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Ghiraldini in Italy squad to face England

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Leonardo Ghiraldini could go head-to-head with Leicester Tigers teammate Tom Youngs in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations game at Twickenham after being named in Italy's starting XV.Hooker Ghiraldini will win his 72nd Test cap for the Azzurri and starts in the front row alongside former Tigers prop Martin Castrogiovanni and Sale’s Alberto de Marchi. The game kicks off at 2.30pm on Saturday and is live on BBC One.   England name their team at 9.45am on Thursday for the second game of this season’s Six Nations championship.   Youngs, his brother Ben, and Tigers teammates Dan Cole and Tom Croft are all set to feature in the matchday 23 after England retained the squad that beat Wales in Cardiff last weekend. Italy kicked off their campaign with a 26-3 defeat to Ireland in Rome.   Italy 15 Luke McLean (Sale Sharks) 14 Leonardo Sarto (Zebre) 13 Luca Morisi (Benetton Treviso) 12 Andrea Masi (Wasps) 11 Giovanbattista Venditti (Zebre) 10 Kelly Haimona (Zebre) 9 Edoardo Gori (Benetton Treviso) 1 Alberto De Marchi (Sale Sharks) 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Leicester Tigers) 3 Martin Castrogiovanni (Toulon) 4 George Biagi (Zebre) 5 Marco Bortolami (Zebre) 6 Francesco Minto (Benetton Treviso) 7 Mauro Bergamasco (Zebre) 8 Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais) Replacements 16 Andrea Manici (Zebre) 17 Matias Aguero (Zebre) 18 Dario Chistolini (Zebre) 19 Josh Furno (Newcastle Falcons) 20 Samuela Vunisa (Zebre) 21 Guglielmo Palazzani (Zebre) 22 Tommaso Allan (Perpignan) 23 Giulio Bisegni (Zebre)