Rugby Union: Mallett's First Azzurri Team Features Untried Half Backs

Birmingham Post › January 31, 2008

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Italy coach Nick Mallett has selected an untried half back partnership against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

The former South Africa player and coach yesterday named his first Azzurri team and his decision to go with Andrea Masi - a centre by trade - at Croke Park instead of the dropped Ramiro Pez will have raised more than a few eyebrows.

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Rugby Union: Mallett's First Azzurri Team Features Untried Half Backs

The Biarritz star, making his first Test start at No 10, will be partnered by Pietro Travagli, whose previous, second, c...

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