Canada and Romania. They open their campaign against the French at Twickenham on September 19th.
Revised Italy World Cup squad -
Forwards: Matias Aguero, Martin Castrogiovanni, Dario Chistolini, Lorenzo Cittadini, Michele Rizzo, Loenardo Ghiraldini, Andrea Manici, Valerio Bernabo, Josh Furno, Marco Fuser, Quintin Geldenhuys, Mauro Bergamasco, Francesco Minto, Sergio Parisse (captain), Samuela Vunisa, Alessandro Zanni.
Backs: Edoardo Gori, Guglielmo Palazzani, Marcello Violi, Tommaso Allan, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Benvenuti, Michele Campagnaro, Angelo Esposito, Gonzalo Garcia, Andrea Masi, Luke McLean, Enrico Bacchin, Leonardo Sarto, Giovanbattista Venditti. (editing by Justin Palmer)
