Verified and updated November 14, 2026, at 1:08 p.m. UTC. Italy and Argentina have confirmed their starting XVs for their Nations Championship match at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. Kickoff was scheduled for 11:40 a.m. UTC (12:40 p.m. in Genoa, CET, UTC+01:00). The match was underway when this update was checked; the live pages reviewed did not provide a dependable final score.
Both coaches made five changes to their starting teams after heavy losses in Round 4. Argentina’s reshuffle includes Bautista Bernasconi at hooker in place of the unavailable Julián Montoya, while Pablo Matera takes the captaincy. Italy’s changes include Stephen Varney at scrum-half and Tommaso Allan at fullback.
Italy head coach Gonzalo Quesada named the following starting XV, with Giacomo Nicotera as captain: 1 Danilo Fischetti, 2 Nicotera, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 5 Federico Ruzza, 6 Ross Vintcent, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 9 Varney, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 11 Monty Ioane, 12 Leonardo Marin, 13 Paolo Odogwu, 14 Ange Capuozzo and 15 Allan. The selection was reported when Quesada announced the team on November 12. Sky Sport’s team announcement coverage lists the XV and the five changes from Italy’s previous starting side.
Argentina’s announced XV is 1 Boris Wenger, 2 Bernasconi, 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Guido Petti, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 6 Matera (captain), 7 Joaquín Moro, 8 Juan Martín Scelzo, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 11 Mateo Carreras, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 13 Justo Piccardo, 14 Rodrigo Isgró and 15 Bautista Delguy. The Argentina Rugby Union also named Facundo Bosch, Mayco Vivas, Joel Sclavi, Efraín Elías, Juan Martín González, Facundo Isa, Gonzalo García and Gerónimo Prisciantelli among the replacements. The UAR’s official announcement details the selection and its changes.
The selections followed contrasting but equally difficult Round 4 results: Italy lost 66–7 to South Africa in Turin, and Argentina lost 42–12 to Ireland in Dublin. Those results make the Genoa test a chance for each side to respond before the competition’s final pool round. They do not, by themselves, determine the tournament champion or final placement.
For Argentina, the UAR said Montoya could not play after a head knock against Ireland. Juan Cruz Mallía’s injury also prompted changes across the backs: Isgró moves into the starting side and Delguy shifts to fullback. Moro and Scelzo enter the back row, with Matera moving to No. 6 and leading the team. The UAR described five changes to the XV that faced Ireland.
Italy’s changes are also five, according to the lineup announcement. Fischetti starts in the front row, Varney returns at scrum-half and Allan is selected at fullback. Vintcent and Zuliani feature in the back row. The selection gives Italy a different combination after the defeat to South Africa, but whether that will improve its ability to convert promising phases into points is a match question, not a confirmed outcome.
The Nations Championship brings together 12 teams from the Six Nations and SANZAAR, alongside invited sides Japan and Fiji. Italy and Argentina play in different hemisphere pools, so this head-to-head is part of each team’s wider campaign rather than a direct pool decider. The official competition preview described both as seeking a win to build momentum ahead of the final round. Italy’s next listed fixture is against Fiji on November 21; Argentina is scheduled to visit France that day. The Nations Championship Round 5 preview provides the fixture context.
History offers Argentina a slight psychological edge at this venue: the UAR records wins in both prior Tests between the teams at Genoa’s Ferraris, in 2005 and 2014. Italy, however, is at home and has a chance to answer its Turin performance in front of its own crowd. That context points to a contest where composure, set-piece execution and finishing could matter; it does not guarantee a result.
World Rugby’s match page confirms the venue, date and match officials. Its listing identifies Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa and referee Nika Amashukeli.
The scheduled kickoff was November 14, 2026, at 12:40 p.m. in Genoa (CET, UTC+01:00), or 11:40 a.m. UTC.
Pablo Matera was named captain for Argentina’s matchday XV.
The UAR said Montoya was unavailable after suffering a head knock in Argentina’s previous match against Ireland.
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