Italy captain Sergio Parisse will miss Saturday's home test match against Tonga after being banned for three weeks by the French club leagues (LNR).
Parisse was found guilty of involuntarily hitting an opponent's face with his foot while playing for Stade Francais against Bordeaux on 5 November.
The 33-year-old earned an Italian record 121st cap in his country's first-ever win over South Africa on Saturday, when Italy stunned the Southern hemisphere giants 20-18 in Florence.
Coach Conor O'Shea will announce a revised squad for the Tonga test later on Thursday, the Italian Rugby Federation said.
Meamwhile, France manager Guy Noves made three changes to his team to face New Zealand in their final autumn test, bringing in Camille Lopez at fly-half for the Stade de France clash.
Lopez, who missed a post-buzzer drop goal in France's 25-23 defeat by Australia and was called in the squad after Francois Trinh-Duc broke his forearm in the first test against Samoa, pushes Jean-Marc Doussain to the bench.
Prop Xavier Chiocci will start at the expense of Cyril Baille while Brice Dulin will start at fullback after Scott Spedding was ruled out because of a foot injury.
"We wanted to see how Camille Lopez would fit in and if he can retain his place in the squad, although we are not putting any pressure on him," Noves told a news conference on Thursday.
"As for Xavier Chiocci, he played well when he came on against Australia and we wanted to see how he does as a starter."
There was speculation on whether Noves would make changes in the third row as it lacks a "forager", but the manager kept faith in Charles Ollivon, Kevin Gourdon and Louis Picamoles, who bring a lot of speed and rhythm to the team.
Noves added that the players would decide who, between Lopez and scrumhalf Machenaud, would kick after the latter missed two conversions against Australia.
France beat Samoa 52-8 in their first test before their narrow defeat against Australia, while world champions New Zealand rebounded from their shock 40-29 defeat by Ireland in Chicago three weeks ago by winning 21-9 in Dublin last Saturday.
Les Bleus were knocked out 62-13 by New Zealand in last year's World Cup quarter-finals in the last encounter between the two nations.
France: 15-Brice Dulin, 14-Noa Nakaitaci, 13-Remi Lamerat, 12-Wesley Fofana, 11-Virimi Vakatawa, 10-Camille Lopez, 9-Maxime Machenaud, 8-Louis Picamoles, 7-Kevin Gourdon, 6-Charles Ollivon, 5-Yoann Maestri, 4-Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3-Uini Atonio, 2-Guilhem Guirado (captain), 1-Xavier Chiocci
Replacements: 16-Camille Chat, 17-Cyril Baille, 18-Rabah Slimani, 19-Julien Le Devedec, 20-Damien Chouly, 21-Baptiste Serin, 22-Jean-Marc Doussain, 23-Gael Fickou
Steve Hansen has also named a strong side for the clash.
Inside centre Ryan Crotty returns to the side following an injury, replacing the suspended Malaki Fekitoa, while scrum-half Aaron Smith drops to the bench to make way for TJ Perenara.
New Zealand: 15-Israel Dagg, 14-Waisake Naholo, 13-Anton Lienert-Brown, 12-Ryan Crotty, 11-Julian Savea, 10-Beauden Barrett, 9-TJ Perenara, 8-Kieran Read (captain), 7-Matt Todd, 6-Jerome Kaino, 5-Sam Whitelock, 4-Brodie Retallick, 3-Owen Franks, 2-Dane Coles, 1-Joe Moody
Replacements: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Wyatt Crockett, 18-Charlie Faumuina, 19-Scott Barrett, 20-Ardie Savea, 21-Aaron Smith, 22-Aaron Cruden, 23-Rieko Ioane
Lock George Kruis will start for England against Argentina on Saturday less than a month after undergoing ankle surgery in one of four changes announced by Eddie Jones.
Kruis had expected to miss the entire autumn series after the operation to remove two pieces of floating bone but recovered quicker than expected and starts alongside Courtney Lawes in place of the suspended Joe Launchbury.
Flanker Tom Wood, full-back Mike Brown and winger Jonny May, who all missed last week's demolition of Fiji, return to the starting team for the Twickenham clash.
