2009 Six Nations Championship squads

This is a list of the complete squads for the 2009 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy Scotland, and Wales. Each country was entitled to name a squad of 39 players to contest the championship. They could also invite additional players along prior to the start of the championship while the coach could call up replacement players if squad members suffered serious injury.

All caps are as of the start of the tournament, and do not include appearances made during the competition.

England

England announced their 32-man squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 14 January 2009, including both Tom Palmer, who will miss the entire tournament with a shoulder injury, and Tom Rees, who is ruled out of the first three games with knee trouble.^[1] Prop Matt Stevens was replaced in the squad by Julian White after Stevens was found to have taken a banned substance.^[2] Flanker Lewis Moody broke his ankle while training with his club, Leicester Tigers, and was replaced in the England squad by Steffon Armitage, brother of full back Delon Armitage.^[3] Andy Goode, Joe Worsley and Paul Hodgson were all called up to train with the squad and went on to take part in the tournament.^[4][5][6] While Louis Deacon and Olly Barkley replaced the injured Tom Palmer and Shane Geraghty in the squad.^[7][8]

Head Coach: Martin Johnson

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province George Chuter Hooker 9 July 1976 21 Leicester Tigers Dylan Hartley Hooker 24 March 1986 4 Northampton Saints Lee Mears Hooker 5 March 1979 29 Bath Tim Payne Prop 29 April 1979 10 London Wasps Andrew Sheridan Prop 1 November 1979 27 Sale Sharks Phil Vickery Prop 14 March 1976 68 London Wasps Julian White Prop 14 May 1973 44 Leicester Tigers Steve Borthwick (c) Lock 12 October 1979 43 Saracens Louis Deacon Lock 7 October 1980 8 Leicester Tigers Nick Kennedy Lock 19 August 1981 1 London Irish Simon Shaw Lock 1 September 1973 50 London Wasps Steffon Armitage Flanker 20 September 1985 0 London Irish Tom Croft Flanker 7 November 1985 8 Leicester Tigers James Haskell Flanker 2 April 1985 12 London Wasps Tom Rees Flanker 11 September 1984 15 London Wasps Joe Worsley Flanker 14 June 1977 69 London Wasps Nick Easter Number 8 15 August 1978 20 Harlequins Luke Narraway Number 8 7 September 1983 5 Gloucester Danny Care Scrum-half 2 January 1987 6 Harlequins Harry Ellis Scrum-half 17 May 1982 22 Leicester Tigers Ben Foden Scrum-half 22 July 1985 0 Northampton Saints Paul Hodgson Scrum-half 25 April 1982 1 London Irish Danny Cipriani Fly-half 2 November 1987 7 London Wasps Toby Flood Fly-half 8 August 1985 22 Leicester Tigers Andy Goode Fly-half 3 April 1980 9 Brive Olly Barkley Centre 28 November 1981 23 Gloucester Riki Flutey Centre 10 February 1980 4 London Wasps Shane Geraghty Centre 12 August 1986 2 London Irish Jamie Noon Centre 9 May 1979 37 Newcastle Falcons Mathew Tait Centre 6 February 1986 24 Sale Sharks Mike Tindall Centre 18 October 1978 56 Gloucester Mark Cueto Wing 26 December 1979 24 Sale Sharks Ugo Monye Wing 13 April 1983 4 Harlequins Paul Sackey Wing 8 November 1979 19 London Wasps Delon Armitage Fullback 15 December 1983 4 London Irish Olly Morgan Fullback 3 November 1985 2 Gloucester

France

France named their final 23-man squad for the Six Nations on 28 January. Eight players from their training squad lost their places in the final 23, with only Biarritz number 8 Imanol Harinordoquy being brought in from outside the original 30.^[9]

As cover for prop Lionel Faure,who was nursing an injured calf, Clermont Auvergne's Thomas Domingo was called up to the squad on 11 February.^[10] Maxime Mermoz was called up in place of the banned Florian Fritz.^[11] Renaud Boyoud was also drafted in place of the injured Benoît Lecouls.^[12] Mathieu Bastareaud was called up for the injured Lionel Beauxis with Benoît Baby moving to fly-half, while Sylvain Marconnet was brought into the squad after injuries to both Benoît Lecouls and Nicolas Mas. François Trinh-Duc was also called up as specialist fly-half cover.^[13] On 4 March Jérôme Thion, Julien Bonnaire and Damien Traille were all added to the squad, while Sébastien Chabal shifted from lock to the back row.^[14] For their final game against Italy, France called up William Servat and Frédéric Michalak to replace Benjamin Kayser who had a neck injury and Sébastien Tillous-Borde who withdrew with a biceps problem.^[15]

