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Italy fullback Andrea Masi has been ruled out of the team’s Pool C clash with the USA tomorrow (Tuesday).
The Racing Metro man is suffering a calf strain and will be replaced by Luke McLean, with Giulio Toniolatti elevated to the bench.
Italy: Luke McLean, Tommaso Benvenuti, Gonzalo Canale, Gonzalo Garcia, Mirco Bergamasco, Luciano Orquera, Fabio Semenzato, Sergio Parisse (c), Bergamasco, Alessandro Zanni, Cornelius van Zyl, Quintin Geldenhuys, Martin Castrogiovanni, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: Fabio Ongaro, Andrea Lo Cicero, Marco Bortolami, Paul Derbyshire, Edoardo Gori, Riccardo Bocchino, Giulio Toniolatti.
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