Semesa Rokoduguni was left out of the squad despite his man-of-the-match performance in last week's demolition of Fiji and is replaced by May, with Elliot Daly, normally a centre, having another run on the left wing.
Teimana Harrison is named among the replacements in place of Nathan Hughes in an otherwise unchanged bench.
England are seeking their 12th win in a row under Jones following November victories over South Africa and Fiji and complete their autumn series against Australia next week.
"This game against Argentina is a big step up for us as they were probably the second best team in the Rugby Championship and played some exceptional rugby," Jones said.
"They are a quality team, have power in the forwards, speed and guile in the backs as well as great experience.
"We appreciate they have threats across the field and they have always been a physical, tough side. They still have their set-piece armoury in the scrum and lineouts so we're looking forward to a great game of rugby against them."
England: 15-Mike Brown, 14-Jonny May, 13-Jonathan Joseph, 12-Owen Farrell, 11-Elliot Daly, 10-George Ford, 9-Ben Youngs; 8-Billy Vunipola, 7-Tom Wood, 6-Chris Robshaw, 5-George Kruis, 4-Courtney Lawes, 3-Dan Cole, 2-Dylan Hartley (captain), 1-Mako Vunipola.
Replacements: 16-Jamie George, 17-Joe Marler, 18-Kyle Sinckler 19-Charlie Ewels, 20-Teimana Harrison, 21-Danny Care, 22-Ben Te'o, 23-Henry Slade.
Injury has ruled Wales captain Sam Warburton out of their final test of the year when they host South Africa at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, the Wales Rugby Union said on Thursday.
He suffered injury in training on Tuesday and will be replaced by Dan Lydiate as blindside flanker while Gethin Jenkins takes over as captain.
After making 10 changes last week for the narrow 33-30 victory against Japan, Wales have gone back to a near full strength selection with Warburton's injury necessitating the only change from the side that beat Argentina 24-20 at Cardiff a fortnight ago.
Wales: 15-Leigh Halfpenny, 14-George North, 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Scott Williams, 11-Liam Williams, 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Gareth Davies; 8-Ross Moriarty, 7-Justin Tipuric, 6-Dan Lydiate, 5-Alun Wyn Jones, 4-Luke Charteris, 3-Tomas Francis, 2-Ken Owens, 1-Gethin Jenkins (captain)
Replacements: 16-Scott Baldwin, 17-Nicky Smith, 18-Samson Lee, 19-Cory Hill, 20-Taulupe Faletau, 21-Lloyd Williams, 22-Sam Davies, 23-Jamie Roberts.
South Africa coach Allister Coetzee has also named his side for the clash, with the Springboks seeking to bounce back from their shock defeat at the hands of Italy:
South Africa: 15-Johan Goosen, 14-Ruan Combrinck, 13-Francois Venter, 12-Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11-Jamba Ulengo, 10-Elton Jantjies, 9-Faf de Klerk, 8-Warren Whiteley, 7-Uzair Cassiem, 6-Nizaam Carr, 5-Lood de Jager, 4-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 3-Lourens Adriaanse, 2-Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1-Tendai Mtawariri
Replacements: 16-Malcolm Marx, 17-Steven Kitshoff, 18-Trevor Nyakane, 19-Franco Mostert, 20-Jean-Luc du Preez, 21-Piet van Zyl, 22-Pat Lambie, 23-Lionel Mapoe
Scotland, meanwhile, will welcome Georgia to the appropriately-named Rugby Park in Kilmarnock on Saturday.
Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Sean Maitland, 13-Mark Bennett, 12-Alex Dunbar, 11-Tommy Seymour, 10-Finn Russell, 9-Greig Laidlaw (capt), 8-Ryan Wilson, 7-Hamish Watson, 6-Rob Harley, 5-Jonny Gray, 4-Richie Gray, 3-Zander Fagerson, 2-Ross Ford, 1-Allan Dell
Replacements: 16-Fraser Brown, 17-Alex Allan, 18-Moray Low, 19-Grant Gilchrist, 20-John Barclay, 21-Ali Price, 22-Pete Horne, 23-Rory Hughes
