Italy coach Jacques Brunel has called up Treviso prop Michele Rizzo as a back-up for the injured Alberto De Marchi for the opening two matches in the Six Nations.
Rizzo, 29, hasn’t featured for Italy in three-and-a-half seasons.
The Italians kick off their Six Nations campaign on February 4 against France.
Italy squad
Forwards: Robert Barbieri (Treviso), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais/FRA), Marco Bortolami (Aironi), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester/ENG), Lorenzo Cittadini (Treviso), Tommaso D’Apice (Aironi), Alberto De Marchi (Aironi), Paul Derbyshire (Treviso), Simone Favaro (Aironi), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Treviso), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing-Metro/FRA), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais/FRA, capt), Antonio Pavanello (Treviso), Quintin Geldenhuys (Aironi), Cornelius Van Zyl (Treviso), Alessandro Zanni (Treviso), Michele Rizzo (Treviso)
Backs: Tommaso Benvenuti (Treviso), Kris Burton (Treviso), Angelo Esposito (Ruggers Tarvisium), Edoardo Gori (Treviso), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont/FRA), Andrea Masi (Aironi), Luke McLean (Treviso), Luca Morisi (Monte Parma), Luciano Orquera (Aironi), Roberto Quartaroli (Aironi), Fabio Semenzato (Treviso), Alberto Sgarbi (Treviso), Guilio Toniolatti (Aironi), Giovambattista Venditti (Aironi)