Due to depart Bath Rugby for Benetton this summer, Matt Gallagher has been named in Gonzalo Quesada's 39-man squad for the 2024 Summer tour. Italy finished 5th in this year's Six Nations championship, after securing emphatic wins over Wales and Scotland. Uncapped Gallagher is eligible for the Italian national side through his mother who is half Italian. Italy travel to the Pacific Islands to take on Samoa, Tonga and Japan throughout July. --- #### ITALY'S SUMMER TOUR FIXTURES **Samoa v Italy**
Apia Park, Apia
Friday 5 July, 13:00 local time (01:00 BST) **Tonga v Italy**
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Friday 12 July, 13:00 local time (01:00 BST) **Japan v Italy**
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Sunday 21 July, 14:05 local time (02:05 BST) --- #### SQUAD ###### **FORWARDS** Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 53 caps)
Danilo FISCHETTI (Zebre Parma, 41 caps)
Muhamed HASA (Zebre Parma, uncapped)
Marco RICCIONI (Saracens, 26 caps)
Mirco SPAGNOLO (Benetton Rugby, 5 caps)
Giosuè ZILOCCHI (Benetton Rugby, 21 caps)
Gianmarco LUCCHESI (Benetton Rugby, 22 caps)
Giacomo NICOTERA (Benetton Rugby, 23 caps)
Giampietro RIBALDI (Zebre Parma, uncapped)
Loriz ZARANTONELLO (Castres, uncapped)
Niccolò CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 41 caps)
Riccardo FAVRETTO (Benetton Rugby, 3 caps)
Edoardo IACHIZZI (Benetton Rugby, 6 caps)
Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 54 caps)
Andrea ZAMBONIN (Zebre Parma, 7 caps)
Lorenzo CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 19 caps)
Alessandro IZEKOR (Benetton Rugby, 2 caps)
Michele LAMARO (Benetton Rugby, 38 caps)
Giulio MARINI (Mogliano Veneto Rugby, uncapped)
Sebastian NEGRI (Benetton Rugby, 55 caps)
David ODIASE (Oyonnax, uncapped)
Ross VINTCENT (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps)
Manuel ZULIANI (Benetton Rugby, 21 caps) ###### **BACKS** Alessandro GARBISI (Benetton Rugby 8 caps)
Martin PAGE-RELO (Lyon, 8 caps)
Stephen VARNEY (Gloucester Rugby, 29 caps)
Paolo GARBISI (Toulon, 36 caps)
Leonardo MARIN (Benetton Rugby, 9 caps)
Giovanni MONTEMAURI (Zebre Parma, esordiente)
Juan Ignacio BREX (Benetton Rugby, 35 caps)
Tommaso MENONCELLO (Benetton Rugby, 17 caps)
Francois MEY (Clermont, uncapped)
Marco ZANON (Benetton Rugby, 14 caps)
Ange CAPUOZZO (Stade Toulousain, 19 caps)
**Matt GALLAGHER (Bath Rugby, uncapped)**
Simone GESI (Zebre Parma, 1 cap)
Monty IOANE (Lyon, 30 caps)
Louis LYNAGH (Harlequins, 2 caps)
Jacopo TRULLA (Zebre Parma, 8 caps)

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