Scrum of the Earth /

Nick Mallett has named his 30-man squad for November's home Test matches against Australia, Argentina and the Pacific Islands.

Sergio Parisse, Mauro Bergamasco and Marco Bortolami feature but there is no place for heavyweight prop Martin Castrogiovanni

Forwards: Matias Aguero (Saracens), Robert Barbieri (Treviso), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster), Santiago Dellape (Toulon), Carlo Festuccia (Racing Metro), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Calvisano), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing Metro), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais/), Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse), Tommaso Reato (Rovigo), Josh Sole (Viadana), Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano)

Backs: Andrea Bacchetti (Rovigo), Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont), Pablo Canavosio (Viadana), Gonzalo Garcia (Calvisano), Andrea Marcato (Treviso), Andrea Masi (Biarritz), Luke McLean (Calvisano), Luciano Orquera (Brive), Riccardo Pavan (Parma), Simon Picone (Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano), Kaine Robertson (Viadana), Giulio Toniolatti (Capitolina Rome)