ROME -- Italy is resting captain and No. 8 Sergio Parisse for its penultimate Six Nations match against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. Parisse has a calf injury and coach Jacques Brunel has decided to save him for next weeks tournament closer at home against England. Prop Martin Castrogiovanni, tied with Parisse as Italys most capped player, will hold the record by himself when he makes his 105th appearance on Saturday. Robert Barbieri moves from the openside flank to take Parisses place at No. 8, and lock Marco Bortolami will captain the side for the 39th time in Dublin. "With five players unavailable we had to adapt ourselves," Brunel said on Thursday. "Among the halfbacks we wanted to give a chance to those who had played less like (Luciano) Orquera, also because against Scotland we didnt manage the pressure well in our half. I wanted to integrate (Tito) Tebaldi into the group before the tournament but he had a slight injury and we couldnt select him. "The choices made are not in relation to next Saturdays game in Rome against England but based on consistency that we want to have. The next match is against Ireland and we have prepared for the match against that opponent." Bortolami has been promoted from the bench, along with Paul Derbyshire and Luciano Orquera. Alessandro Zanni is also injured and he will be replaced as blindside flanker by Joshua Furno, who moves from the second row. Bortolami comes in for Furno, while Derbyshire takes up Barbieris position in the No. 7 jersey. At flyhalf, Orquera bumps out Tommaso Allan, while Tebaldi replaces Edoardo Gori for his appearance in almost two years. Italy has lost all three of its matches. "Ireland is certainly a better squad than last year," Brunel said. "But we have to remember that we beat them barely a year ago in Rome and in a rather convincing fashion. 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"He was excited and ready to roll and hoping to get the OK from the doctor, then to get that kind of news was real hard." The extent of the injury became apparent in a concussion test Abraham took on Thursday. "The concussion protocol really did its job coming back finding a couple of problems," Arians said. "The doctors feel that he should shut it down for at least a year. Were glad we caught it now and not later." Asked what those problems were, the coach said he wasnt smart enough to know what "all those words" mean, "but its not good." Its the latest in a series of problems to hit the Cardinals. Quarterback Carson Palmer is out with a nerve injury in his shoulder. The team lost defensive tackle Darnell Dockett for the season with a knee injury in training camp. Then this week, backup running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested on domestic violence charges. The Cardinals quickly placed Dwyer on the non-football illness list, ending his season. Abraham is the NFLs active career sacks leader with 133 1/2, ranking him ninth on the leagues all-time list. He had a team-high 11 1/2 sacks with the Cardinals last season and is in the second year of a two-year contract with Arizona. Abraham had four forced fumbles last season, giving him 48 for his career, tied with Jason Taylor forr most in NFL history.dddddddddddd Outside linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said the team will miss "just the football experience, a guy thats played in the league for 15 years and played at that high level." Arians said the team will miss Abrahams leadership, too, calling him "an extra coach." Tight end John Carlson, who has had his own concussion issues, noted how the NFLs attitude toward those injuries has changed. "Thats an example of the league being proactive and looking after a guys interests," Carlson said. "I appreciate that. Theres been such a shift in recent years in the league, starting at the top and thats a great thing that theyre looking after his long-term health." Abraham had a tumultuous early season with Arizona. He arrived late to training camp, later confirming that he had been undergoing rehabilitation for an alcohol issue. He was arrested in suburban Atlanta in June and accused of drunken driving. Abraham played six seasons with the New York Jets and seven with the Atlanta Falcons before signing with Arizona as a free agent. Originally, Abraham was to be only a pass-rush specialist with the Cardinals, but he moved into a full-time role when Arizona lost starting linebackers Sam Acho and Alexander to injury against New Orleans in the third game of last season. Abraham went on to be one of the top players on a defence that ranked sixth overall in the NFL, earning his fifth Pro Bowl appearance. Arians said Acho, Alexander and recent signee Thomas Keiser will rotate at Abrahams position. The Cardinals also re-signed punter Drew Butler because regular punter Dave Zastudil still is nursing a sore groin. Butler punted in both of Arizonas games but was cut Tuesday. Butler had a punt blocked in each of his two games with Arizona, but Arians said neither was the fault of the punter. The four punts he did get off averaged 54.5 yards per kick. ' ' '