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Conor O'Shea keeps confidence in same XV to face Pumas

Italy face Argentina in Florence. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images

Italy have named an unchanged starting XV to face Argentina, with Conor O'Shea making two changes to the Azzurri bench.

O'Shea's side take on the Pumas at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence Saturday, on the back of their 19-10 victory over Fiji in Catania.

Federico Ruzza and Tito Tebaldi have been named on the bench, coming in for Marco Lazzaroni and Edoardo Gori.

O'Shea told www.federugby.it: "I know this is a difficult choice for the six players in the squad that have not yet had an opportunity in these November tests.

"After the Catania game we wanted to give consistency in the choices made for the race against the Fiji, especially for a game such as the one against the Pumas that will be, in every respect, much more challenging and difficult to deal with."

South African referee Jaco Peyper takes charge of the Test.

Italy team to face Argentina:

Hayward, Sarto, Boni, Castello, Bellini, Cana, Violi; Lovotti, Bigi, Ferrari, Fuser, Budd, Minto, Steyn, Parisse (captain).

Replacements: Ghiraldini, Zani, Chistolini, Ruzza, Licata, Tebaldi, McKinley, Minozzi.