England

Head coach: Brian Ashton

1. Iain Balshaw
2. Mike Catt
3. George Chuter
4. Martin Corry
5. Mark Cueto
6. Louis Deacon
7. Nick Easter
8. Harry Ellis
9. Andy Farrell
10. Toby Flood
11. Perry Freshwater
12. Shane Geraghty
13. Danny Grewcock
14. James Haskell
15. Josh Lewsey
16. Magnus Lund
17. Lee Mears
18. Olly Morgan
19. Jamie Noon
20. Tom Palmer
21. Tim Payne
22. Shaun Perry
23. Tom Rees
24. Peter Richards
25. Jason Robinson
26. David Strettle
27. Mathew Tait
28. Mike Tindall
29. Stuart Turner
30. Phil Vickery
31. Julian White
32. Jonny Wilkinson
33. Joe Worsley

France

Head coach: Bernard Laporte

1. Benoît August
2. Lionel Beauxis
3. Serge Betsen
4. Julien Bonnaire
5. Sébastien Bruno
6. Sébastien Chabal
7. Vincent Clerc
8. Pieter de Villiers
9. Christophe Dominici
10. Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
11. Florian Fritz
12. Imanol Harinordoquy
13. Cédric Heymans
14. Raphaël Ibañez
15. Yannick Jauzion
16. Gregory Lamboley
17. Sylvain Marconnet
18. David Marty
19. Nicolas Mas
20. Pierre Mignoni
21. Olivier Milloud
22. Lionel Nallet
23. Pascal Papé
24. Clément Poitrenaud
25. Aurélien Rougerie
26. David Skrela
27. Dimitri Szarzewski
28. Jérôme Thion
29. Damien Traille
30. Elvis Vermeulen
31. Dimitri Yachvili

Ireland

Head Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rory Best	Hooker	15 August 1982		Ulster
Jerry Flannery	Hooker	17 October 1978		Munster
Simon Best	Prop	11 February 1978		Ulster
John Hayes	Prop	2 November 1973		Munster
Marcus Horan	Prop	7 September 1977		Munster
Bryan Young	Prop	11 June 1981		Ulster
Trevor Hogan	Lock	19 November 1979		Leinster
Donncha O'Callaghan	Lock	23 March 1979		Munster
Paul O'Connell	Lock	20 October 1979		Munster
Mick O'Driscoll	Lock	8 October 1978		Munster
Neil Best	Back row	3 April 1979		Ulster
Simon Easterby	Back row	21 July 1975		Scarlets
David Wallace	Back row	8 July 1976		Munster
Denis Leamy	Back row	27 November 1981		Munster
Issac Boss	Scrum-half	9 April 1980		Ulster
Eoin Reddan	Scrum-half	20 November 1980		Wasps
Peter Stringer	Scrum-half	13 December 1977		Munster
Ronan O'Gara	Fly-half	7 March 1977		Munster
Paddy Wallace	Fly-half	27 August 1979		Ulster
Gordon D'Arcy	Centre	10 February 1980		Leinster
Brian O'Driscoll ( c)	Centre	21 January 1979		Leinster
Denis Hickie	Wing	13 February 1976		Leinster
Shane Horgan	Wing	18 July 1978		Leinster
Andrew Trimble	Wing	20 October 1984		Ulster
Girvan Dempsey	Fullback	2 October 1975		Leinster
Geordan Murphy	Fullback	19 April 1978		Leicester

Italy

Head coach: Pierre Berbizier

1. Matteo Barbini
2. Mauro Bergamasco
3. Mirco Bergamasco
4. Valerio Bernabò
5. Marco Bortolami
6. Gonzalo Canale
7. Martin Castrogiovanni
8. Denis Dallan
9. Roland de Marigny
10. Santiago Dellapè
11. Carlo Festuccia
12. Ezio Galon
13. Leonardo Ghiraldini
14. Paul Griffen
15. Andrea Lo Cicero
16. Roberto Mandelli
17. Andrea Masi
18. Carlos Nieto
19. Fabio Ongaro
20. Sergio Parisse
21. Salvatore Perugini
22. Ramiro Pez
23. Matteo Pratichetti
24. Kaine Robertson
25. Andrea Scanavacca
26. Josh Sole
27. Fabio Staibano
28. Alessandro Troncon
29. Maurizio Zaffiri
30. Alessandro Zanni

Scotland

Head coach: Frank Hadden

1. Johnnie Beattie
2. Kelly Brown
3. Dave Callam
4. Chris Cusiter
5. Rob Dewey
6. Marcus Di Rollo
7. Ross Ford
8. Phil Godman
9. Dougie Hall
10. Jim Hamilton
11. Andrew Henderson
12. Nathan Hines
13. Ally Hogg
14. Allan Jacobsen
15. Alastair Kellock
16. Gavin Kerr
17. Rory Lamont
18. Sean Lamont
19. Rory Lawson
20. Euan Murray
21. Scott Murray
22. Dan Parks
23. Chris Paterson
24. Hugo Southwell
25. Simon Taylor
26. Nikki Walker
27. Simon Webster

Wales

Head coach: Gareth Jenkins

1. Aled Brew
2. Lee Byrne
3. Brent Cockbain
4. Chris Czekaj
5. Ian Gough
6. James Hook
7. Chris Horsman
8. Gethin Jenkins
9. Adam Jones
10. Alun Wyn Jones
11. Duncan Jones
12. Mark Jones
13. Ryan Jones
14. Stephen Jones
15. Hal Luscombe
16. Kevin Morgan
17. Dwayne Peel
18. Mike Phillips
19. Alix Popham
20. Matthew Rees
21. Jamie Robinson
22. Tom Shanklin
23. Robert Sidoli
24. Ceri Sweeney
25. Gareth Thomas
26. Gavin Thomas
27. Jonathan Thomas
28. T. Rhys Thomas
29. Martyn Williams
30. Shane Williams

Notes and references

• RBS Six Nations Squads