Australian-born wing Monty Ioane will make his 50th appearance for Italy in this weekend’s Nations Championship match against South Africa, after being named on Thursday in coach Gonzalo Quesada’s team.

Ioane forms part of a back three including Toulouse wing Ange Capuozzo and Zebre fullback Mirko Belloni.

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Hat-trick of tries

Fresh from scoring a hat-trick of tries for Stade Francais in Saturday’s 43-24 Top 14 victory over La Rochelle, hooker Giacomo Nicotera will captain the side for just the second time.

Alongside him in the front row, Simone Ferrari will pack

Read the full article from The South African Rugby here.