FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership - Gloucester Rugby v Bristol Bears - Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, Britain - August 21, 2020 Gloucester's Stephen Varney scores their third try Action Images/Peter Cziborra
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's teenage scrumhalf Stephen Varney is ready for the rigours of test rugby, coach Franco Smith, but it is a bonus he will make his first start behind closed doors on Saturday.
The 19-year-old will face Wales in the Autumn Nations Cup in Llanelli on Saturday in a poignant appearance against the country of his birth.
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