The Stade Francais playerm who was doubtful for the November tests against the All Blacks, South Africa and Samoa, has made a surprise return to a 30-man squad alongside flyhalves Kristopher Burton and Simon Picone and hooker Fabio Ongaro.

The rest of the squad for the possible 80,000 sellout at Milan’s San Siro is made up of players who were called up for a training camp held over the last five days.

Carlo Festuccia, Paul Derbyshire, Francesco Minto, Luciano Orquera, Fabio Semenzato and Lorenzo Cittadini miss out.

Coach Nick Mallett will trim his squad to 24 on Tuesday.

Italy squad:

Forwards - Matias Aguero, Mauro Bergamasco, Martin Castrogiovanni, Carlo Antonio Del Fava, Simone Favaro, Quintin Geldenhuys, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Fabio Ongaro, Sergio Parisse, Antonio Pavanello, Salvatore Perugini, Tommaso Reato, Ignacio Rouyet, Josh Sole, Manoa Vosawai, Alessandro Zanni.

Backs - Tommaso Benvenuti, Mirco Bergamasco, Kristopher Burton, Gonzalo Canale, Gonzalo Garcia, Craig Gower, Luke McLean, Simon Picone, Matteo Pratichetti, Kaine Robertson, Michele Sepe, Alberto Sgarbi, Tito Tebaldi, Giovanbattista Venditti.