Italy coach Nick Mallett has dropped six players from his squad to face France in their final RBS 6 Nations game in Rome at the weekend.
Out of contention for Saturday’s meeting with Les Bleus are winger Michele Sepe, back-rower Simone Favaro, second-row forwards Tommaso Reato and Jean-Francois Montauriol and fly-half Kristopher Burton.
The Azzurri had hoped to bring back Andrea Masi, who missed the last two games, but the Biarritz full-back has failed to recover from a neck injury.
Mallet will name his team on Thursday.
Italy have lost all four games so far against England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Italy Squad
Forwards:Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster), Santiago Dellape (Toulon), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Calvisano), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais), Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse), Franco Sbaraglini (Treviso), Josh Sole (Viadana), Fabio Staibano (Castres), Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano)
Backs:Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont), Pablo Canavosio (Viadana), Paul Griffen (Calvisano), Andrea Marcato (Treviso), Luciano Orquera (Brive), Luke McLean (Calvisano), Gilberto Pavan (Overmach Parma), Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano), Roberto Quartaroli (Overmach Parma), Giulio Rubini (Overmach Parma).
