Italy coach Nick Mallett abandoned for good his ill-fated experiment of playing flanker Mauro Bergamasco at scrumhalf when he made six changes, two of them positional, to his team for Sunday's Six Nations match against Ireland.
Mallett came under fire for playing Bergamasco at scrumhalf in last week's opening 36-11 loss to England and named his team Thursday with the Stade Francais player back in his usual openside position.
"Mauro returns to the back row. I think we can expect a great performance from him," Mallett said.
Paul Griffen will instead make his 39th international appearance in the No. 9 shirt for his first cap since the 2007 …
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