2003 Six Nations Championship squads

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England

Head Coach: Clive Woodward

  1. Neil Back
  2. Kyran Bracken
  3. Phil Christophers
  4. Ben Cohen
  5. Lawrence Dallaglio
  6. Matt Dawson
  7. Andy Gomarsall
  8. Paul Grayson
  9. Will Greenwood
  10. Danny Grewcock
  11. Richard Hill
  12. Charlie Hodgson
  13. Martin Johnson (c.)
  14. Jason Leonard
  15. Josh Lewsey
  16. Dan Luger
  17. Lewis Moody
  18. Robbie Morris
  19. Mark Regan
  20. Jason Robinson
  21. Graham Rowntree
  22. Alex Sanderson
  23. Simon Shaw
  24. James Simpson-Daniel
  25. Ollie Smith
  26. Steve Thompson
  27. Mike Tindall
  28. Nick Walshe
  29. Dorian West
  30. Julian White
  31. Jonny Wilkinson (c.)*
  32. Trevor Woodman
  33. Joe Worsley
  34. Mike Worsley

*captain in the third game

France

Head Coach: Bernard Laporte

  1. David Auradou
  2. Mathieu Barrau
  3. Serge Betsen
  4. Olivier Brouzet
  5. Christian Califano
  6. Thomas Castaignède
  7. Sébastien Chabal
  8. Vincent Clerc
  9. Jean-Jacques Crenca
  10. Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
  11. Fabien Galthié (c.)*
  12. Xavier Garbajosa
  13. François Gelez
  14. Imanol Harinordoquy
  15. Raphaël Ibañez
  16. Olivier Magne
  17. Sylvain Marconnet
  18. Gérald Merceron
  19. Frédéric Michalak
  20. Olivier Milloud
  21. Fabien Pelous (c.)**
  22. Clément Poitrenaud
  23. Aurélien Rougerie
  24. Jean-Baptiste Rué
  25. Patrick Tabacco
  26. Damien Traille
  27. Dimitri Yachvili

*captain in the first two games**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
Reggie Corrigan Prop 19 November 1970 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Justin Fitzpatrick Prop 21 November 1973 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Marcus Horan Prop 7 September 1977 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Leo Cullen Lock 9 January 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Gary Longwell Lock 30 July 1971 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Donncha O'Callaghan Lock 23 March 1979 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Paul O'Connell Lock 20 October 1979 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Malcolm O'Kelly Lock 19 July 1974 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Victor Costello Back row 23 October 1970 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
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
Alan Quinlan Back row 13 July 1974 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
Paul Burke Fly-half 1 May 1973 Flag of England.svg Harlequins
David Humphreys 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 (c) Centre 21 January 1979 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Justin Bishop Wing 8 November 1974 Flag of England.svg London Irish
Denis Hickie Wing 13 February 1976 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
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

Italy

Head Coach: John Kirwan

  1. Mauro Bergamasco
  2. Mirco Bergamasco
  3. Cristian Bezzi
  4. Marco Bortolami
  5. Martin Castrogiovanni
  6. Denis Dallan
  7. Giampiero de Carli
  8. Andrea de Rossi
  9. Santiago Dellapè
  10. Diego Dominguez
  11. Carlo Festuccia
  12. Mark Giacheri
  13. Andrea Lo Cicero
  14. Ramiro Martínez
  15. Andrea Masi
  16. Matteo Mazzantini
  17. Nicola Mazzucato
  18. Andrea Moretti
  19. Fabio Ongaro
  20. Scott Palmer
  21. Gert Peens
  22. Aaron Persico
  23. Salvatore Perugini
  24. Ramiro Pez
  25. Matthew Phillips
  26. Juan Manuel Queirolo
  27. Giovanni Raineri
  28. Cristian Stoica
  29. Alessandro Troncon (c.)
  30. Paolo Vaccari

Scotland

Head Coach: Ian McGeechan

  1. Ross Beattie
  2. Mike Blair
  3. Gordon Bulloch
  4. Andy Craig
  5. Bruce Douglas
  6. Stuart Grimes
  7. Nathan Hines
  8. Gavin Kerr
  9. Brendan Laney
  10. Martin Leslie
  11. Kenny Logan
  12. James McLaren
  13. Glenn Metcalfe
  14. Andrew Mower
  15. Scott Murray
  16. Chris Paterson
  17. Jon Petrie
  18. Bryan Redpath (c.)
  19. Gordon Ross
  20. Robbie Russell
  21. Steve Scott
  22. Tom Smith
  23. Simon Taylor
  24. Gregor Townsend
  25. Kevin Utterson
  26. Jason White

Wales

Head Coach: Steve Hansen

  1. Colin Charvis (c.)
  2. Gareth Cooper
  3. Leigh Davies
  4. Mefin Davies
  5. Ben Evans
  6. Iestyn Harris
  7. Jonathan Humphreys
  8. Gethin Jenkins
  9. Dafydd Jones
  10. Mark Jones
  11. Stephen Jones
  12. Gareth Llewellyn
  13. Martyn Madden
  14. Craig Morgan
  15. Kevin Morgan
  16. Michael Owen
  17. Dwayne Peel
  18. Tom Shanklin
  19. Robert Sidoli
  20. Ceri Sweeney
  21. Mark Taylor
  22. Gareth Thomas
  23. Gavin Thomas
  24. Iestyn Thomas
  25. Matthew Watkins
  26. Gareth Williams
  27. Martyn Williams (c.)*
  28. Rhys Williams
  29. Steve Williams

*captain in the last game

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