Head Coach: Marc Lièvremont

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Benjamin Kayser Hooker 26 July 1984 5 Leicester Tigers William Servat Hooker 9 December 1978 20 Toulouse Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker 26 January 1983 30 Stade Français Fabien Barcella Prop 27 October 1983 3 Biarritz Renaud Boyoud Prop 7 May 1980 2 Dax Thomas Domingo Prop 20 August 1985 0 Clermont Lionel Faure Prop 26 November 1977 6 Sale Sharks Benoît Lecouls Prop 22 March 1978 5 Toulouse Sylvain Marconnet Prop 8 April 1976 71 Stade Français Nicolas Mas Prop 25 May 1980 22 Perpignan Sébastien Chabal Lock 8 December 1977 42 Sale Sharks Romain Millo-Chluski Lock 20 April 1983 4 Toulouse Lionel Nallet (c) Lock 14 September 1976 42 Castres Jérôme Thion Lock 2 December 1977 42 Biarritz Julien Bonnaire Flanker 20 September 1978 37 Clermont Thierry Dusautoir Flanker 18 November 1981 17 Toulouse Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker 21 July 1986 11 Montpellier Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 20 February 1980 50 Biarritz Louis Picamoles Number 8 5 February 1986 8 Montpellier Frédéric Michalak Scrum-half 16 October 1982 50 Toulouse Morgan Parra Scrum-half 15 November 1988 4 Bourgoin Sébastien Tillous-Borde Scrum-half 29 April 1985 4 Castres Lionel Beauxis Fly-half 24 October 1985 12 Stade Français François Trinh-Duc Fly-half 11 November 1986 7 Montpellier Benoît Baby Centre 7 September 1983 6 Clermont Mathieu Bastareaud Centre 17 July 1988 0 Stade Français Florian Fritz Centre 17 January 1984 13 Toulouse Yannick Jauzion Centre 28 July 1978 55 Toulouse Maxime Mermoz Centre 28 July 1986 1 Perpignan Cédric Heymans Wing 20 July 1978 44 Toulouse Julien Malzieu Wing 4 May 1983 6 Clermont Maxime Médard Wing 16 November 1986 3 Toulouse Clément Poitrenaud Fullback 20 May 1982 31 Toulouse Damien Traille Fullback 12 June 1979 57 Biarritz

Ireland

Ireland named their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 21 January 2009. Included in the 39-man squad are seven uncapped players, as well as inside centre Gordon D'Arcy, who only recently returned from a broken arm picked up in the opening game of the 2008 Six Nations in December.^[16]

Head Coach: Declan Kidney

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 27 Ulster Jerry Flannery Hooker 17 October 1978 26 Munster Bernard Jackman Hooker 5 May 1976 9 Leinster Tom Court Prop 6 November 1980 0 Ulster John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973 89 Munster Cian Healy Prop 7 October 1987 0 Leinster Marcus Horan Prop 7 September 1977 61 Munster Mike Ross Prop 21 December 1979 0 Harlequins Ryan Caldwell Lock 1 September 1984 0 Ulster Bob Casey Lock 18 July 1979 5 London Irish Donncha O'Callaghan Lock 23 March 1979 50 Munster Paul O'Connell Lock 20 October 1979 57 Munster Mick O'Driscoll Lock 8 October 1978 15 Munster Malcolm O'Kelly Lock 19 July 1974 91 Leinster Donnacha Ryan Lock 11 December 1983 1 Munster Stephen Ferris Flanker 2 August 1985 8 Ulster Shane Jennings Flanker 8 July 1981 5 Leinster Alan Quinlan Flanker 13 July 1974 27 Munster David Wallace Flanker 8 July 1976 50 Munster Jamie Heaslip Number 8 3 December 1983 13 Leinster Denis Leamy Number 8 27 November 1981 34 Munster Tomás O'Leary Scrum-half 22 October 1983 3 Munster Eoin Reddan Scrum-half 20 November 1980 14 London Wasps Peter Stringer Scrum-half 13 December 1977 85 Munster Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977 87 Munster Jonathan Sexton Fly-half 11 July 1985 0 Leinster Darren Cave Centre 5 April 1987 0 Ulster Gordon D'Arcy Centre 10 February 1980 37 Leinster Keith Earls Centre 2 October 1987 2 Munster Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre 21 January 1979 88 Leinster Paddy Wallace Centre 27 August 1979 12 Ulster Tommy Bowe Wing 22 February 1984 18 Ospreys Ian Dowling Wing 5 October 1982 0 Munster Luke Fitzgerald Wing 13 September 1987 7 Leinster Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978 64 Leinster Andrew Trimble Wing 20 October 1984 24 Ulster Girvan Dempsey Fullback 2 October 1975 82 Leinster Rob Kearney Fullback 26 March 1986 11 Leinster Geordan Murphy Fullback 19 April 1978 59 Leicester Tigers

