SIX NATIONS: Italy coach Nick Mallett has named uncapped Franco Sbaraglini as a replacement for the injured Fabio Ongaro for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations game against Scotland.

Ongaro sustained an injury in yesterday’s training session in Rome and the Italian Rugby Federation confirmed the player has been ruled out for this weekend’s encounter at Murrayfield.

The Saracens hooker started in the Azzurri’s defeats to England and Ireland, but had been dropped to the bench by Mallett for Saturday’s game.

Benetton Treviso hooker Sbaraglini will take Ongaro’s place on the bench.

Italy team(v Scotland): A Marcato, M Bergamasco, G Canale, G Garcia, M Pratichetti; L McLean, P Griffen; S Perugini, L Ghiraldini, M Castrogiovanni, S Dellape, M Bortolami, A Zanni, M Bergamasco, S Parisse.

Replacements: F Sbaraglini, C Nieto, CA Del Fava, P Canavosio, J Sole, A Bacchetti, G Rubini.