2006 Six Nations Championship squads

Head coach: Andy Robinson

  1. Stuart Abbott
  2. Steve Borthwick
  3. George Chuter
  4. Ben Cohen
  5. Martin Corry (c.)
  6. Mark Cueto
  7. Lawrence Dallaglio
  8. Matt Dawson
  9. Harry Ellis
  10. Perry Freshwater
  11. Andy Goode
  12. Danny Grewcock
  13. Charlie Hodgson
  14. Josh Lewsey
  15. Lee Mears
  16. Lewis Moody
  17. Jamie Noon
  18. Simon Shaw
  19. Andrew Sheridan
  20. James Simpson-Daniel
  21. Matt Stevens
  22. Steve Thompson
  23. Mike Tindall
  24. Tom Voyce
  25. Dave Walder
  26. Julian White
  27. Joe Worsley

Head coach: Bernard Laporte

  1. Julien Bonnaire
  2. Guillaume Bousses
  3. Benjamin Boyet
  4. Sébastien Bruno
  5. Nicolas Brusque
  6. Thomas Castaignède
  7. Pieter de Villiers
  8. Christophe Dominici
  9. Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
  10. Florian Fritz
  11. Cédric Heymans
  12. Raphaël Ibañez
  13. Thomas Lièvremont
  14. Olivier Magne
  15. Sylvain Marconnet
  16. Rémy Martin
  17. David Marty
  18. Frédéric Michalak
  19. Olivier Milloud
  20. Lionel Nallet
  21. Yannick Nyanga
  22. Fabien Pelous (c.)
  23. Aurélien Rougerie
  24. Dimitri Szarzewski
  25. Jérôme Thion
  26. Damien Traille
  27. Ludovic Valbon
  28. Dimitri Yachvili
   Carlos Nieto

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) Caps Club/province
Rory Best Hooker 15 August 1982   Ulster
Jerry Flannery Hooker 17 October 1978   Munster
Simon Best Prop 11 February 1978   Ulster
Reggie Corrigan Prop 19 November 1970   Leinster
John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973   Munster
Marcus Horan Prop 7 September 1977   Munster
Donncha O'Callaghan Lock 23 March 1979   Munster
Paul O'Connell Lock 20 October 1979   Munster
Mick O'Driscoll Lock 8 October 1978   Munster
Malcolm O'Kelly Lock 19 July 1974   Leinster
Simon Easterby Back row 21 July 1975   Scarlets
Denis Leamy Back row 27 November 1981   Munster
Johnny O'Connor Back row 9 February 1980   London Wasps
David Wallace Back row 8 July 1976   Munster
Eoin Reddan Scrum-half 20 November 1980   Wasps
Peter Stringer Scrum-half 13 December 1977   Munster
David Humphreys Fly-half 10 September 1971   Ulster
Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977   Munster
Gordon D'Arcy Centre 10 February 1980   Leinster
Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre 21 January 1979   Leinster
Tommy Bowe Wing 22 February 1984   Ulster
Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978   Leinster
Andrew Trimble Wing 20 October 1984   Ulster
Girvan Dempsey Fullback 2 October 1975   Leinster
Geordan Murphy Fullback 19 April 1978   Leicester

Head coach:   Pierre Berbizier

  1. Mauro Bergamasco
  2. Mirco Bergamasco
  3. Valerio Bernabò
  4. Marco Bortolami (c.)
  5. Gonzalo Canale
  6. Pablo Canavosio
  7. Martin Castrogiovanni
  8. Carlo Del Fava
  9. Santiago Dellapè
  10. Carlo Festuccia
  11. Ezio Galon
  12. Paul Griffen
  13. Andrea Lo Cicero
  14. Carlos Nieto
  15. Ludovico Nitoglia
  16. Fabio Ongaro
  17. Sergio Parisse
  18. Aaron Persico
  19. Salvatore Perugini
  20. Ramiro Pez
  21. Simon Picone
  22. Josh Sole
  23. Cristian Stoica
  24. Rima Wakarua
  25. Maurizio Zaffiri
  26. Alessandro Zanni

Head coach: Frank Hadden

  1. Mike Blair
  2. Chris Cusiter
  3. Marcus Di Rollo
  4. Bruce Douglas
  5. Ross Ford
  6. Dougie Hall
  7. Andrew Henderson
  8. Nathan Hines
  9. Ally Hogg
  10. Alastair Kellock
  11. Gavin Kerr
  12. Sean Lamont
  13. Scott Lawson
  14. Ben MacDougall
  15. Scott MacLeod
  16. Scott Murray
  17. Dan Parks
  18. Chris Paterson
  19. Jon Petrie
  20. Gordon Ross
  21. Craig Smith
  22. Hugo Southwell
  23. Simon Taylor
  24. Simon Webster
  25. Jason White (c.)

Head coach: Mike Ruddock (resigned) / Scott Johnson

  1. Lee Byrne
  2. Colin Charvis
  3. Gareth Cooper
  4. Barry Davies
  5. Mefin Davies
  6. Gareth Delve
  7. Ian Gough
  8. Gavin Henson
  9. Dafydd James
  10. Gethin Jenkins
  11. Adam M. Jones
  12. Adam R. Jones
  13. Dafydd Jones
  14. Duncan Jones
  15. Mark Jones
  16. Stephen Jones
  17. Hal Luscombe
  18. Michael Owen (c.)**
  19. Dwayne Peel
  20. Mike Phillips
  21. Alix Popham
  22. Nicky Robinson
  23. Robert Sidoli
  24. Ceri Sweeney
  25. Gareth Thomas (c.)*
  26. Jonathan Thomas
  27. T Rhys Thomas
  28. Matthew Watkins
  29. Andy Williams
  30. Martyn Williams
  31. Shane Williams

*captain in the first two games **captain in the third, fourth and fifth games

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