You wouldn't fancy meeting Martin Castrogiovanni down a dark alley...Nick Mallett has decided to keep faith with the same guys that fronted up in Paris for Italy's wooden-spoon RBS 6 Nations decider against Scotland.
Martin Castrogiovanni was the biggest worry after injuring a shoulder against France but Italy's top try scorer takes his place on the front-row alongside Leonardo Ghiraldini and Andrea Lo Cicero.
Andrea Masi completes his baptism of fire at fly-half for the Azzurri who will be looking to gain some revenge for the World Cup quarter-final defeat as well as claiming their first triumph of this year's tournament.
If Italy can beat Scotland by five or more points, then the wooden spoon will head to Edinburgh for the second year in a row.
Italy: 15 Andrea Marcato, 14 Kaine Robertson, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Mirco Bergamasco, 11 Ezio Galon, 10 Andrea Masi, 9 Simon Picone, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Josh Sole, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 Jacobus Erasmus, 20 Pietro Travagli, 21 Enrico Patrizio, 22 Alberto Sgarbi
Date: Saturday, 15 March
Venue: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Kick-off: 14:00 (13:00 GMT)