Italy

Italy's squad for the Six Nations, named on 29 January 2009 by Nick Mallett:^[17]

Italy lost both of their specialist Scrum-halves}, Simon Picone and Pietro Travagli, for the entire Six Nations due to injury. Pablo Canavosio was called up but failed to recover from a knee injury in time for Italy's opener. This led head coach Nick Mallett to pull the trigger on a move he had been contemplating even before Canavosio's withdrawal—shifting Mauro Bergamasco from flanker to scrum-half.^[18]

After Bergamasco's shocking performance at scrum-half in the opener against England, in which his mistakes directly led to three of England's five tries, Mallett recalled Paul Griffen to play scrum-half and moved Bergamasco back to his normal flanker position. Carlo Del Fava was also brought in as an experienced second row forward.^[19] Leonardo Ghiraldini was called up after he recovered from injury but Fabio Ongaro was ruled out, so Franco Sbaraglini was also called up.^[20] On 3 March, Mallett added several players to the squad. Coming in were Fabio Staibano, Simone Favaro, Kristopher Burton and Michele Sepe.^[21] After returning from his suspension Andrea Masi picked up a back injury, Luciano Orquera was brought into the squad as cover.^[22]

Head Coach: Nick Mallett

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Carlo Festuccia Hooker 20 June 1980 45 Racing Métro Leonardo Ghiraldini Hooker 26 December 1984 16 Calvisano Fabio Ongaro Hooker 23 September 1977 59 Saracens Franco Sbaraglini Hooker 3 December 1982 0 Treviso Martin Castrogiovanni Prop 21 October 1981 54 Leicester Tigers Carlos Nieto Prop 25 June 1976 31 Gloucester Salvatore Perugini Prop 6 March 1978 55 Toulouse Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet Prop 22 October 1978 2 Viadana Fabio Staibano Prop 20 April 1983 6 Castres Marco Bortolami Lock 12 June 1980 70 Gloucester Carlo Del Fava Lock 1 July 1981 33 Ulster Santiago Dellapè Lock 9 May 1978 52 Toulon Jean-François Montauriol Lock 21 March 1983 0 Venezia Mestre Tommaso Reato Lock 12 May 1984 6 Rovigo Mauro Bergamasco Flanker 1 May 1979 69 Stade Français Simone Favaro Flanker 7 November 1988 0 Rovigo Josh Sole Flanker 15 February 1980 33 Viadana Alessandro Zanni Flanker 31 January 1984 26 Calvisano Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8 13 September 1983 57 Stade Français Pablo Canavosio Scrum-half 26 December 1981 22 Viadana Paul Griffen Scrum-half 26 September 1982 38 Calvisano Giulio Toniolatti Scrum-half 15 January 1984 1 Capitolina Rome Kristopher Burton Fly-half 4 August 1980 2 Prato Luke McLean Fly-half 29 June 1987 3 Calvisano Luciano Orquera Fly-half 12 October 1981 12 Brive Mirco Bergamasco Centre 23 February 1983 56 Stade Français Gonzalo Canale Centre 11 November 1982 42 Clermont Gonzalo Garcia Centre 18 February 1984 5 Calvisano Gilberto Pavan Centre 13 October 1986 0 Overmach Parma Roberto Quartaroli Centre 29 March 1988 0 Overmach Parma Andrea Bacchetti Wing 4 July 1988 0 Rovigo Matteo Pratichetti Wing 27 July 1985 12 Calvisano Kaine Robertson Wing 29 October 1980 35 Viadana Giulio Rubini Wing 22 April 1987 0 Overmach Parma Michele Sepe Wing 8 October 1986 2 Capitolina Rome Andrea Marcato Fullback 13 April 1983 12 Treviso Andrea Masi Fullback 30 March 1981 44 Biarritz

Scotland

Scotland named a 33-man squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 20 January 2009, and included uncapped prop Geoff Cross and fly-half Ruaridh Jackson.^[23] However, after injuries and illness hit the squad, a further five players were added to train on 30 January.^[24] After injuries to Geoff Cross and the Allan Jacobsen, Moray Low was called into the main squad to provide cover for the final two games.^[25] Following a return to fitness Rory Lamont was called up to the squad, but the game against Ireland came to soon for him.^[26]

