Conor O'Shea has named five uncapped players in his Italy squad for their autumn internationals, including Ireland-born Ian McKinley. McKinley has been in superb form for Treviso this term, coming within a minute of steering them to a famous Champions Cup win over Toulon last weekend. The fly-half is joined by New Zealand-born centre Jayden Hayward, fullback Matteo Minozzi as well as forwards Renato Giammarioli and Giovanni Licata. Italy face Fiji, Argentina and South Africa, whom they beat during last year's autumn series, next month. Italy squad Forwards: Biagi Budd, Fabiani, Ghiraldini, Chistolini, Ferrari, Fuser, Giammarioli, Lazzaroni, Licata, Lovotti, Minto, Negri, Parisse, Pasquali, Ruzza, Steyn, Zani, Backs: Gori, Tebaldi, Violi, Canna, McKinley, Benvenuti, Boni, Castello, Hayward, Esposito, Sarto, Venditti, Minozzi, Padovani.
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