These are the 1971 Five Nations Championship squads:
Head coach: Don White
- Tony Bucknall (c.)*
- Fran Cotton
- Dick Cowman
- David Duckham
- Keith Fairbrother
- Peter Glover
- Charlie Hannaford
- Bob Hiller
- Jeremy Janion
- Peter Larter
- Tony Neary
- Barry Ninnes
- Jacko Page
- David Powell
- John Pullin
- Peter Rossborough
- John Spencer (c.)
- Chris Wardlow
- Ian Wright
- captain in the first game
Head coach: Fernand Cazenave
- Jean-Louis Azarete
- Max Barrau
- Jean-Pierre Bastiat
- René Benesis
- Jean-Louis Bérot
- Roland Bertranne
- Pierre Biemouret
- Roger Bourgarel
- Jack Cantoni
- Christian Carrère (c.)
- Benoît Dauga (c.)*
- Daniel Dubois
- Marc Etcheverry
- Jean Iracabal
- Michel Lasserre
- Jean le Droff
- Jean-Pierre Lux
- Michel Pebeyre
- André Quilis
- Jean Sillières
- Claude Spanghero
- Walter Spanghero
- Jean Trillo
- Gérard Viard
- Pierre Villepreux
- Michel Yachvili
- captain in the first two games
Head coach: Ronnie Dawson
- Barry Bresnihan
- Alan Duggan
- Mike Gibson (c.)
- Edwin Grant
- Denis Hickie
- Mike Hipwell
- Ken Kennedy
- Tom Kiernan (c.)*
- Sean Lynch
- Willie John McBride
- Barry McGann
- Ray McLoughlin
- Mick Molloy
- Barry O'Driscoll
- Fergus Slattery
- Roger Young
- captain in the first game
Head coach: Bill Dickinson
Head coach: Clive Rowlands