2017 Italy v Scotland International Test

Italy, Scotland Choose Lineups For Clash Streaming Live On FloRugby

Italy and Scotland have named their lineups for their test match in Singapore on Saturday, June 10. The game is being streamed LIVE on FloRugby, with the kickoff at 8 AM ET/5 AM PT.

Jun 9, 2017 by Alex Goff

Italy, Scotland Choose Lineups For Clash Streaming Live On FloRugby

Italy and Scotland have named their lineups for their test match in Singapore on Saturday, June 10.

The game is being streamed LIVE on FloRugby, with the kickoff at 8 AM ET/5 AM PT.

Italian scrumhalf Edoardo Gori is the only member of the Azzurri lineup with more than 50 caps, and he will captain the team. Scotland's captain is flanker John Barclay, who has 60 caps, and the most-capped Scottish player in the lineup is hooker Ross Ford, who has played 107 times for his country.

For Scotland, head coach Gregor Townsend, who was a star flyhalf for Scotland and the British and Irish Lions in the late 1990s, has a young side as well and one that's not used to the heat and humidity of Singapore in June.

"It is a challenge," Townsend told the BBC, adding that the jet lag might have been more of an issue at first. "But it's also a challenge for Italy. We may not be able to see the [fast] rugby that we've been delivering at training, but we've got to find a way to be better than Italy on the weekend."

Townsend, who was a running flyhalf when he was a player, said he wants to play at a high pace against a big, physical Italy side.

Italy has a reputation for putting something new on the rugby field -- witness the way they flummoxed eventual Six Nations champion England in late February by not contesting rucks (and therefore eliminating the offside line).

Scotland's Lineup		Italy's Lineup
Position	Player	Position	Player
15	Duncan Taylor	15	Edoardo Padovani
14	Damien Hoyland	14	Angelo Esposito
13	Matt Scott	13	Michele Campagnaro
12	Alex Dunbar	12	Tommaso Boni
11	Tim Visser	11	Leonardo Sarto
10	Finn Russell	10	Tommaso Allan
9	Ali Price	9	Edoardo Gori
8	Josh Strauss	8	Robert Barbieri
7	John Hardie	7	Maxime Mbanda'
6	John Barclay	6	Francesco Minto
5	Ben Toolis	5	Dan Budd
4	Tim Swinson	4	Marco Fuser
3	Willem Nel	3	Simone Ferrari
2	Ross Ford	2	Luca Bigi
1	Allan Dell	1	Andrea Lovotti

Replacements	Player	Replacements	Player
16	Fraser Brown	16	Ornel Gega
17	Gordon Reid	17	Federico Zani
18	Zander Fagerson	18	Pietro Ceccarelli
19	Rob Harley	19	Andreis Van Schalkwyk
20	Magnus Bradbury	20	Abraham Steyn
21	Ryan Wilson	21	Marcello Violi
22	Henry Pyrgos	22	Carlo Canna
23	Pete Horne	23	Tommaso Benvenuti