1972 Five Nations Championship squads

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These are the 1972 Five Nations Championship squads:

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England

Head coach: John Elders

  1. John Barton
  2. Mike Beese
  3. Alan Brinn
  4. Mike Burton
  5. Peter Dixon (c.)
  6. David Duckham
  7. Geoff Evans
  8. Keith Fielding
  9. Bob Hiller (c.)*
  10. Jeremy Janion
  11. Peter Knight
  12. Nick Martin
  13. Tony Neary
  14. Alan Old
  15. John Pullin
  16. Chris Ralston
  17. Andy Ripley
  18. Stack Stevens
  19. Rodney Webb
  20. Jan Webster
  21. Lionel Weston

France

Head coach: Fernand Cazenave

  1. Jean-Michel Aguirre
  2. Jean-Louis Azarete
  3. Richard Astre
  4. Max Barrau
  5. Jean-Pierre Bastiat
  6. René Benesis
  7. Jean-Louis Bérot
  8. Roland Bertranne
  9. Pierre Biemouret
  10. Victor Boffelli
  11. Yvan Buonomo
  12. Jack Cantoni
  13. Benoît Dauga (c.)*
  14. Claude Dourthe
  15. Bernard Duprat
  16. Alain Esteve
  17. Jean Iracabal
  18. Jean-Pierre Lux
  19. Jean-Louis Martin
  20. Jo Maso
  21. Olivier Saïsset
  22. Jean Sillières
  23. Jean-Claude Skrela
  24. Claude Spanghero
  25. Walter Spanghero (c.)**
  26. Jean Trillo
  27. Armand Vaquerin
  28. Pierre Villepreux (c.)***

Ireland

Head coach: Syd Millar

  1. Con Feighery
  2. Kevin Flynn
  3. Mike Gibson
  4. Tom Grace
  5. Denis Hickie
  6. Ken Kennedy
  7. Tom Kiernan (c.)
  8. Sean Lynch
  9. Willie John McBride
  10. Barry McGann
  11. Stewart McKinney
  12. Ray McLoughlin
  13. Wallace McMaster
  14. John Moloney
  15. Fergus Slattery

Scotland

Head coach: Bill Dickinson

  1. Rodger Arneil
  2. Ian Barnes
  3. Alastair Biggar
  4. Arthur Brown
  5. Gordon Brown
  6. Peter Brown (c.)
  7. Sandy Carmichael
  8. Bobby Clark
  9. Lewis Dick
  10. John Frame
  11. Alan Lawson
  12. Nairn MacEwan
  13. Ian McCrae
  14. Alastair McHarg
  15. Ian McLauchlan
  16. Duncan Paterson
  17. Jim Renwick
  18. Billy Steele
  19. Colin Telfer

Wales

Head coach: Clive Rowlands

  1. Phil Bennett
  2. Roy Bergiers
  3. John Bevan
  4. Gerald Davies
  5. Mervyn Davies
  6. Gareth Edwards
  7. Geoff Evans
  8. Barry John
  9. Arthur Lewis
  10. Barry Llewelyn
  11. John Lloyd (c.)
  12. Dai Morris
  13. Derek Quinnell
  14. John Taylor
  15. Delme Thomas
  16. J.P.R. Williams
  17. Jeff Young

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