Andrew Joseph Conway is a former Irish rugby union player who played as a wing or fullback for United Rugby Championship club Munster.
David Kilcoyne is an Irish rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Munster and the Ireland national team.
Motu Matu'u is a rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for London Irish in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup and for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby. He attended Rongotai College in Wellington, which was also attended by Ma'a Nonu. He is 184 cm tall and weighs 108 kg.
Brodie Allan Retallick is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, who currently plays as a lock for Kobelco Kobe Steelers in the Japan Rugby League One competition. He previously played for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship.
Joseph Paul Tamatea Moody is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Canterbury in the Bunnings NPC. He made his debut for New Zealand in 2014 and has 57 international caps.
Ash Dixon is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a hooker for Green Rockets Tokatsu in the Japan Rugby League One. He formerly played for the Highlanders in Super Rugby and for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition. He has also played for the Hurricanes and Auckland.
Tadhg Vincent Furlong is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Furlong is widely considered to be one of the world's best tighthead props. Furlong has been selected and started on multiple British & Irish lions tours in his position as starting Tighthead prop.
Michael Savea Alaalatoa is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Leinster. Born in Australia, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Karen Paquin is a Canadian rugby union player. Known for her power and speed, she is skilled at both the sevens and 15s version of the game.
Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman is a South African rugby union player who plays as a lock for Irish United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the South Africa national team. Snyman was part of the South Africa team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and 2023, and is widely known as 'The Viking' among fans and teammates in reference to his appearance.
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. 20 national teams competed, each bringing a squad of 31 players to the tournament. Each team had to submit their squad to World Rugby by 31 August 2015. A player could be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement players had an enforced stand-down period of 48 hours before they could take the field.
Takeshi Kizu is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Hiroshi Yamashita is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Chiefs in Super Rugby from 2016.
Shinya Makabe is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Justin Ives is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Kenki Fukuoka is a Japanese former rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He was selected for Japan's 2016 Olympic sevens squad and included in the squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, held in Japan for the first time. Fukuoka won the man of the match award in Japan's victory against Scotland in the 2019 World Cup on 13 October 2019; a victory that saw Japan reach the competition's knockout stage for the first time. In 2021, he entered the Medical school of Juntendo University for professional doctor career.
Yu Tamura is a Japanese rugby union player. Tamura currently plays for the Canon Eagles rugby team. His regular playing positions are fly-half and Centre.
Ryohei Yamanaka is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a fly-half or centre.He currently plays for Japanese club Kobelco Steelers.
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament which was held in Japan from 20 September until 2 November 2019. Twenty national teams competed, and each brought a 31-man squad containing no regulated number of players per-position to the tournament. The tournament was administered by World Rugby, to whom each team submitted their finalised squad by 8 September 2019. A player may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement player has an enforced stand-down period of 48 hours before they can take the field.
Ignacio Francisco Dotti Uria is a Uruguayan rugby player for New Orleans Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR), the highest level of American rugby. His primary position is lock.
