Danny Gray: Starts at No.10 in Italy
Fly-half Danny Gray and centre Sione Tu'ipulotu will both make their first starts for Worcester in Saturday's Amlin Challenge Cup game against Crociati.
The pair are among 10 new faces for the Warriors from the side that was beaten by Stade Francais in their opening match in Pool 1.
Gray partners Jonny Arr in the halves while Tom Arscott and Josh Drauniniu are selected on the wings for the match in Italy.
Crociati lost their opening match 33-7 to Bucuresti, though Worcester forwards coach Phil Davies admits the Aviva Premiership don't know an awful lot about their next opponents.
"We don't know a great deal about them, certainly not as much as we did against Stade Francais," he said. "But we do know they are a side that like to throw the ball about and play."
Crociati: 15 Giulio Rubini, 14 Hamid En Naour, 13 Ben Vengoa, 12 Sebastian Damiani, 11 Giovanni Alberghini, 10 Luca Morisi, 9 Jacopo Zucconi, 8 Gabriele Cicchinelli, 7 Diego Delnevo, 6 Roberto Mandelli, 5 Douglas Fletcher, 4 Mike Van Vuren, 3 Marco Coletti, 2 Andrea Manici, 1 Pardeep Singh.
Replacements: 16 Giuseppe Sciacca, 17 Daniele Goegan, 18 Flavio Tripodi, 19 Lollo Contini, 21 James Ireland, 22 Davide Farolini, 23 Federico Magri
Worcester 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Andy Short, 12 Sione Tu'ipulotu, 11 Josh Drauniniu, 10 Danny Gray, 9 Jonny Arr, 8 Adam Balding, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 Sam Betty, 5 Craig Gillies, 4 Ben Gulliver, 3 Oliver Tomaszczyk, 2 Chris Fortey, 1 Bruce Douglas.
Replacements: 16 Ollie Hayes, 17 Tevita Taumoepeau, 18 James Currie, 19 Aleki Lutui, 20 Jake Abbott, 21 Ollie Frost, 22 Andy Goode, 23 Miles Benjamin
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