Rugby: Italy to rely on Benetton core against Pumas

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 7 - Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada is fielding a core of nine Benetton Treviso players in his starting line-up for Saturday's opening Autumn Nations Series match against Argentina in Udine.
    The rest of the team comes from overseas clubs, above teams in the French Top 14.
    Prop Mirco Spagnolo gets his first start for the national team.
    Veteran flyhalf Tommaso Allan is on the bench after returning to the Azzurri fold following a break for family reasons.
    Italy: 15 Ange Capuozzo (Stade Toulosain), 14 Louis Lynagh (Benetton), 13 Juan Ignacio Brex (Benetton), 12 Tommaso Menoncello (Benetton), 11 Monty Ioane (Lyon); 10 Paolo Garbisi (Toulon), 9 Martin Page-Relo (Lyon); 8 Lorenzo Cannone (Benetton), 7 Michele Lamaro (captain., Benetton); 6 Sebastian Negri (Benetton); 5 Federico Ruzza (Benetton), 4 Niccolò Cannone (Benetton); 3 Marco Riccioni (Saracens), 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi (Toulon), 1 Mirco Spagnolo (Benetton).
    Replacements: 16 Giacomo Nicotera (Stade Francais), 17 Danilo Fischetti (Zebre), 18 Simone Ferrari (Benetton), 19 Dino Lamb (Harlequins), 20 Manuel Zuliani (Benetton), 21 Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton), 22 Tommaso Allan (Perpignan), 23 Marco Zanon (Benetton). (ANSA).