 Treviso wing Dallan is among the latest players to be ruled out |
Italy coach Pierre Berbizier must do without three more key players for the opening matches of the Six Nations. Wingers Denis Dallan and Samuele Pace and full-back Ezio Galon all attended a training camp in Rome but have failed to recover from minor injuries.
Influential centre Andrea Masi and winger Kaine Robertson have already been ruled out with injuries.
Berbizier has named a 24-man squad for the games against Ireland on 4 February and England on 11 February.
The Six Nations is Berbizier's first tournament in charge of the Azzurri since taking over from John Kirwan last April.
Italy squad for Six Nations:
Backs: Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont-Auvergne), Pablo Canavosio (Ghial Calvisano), Paul Griffen (Ghial Calvisano), Ludovico Nitoglia (Ghial Calvisano), Ramiro Pez (Perpignan), Simon Picone (Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Ghial Calvisano), Josh Sole (Viadana), Cristian Stoica (Montpellier), Rima Wakarua (Parma).
Forwards: Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Marco Bortolami (Padova), Martin Castrogiovanni (Ghial Calvisano), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Bourgoin), Santiago Dellape (Agen), Carlo Festuccia (SKG Gran Parma), Andrea Lo Cicero (L'Aquila), Carlos Nieto (Viadana), Fabio Ongaro (Treviso), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais), Salvatore Perugini (Ghial Calvisano), Aaron Persico (Agen), Alessandro Zanni (Ghial Calvisano)
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