DREAM TEAM | Fans have voted for an all-time Italy XV... and it's INCREDIBLE

To celebrate 20 years of the Six Nations, the Italian Rugby Federation launched a survey to select the best Italy XV from that period, with more than 5,000 Azzurri fans responding, and the results are below.

The team, revealed on the Guinness Six Nations website, is pretty incredible.

15. Andrea Masi (95 caps, 67.7%)

14. Matteo Minozzi (19 caps, 40%)

11. Giovanbattista Venditti (44 caps, 23.1%)

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the full-back is Andrea Masi, earning two-thirds of the vote as a reward for being named Six Nations Player of the Championship back in 2011.

13. Michele Campagnaro (36 caps, 48.9%)

12. Mirco Bergamasco (89 caps, 23.1%)

Almost 50% of outside centre votes went to the dynamic Michele Campagnaro, while Mirco Bergamasco edged out Gonzalo Canale for the No.12 jersey.

10. Diego Dominguez (74 caps, 69.7%)

9. Alessandro Troncon (101 caps, 61.6%)

In the half-backs, the duo that combined to help beat Scotland in the first Six Nations match are reunited as Alessandro Troncon and the diminutive Diego Dominguez – who kicked 29 points that day in Rome and remains Italy’s top points scorer in the Championship – both received more than 60% of the vote.

1. Andrea Lo Cicero (103 caps, 56%)

2. Leonardo Ghiraldini (104 caps, 57.5%)

3. Martin Castrogiovanni (119 caps, 86.8%)

Experience was the order of the day up front, with the front-row trio earning 326 international caps between them during their storied careers.

In fact, Andrea Lo Cicero, Leonardo Ghiraldini and Martin Castrogiovanni combined for 162 appearances in the Championship alone and Castrogiovanni – with his instantly recognisable long hair, bushy beard and take-no-prisoners style of rugby – earned a mammoth 86.8% of the votes at tighthead.

4. Carlo Checchinato (83 caps, 18%)

5. Marco Bortolami (112 caps, 57.3%)

The second row sees Italy’s youngest ever captain – and skipper for the two-win 2007 campaign – Marco Bortolami comfortably selected alongside one of the Azzurri originals from that 2000 Championship, Carlo Checchinato, who just edges out Quintin Geldenhuys with 18% of the vote.

6. Mauro Bergamasco (106 caps, 49.4%)

7. Simone Favaro (36 caps, 27.2%)

8. Sergio Parisse (142 caps, 87.2%)

At flanker, Mauro Bergamasco’s 15 years of experience, which included memorable appearances on the wing and at scrum-half, sees him chosen in addition to tackling machine Simone Favaro.

And there is no surprise at No.8 where the legendary Sergio Parisse was an all-but unanimous selection with 87.2% of the vote, higher than any other player.