2002 Six Nations Championship squads

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England

Head Coach: Clive Woodward

  1. Neil Back (c.)*
  2. Iain Balshaw
  3. Kyran Bracken
  4. Ben Cohen
  5. Martin Corry
  6. Lawrence Dallaglio
  7. Matt Dawson
  8. Nick Duncombe
  9. Will Greenwood
  10. Danny Grewcock
  11. Austin Healey
  12. Richard Hill
  13. Charlie Hodgson
  14. Martin Johnson (c.)
  15. Ben Kay
  16. Jason Leonard
  17. Dan Luger
  18. Lewis Moody
  19. Henry Paul
  20. Mark Regan
  21. Jason Robinson
  22. Graham Rowntree
  23. Tim Stimpson
  24. Steve Thompson
  25. Mike Tindall
  26. Phil Vickery
  27. Dorian West
  28. Julian White
  29. Jonny Wilkinson
  30. Joe Worsley

*captain in the last game

France

Head Coach: Bernard Laporte

  1. Alexandre Albouy
  2. Alexandre Audebert
  3. David Auradou
  4. Olivier Azam
  5. Serge Betsen
  6. David Bory
  7. Olivier Brouzet
  8. Yannick Bru
  9. Sébastien Bruno
  10. Nicolas Brusque
  11. Jean-Jacques Crenca
  12. Pieter de Villiers
  13. Fabien Galthié (c.)***
  14. Xavier Garbajosa
  15. François Gelez
  16. Steven Hall
  17. Imanol Harinordoquy
  18. Raphaël Ibañez (c.)**
  19. Nicolas Jeanjean
  20. Olivier Magne (c.)*
  21. Sylvain Marconnet
  22. Jimmy Marlu
  23. Tony Marsh
  24. Remy Martin
  25. Gérald Merceron
  26. Frédéric Michalak
  27. Pierre Mignoni
  28. Olivier Milloud
  29. Fabien Pelous
  30. Jean-Baptiste Poux
  31. Thibaut Privat
  32. Aurélien Rougerie
  33. Damien Traille
  34. Elvis Vermeulen

*captain in the first game**captain in the second game***captain in the third, fourth and fifth games

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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)CapsClub/province
Shane Byrne Hooker 11 February 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Frankie Sheahan Hooker 27 August 1976 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Keith Wood c)*** Hooker 27 January 1972 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Peter Clohessy Prop 22 March 1966 IRFU flag.svg Munster
John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Paul Wallace Prop 30 December 1971 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Mick Galwey (c)* Lock 8 October 1966 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Gary Longwell Lock 30 July 1971 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Paul O'Connell Lock 20 October 1979 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Malcolm O'Kelly Lock 19 July 1974 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Simon Easterby Back row 21 July 1975 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Llanelli
Anthony Foley Back row 30 October 1973 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Keith Gleeson Back row 21 June 1976 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Eric Miller Back row 23 September 1975 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
David Wallace Back row 8 July 1976 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Guy Easterby Scrum-half 21 March 1971 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ebbw Vale
Peter Stringer Scrum-half 13 December 1977 IRFU flag.svg Munster
David Humphreys (c)** Fly-half 10 September 1971 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Rob Henderson Centre 27 October 1972 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Kevin Maggs Centre 3 June 1974 Flag of England.svg Bath
Brian O'Driscoll Centre 21 January 1979 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Denis Hickie Wing 13 February 1976 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Tyrone Howe Wing 2 April 1971 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
John Kelly Wing 18 April 1974 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Girvan Dempsey Fullback 2 October 1975 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Geordan Murphy Fullback 19 April 1978 Flag of England.svg Leicester

*captain in the first three games**captain in the fourth game***captain in the fifth game

Italy

Head Coach: Brad Johnstone

  1. Andrea Benatti
  2. Mauro Bergamasco
  3. Mirco Bergamasco
  4. Marco Bortolami
  5. Carlo Checchinato
  6. Denis Dallan
  7. Giampiero de Carli
  8. Andrea De Rossi
  9. Santiago Dellapè
  10. Diego Dominguez
  11. Mark Giacheri
  12. Andrea Lo Cicero
  13. Luca Martin
  14. Matteo Mazzantini
  15. Francesco Mazzariol
  16. Nicola Mazzucato
  17. Alejandro Moreno
  18. Andrea Moretti
  19. Alessandro Moscardi (c.)
  20. Andrea Muraro
  21. Carlos Nieto
  22. Roberto Pedrazzi
  23. Gert Peens
  24. Aaron Persico
  25. Salvatore Perugini
  26. Ramiro Pez
  27. Matthew Phillips
  28. Federico Pucciariello
  29. Juan Manuel Queirolo
  30. Giovanni Raineri
  31. Cristian Stoica
  32. Alessandro Troncon
  33. Paolo Vaccari
  34. Cristian Zanoletti

Scotland

Head Coach: Ian McGeechan

  1. Graeme Beveridge
  2. Gordon Bulloch
  3. George Graham
  4. Stuart Grimes
  5. Andrew Henderson
  6. Duncan Hodge
  7. Brendan Laney
  8. John Leslie
  9. Martin Leslie
  10. Kenny Logan
  11. James McLaren
  12. Glenn Metcalfe
  13. Andrew Mower
  14. Scott Murray
  15. Andy Nicol
  16. Chris Paterson
  17. Jon Petrie
  18. Budge Pountney (c.)*
  19. Bryan Redpath (c.)
  20. Robbie Russell
  21. Tom Smith
  22. Jon Steel
  23. Mattie Stewart
  24. Simon Taylor
  25. Gregor Townsend
  26. Jason White

*captain in the first game

Wales

Head Coach: Graham Henry

  1. Chris Anthony
  2. Nathan Budgett
  3. Colin Charvis (c.)*
  4. Ian Gough
  5. Iestyn Harris
  6. Rob Howley
  7. Dafydd James
  8. Spencer John
  9. Duncan Jones
  10. Stephen Jones
  11. Gareth Llewellyn
  12. Andy Marinos
  13. Robin McBryde
  14. Andy Moore
  15. Craig Morgan
  16. Kevin Morgan
  17. Dwayne Peel
  18. Craig Quinnell
  19. Scott Quinnell (c.)
  20. Jamie Robinson
  21. Nicky Robinson
  22. Tom Shanklin
  23. Brett Sinkinson
  24. Mark Taylor
  25. Gareth Thomas
  26. Gavin Thomas
  27. Iestyn Thomas
  28. Barry Williams
  29. Martyn Williams
  30. Rhys Williams
  31. Chris Wyatt

*captain in the last game

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