Head Coach: Frank Hadden

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Ross Ford Hooker 23 April 1984 25 Edinburgh Dougie Hall Hooker 24 September 1980 23 Glasgow Geoff Cross Prop 11 December 1982 0 Edinburgh Alasdair Dickinson Prop 11 September 1983 8 Gloucester Allan Jacobsen Prop 22 September 1978 29 Edinburgh Moray Low Prop 28 November 1984 0 Glasgow Euan Murray Prop 7 August 1980 25 Northampton Craig Hamilton Lock 1 September 1979 5 Edinburgh James Hamilton Lock 17 November 1982 19 Edinburgh Nathan Hines Lock 29 November 1976 56 Perpignan Alastair Kellock Lock 14 June 1981 14 Glasgow Jason White Lock 17 April 1978 67 Sale Sharks John Barclay Flanker 24 September 1986 4 Glasgow Kelly Brown Flanker 8 June 1982 26 Glasgow Scott Gray Flanker 25 February 1978 1 Northampton Alasdair Strokosch Flanker 21 February 1983 7 Gloucester Allister Hogg Number 8 20 July 1983 47 Edinburgh Simon Taylor Number 8 17 August 1979 60 Stade Français Mike Blair (c) Scrum-half 20 April 1981 53 Edinburgh Chris Cusiter Scrum-half 13 June 1982 39 Perpignan Rory Lawson Scrum-half 12 March 1981 10 Gloucester Phil Godman Fly-half 20 May 1982 9 Edinburgh Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half 12 February 1988 0 Glasgow Dan Parks Fly-half 26 May 1978 47 Glasgow Ben Cairns Centre 29 October 1985 5 Edinburgh Nick De Luca Centre 1 February 1984 7 Edinburgh Max Evans Centre 12 September 1983 1 Glasgow Graeme Morrison Centre 17 October 1982 9 Glasgow Simon Danielli Wing 8 September 1979 16 Ulster Thom Evans Wing 2 April 1985 3 Glasgow Sean Lamont Wing 15 January 1981 35 Northampton Simon Webster Wing 8 March 1981 36 Edinburgh Rory Lamont Fullback 10 October 1982 19 Sale Sharks Chris Paterson Fullback 30 March 1978 90 Edinburgh Hugo Southwell Fullback 14 May 1980 44 Edinburgh

Wales

Wales announced their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 19 January 2009, naming a group of 28 players.^[27] Following a knee injury to scrum-half Gareth Cooper in training, head coach Warren Gatland opted to call 64-cap Sale Sharks scrum-half Dwayne Peel into the squad.^[28] After Dwayne Peel had also been ruled out with injury, Gatland was forced to call up London Irish scrum-half Warren Fury for bench cover.^[29]

Head Coach: Warren Gatland

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Huw Bennett Hooker 11 June 1983 18 Ospreys Matthew Rees Hooker 9 December 1980 25 Scarlets Gethin Jenkins Prop 17 November 1980 63 Cardiff Blues Adam Jones Prop 8 March 1981 52 Ospreys Rhys Thomas Prop 31 July 1982 6 Newport Gwent Dragons John Yapp Prop 9 April 1983 10 Cardiff Blues Luke Charteris Lock 9 March 1983 6 Newport Gwent Dragons Bradley Davies Lock 9 January 1987 0 Cardiff Blues Ian Gough Lock 10 November 1976 55 Ospreys Alun Wyn Jones Lock 19 September 1985 21 Ospreys Dafydd Jones Flanker 24 June 1979 34 Scarlets Robin Sowden-Taylor Flanker 9 June 1982 6 Cardiff Blues Jonathan Thomas Flanker 27 December 1982 46 Ospreys Martyn Williams Flanker 1 September 1975 84 Cardiff Blues Ryan Jones (c) Number 8 13 March 1981 27 Ospreys Andy Powell Number 8 23 August 1981 2 Cardiff Blues Gareth Cooper Scrum-half 7 May 1979 40 Gloucester Warren Fury Scrum-half 10 December 1985 2 London Irish Dwayne Peel Scrum-half 31 August 1981 64 Sale Sharks Mike Phillips Scrum-half 29 August 1982 33 Ospreys James Hook Fly-half 27 June 1985 30 Ospreys Stephen Jones Fly-half 8 December 1977 75 Scarlets Andrew Bishop Centre 7 August 1985 3 Ospreys Gavin Henson Centre 1 February 1982 28 Ospreys Jamie Roberts Centre 8 November 1986 7 Cardiff Blues Tom Shanklin Centre 24 November 1979 58 Cardiff Blues Leigh Halfpenny Wing 22 December 1988 3 Cardiff Blues Mark Jones Wing 7 November 1979 43 Scarlets Shane Williams Wing 26 February 1977 61 Ospreys Lee Byrne Fullback 1 June 1980 22 Ospreys

References

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19. "Bergamasco moved back to flanker". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 12 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
20. "Italians welcome back Bortolami". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 25 February 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
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External links

• RBS Six Nations Squad Index