..Two Saffas were in the Italian wider squad...but it looks like only Abraham Steyn has made the final cut...Luke McLean is an Aussie from Townsville with Italian parents...
Forwards Andries van Schalkwyk and Abraham Steyn both made the cut as Brunel looks to improve on last year's single victory over Scotland in the annual tournament.
The squad includes none of Italy’s overseas-based players.
Van Schalkwyk, 30, has played for Italian club Zebre since 2012.
He played for a host of South African provinces since his first-class debut with the Falcons in 2006 - including the Boland Cavaliers, Blue Bulls, Kings, Leopards, Lions and Free State Cheetahs.
Steyn, 23, played two games for the Sharks in 2012, before heading to Italy - where he played for Mogliano, Zebre and Calvisano, before joining Benetton Treviso last year.
Italy kick off their Six Nations campaign against France in Paris on February 6 before hosting England in Rome on Valentine's Day.
Italy: 15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Giulio Bisegni, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Luke McLean, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Edoardo Gori, 1 Andrea Lovotti, 2 Ornel Gega, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 4 Marco Fuser, 5 George Biagi, 6 Abraham Steyn, 7 Maxime Mata M'Banda, 8 Sergio Parisse
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Sami Panico, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Josh Furno, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Giorgio Bronzini, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Michele Campagnaro
