2005 Six Nations Championship squads

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England

Head Coach: Andy Robinson

  1. Iain Balshaw
  2. Olly Barkley
  3. Duncan Bell
  4. Steve Borthwick
  5. Ben Cohen
  6. Martin Corry (c.)*
  7. Mark Cueto
  8. Matt Dawson
  9. Harry Ellis
  10. James Forrester
  11. Andy Goode
  12. Danny Grewcock
  13. Andy Hazell
  14. Charlie Hodgson
  15. Chris Jones
  16. Ben Kay
  17. Josh Lewsey
  18. Lewis Moody
  19. Jamie Noon
  20. Henry Paul
  21. Jason Robinson (c.)
  22. Graham Rowntree
  23. Andrew Sheridan
  24. Ollie Smith
  25. Matt Stevens
  26. Mathew Tait
  27. Steve Thompson
  28. Andy Titterrell
  29. Phil Vickery
  30. Julian White
  31. Joe Worsley
  32. Mike Worsley

*captain in the last two games

France

Head Coach: Bernard Laporte

  1. Benoit Baby
  2. Serge Betsen
  3. Julien Bonnaire
  4. Sébastien Bruno
  5. Sébastien Chabal
  6. Pieter de Villiers
  7. Yann Delaigue
  8. Christophe Dominici
  9. Pépito Elhorga
  10. Jean-Philippe Grandclaude
  11. Imanol Harinordoquy
  12. Cédric Heymans
  13. Yannick Jauzion
  14. Julien Laharrague
  15. Gregory Lamboley
  16. Brian Liebenberg
  17. Sylvain Marconnet
  18. Jimmy Marlu
  19. David Marty
  20. Nicolas Mas
  21. Frédéric Michalak
  22. Pierre Mignoni
  23. Olivier Milloud
  24. Yannick Nyanga
  25. Pascal Papé
  26. Fabien Pelous (c)
  27. Aurélien Rougerie
  28. William Servat
  29. Dimitri Szarzewski
  30. Patrick Tabacco
  31. Jérôme Thion
  32. Damien Traille
  33. Ludovic Valbon
  34. Dimitri Yachvili

Ireland

Head Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

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

Contents

Player Position Date of birth (age)CapsClub/province
Shane Byrne Hooker 11 February 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Bernard Jackman Hooker 5 May 1976 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Frankie Sheahan Hooker 27 August 1976 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Simon Best Prop 11 February 1978 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Reggie Corrigan Prop 19 November 1970 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Marcus Horan Prop 7 September 1977 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Ronan McCormack Prop 27 April 1977 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Leo Cullen Lock 9 January 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Donncha O'Callaghan Lock 23 March 1979 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Paul O'Connell (c)* 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 Scarlets
Anthony Foley Back row 30 October 1973 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Denis Leamy Back row 27 November 1981 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Eric Miller Back row 23 September 1975 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Johnny O'Connor Back row 9 February 1980 Flag of England.svg London Wasps
Alan Quinlan Back row 13 July 1974 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Roger Wilson Back row 21 September 1981 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Kieran Campbell Scrum-half 6 July 1979 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Guy Easterby Scrum-half 21 March 1971 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Scarlets
Peter Stringer Scrum-half 13 December 1977 IRFU flag.svg Munster
David Humphreys Fly-half 10 September 1971 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Gordon D'Arcy Centre 10 February 1980 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Kevin Maggs Centre 3 June 1974 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre 21 January 1979 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Shaun Payne Centre 2 February 1972 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Tommy Bowe Wing 22 February 1984 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Denis Hickie Wing 13 February 1976 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Anthony Horgan Wing 15 November 1976 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Girvan Dempsey Fullback 2 October 1975 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Gavin Duffy Fullback 18 September 1981 Flag of England.svg Harlequins
Geordan Murphy Fullback 19 April 1978 Flag of England.svg Leicester

*captain in the second game

Italy

Head Coach: John Kirwan

  1. Matteo Barbini
  2. Mauro Bergamasco
  3. Mirco Bergamasco
  4. Marco Bortolami (c.)
  5. Gonzalo Canale
  6. Martin Castrogiovanni
  7. David Dal Maso
  8. Roland de Marigny
  9. Carlo Del Fava
  10. Santiago Dellapè
  11. Carlo Festuccia
  12. Paul Griffen
  13. Giorgio Intoppa
  14. Andrea Lo Cicero
  15. Andrea Masi
  16. Ludovico Nitoglia
  17. Fabio Ongaro
  18. Silvio Orlando
  19. Luciano Orquera
  20. Sergio Parisse
  21. Roberto Pedrazzi
  22. Gert Peens
  23. Aaron Persico
  24. Salvatore Perugini
  25. Simon Picone
  26. Walter Pozzebon
  27. Kaine Robertson
  28. Mario Savi
  29. Cristian Stoica
  30. Alessandro Troncon

Scotland

Head Coach: Matt Williams

  1. Graeme Beveridge
  2. Mike Blair
  3. Gordon Bulloch (c.)
  4. Andy Craig
  5. Chris Cusiter
  6. Simon Danielli
  7. Bruce Douglas
  8. Jon Dunbar
  9. Stuart Grimes
  10. Andrew Henderson
  11. Nathan Hines
  12. Ben Hinshelwood
  13. Ally Hogg
  14. Gavin Kerr
  15. Rory Lamont
  16. Sean Lamont
  17. Scott Murray
  18. Dan Parks
  19. Chris Paterson
  20. Jon Petrie
  21. Gordon Ross
  22. Robbie Russell
  23. Tom Smith
  24. Hugo Southwell
  25. Simon Taylor
  26. Simon Webster
  27. Jason White

Wales

Head Coach: Mike Ruddock

  1. Brent Cockbain
  2. Gareth Cooper
  3. Mefin Davies
  4. Ian Gough
  5. Gavin Henson
  6. Gethin Jenkins
  7. Adam Jones
  8. Dafydd Jones
  9. Ryan Jones
  10. Stephen Jones
  11. Hal Luscombe
  12. Robin McBryde
  13. Kevin Morgan
  14. Michael Owen
  15. Sonny Parker
  16. Dwayne Peel
  17. Mike Phillips
  18. Tom Shanklin
  19. Robert Sidoli
  20. Robin Sowden-Taylor
  21. Ceri Sweeney
  22. Mark Taylor
  23. Gareth Thomas (c.)
  24. Jonathan Thomas
  25. Martyn Williams
  26. Rhys Williams
  27. Shane Williams
  28. John Yapp

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