2010 Six Nations Championship squads

This is a list of the complete squads for the 2010 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

Martin Johnson named a revised 32-man England squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.^[1] On 25 January, Cole, Mullan, Robshaw, Ward-Smith and Youngs were promoted to Senior EPS to provide injury cover for other players.^[2] Jamie Noon was called up to replace Dan Hipkiss due to injury ahead of the Ireland game, while Charlie Hodgson was brought in to provide cover.^[3] Ahead of the Scotland game, Fourie, Tindall, Morgan and Geraghty were called up to the squad.^[4]

• Caps updated before the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

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 Dylan Hartley Hooker 24 March 1986 14 Northampton Saints Lee Mears Hooker 5 March 1979 34 Bath Steve Thompson Hooker 15 July 1978 51 Brive Dan Cole Prop 9 May 1987 0 Leicester Tigers Matt Mullan Prop 23 February 1987 0 Worcester Warriors Tim Payne Prop 29 April 1979 15 London Wasps Andrew Sheridan Prop 1 November 1979 32 Sale Sharks Julian White Prop 14 May 1973 51 Leicester Tigers David Wilson Prop 9 April 1985 4 Bath Steve Borthwick (c) Lock 12 October 1979 53 Saracens Louis Deacon Lock 7 October 1980 13 Leicester Tigers Courtney Lawes Lock 23 February 1989 1 Northampton Saints Tom Palmer Lock 27 March 1979 13 Stade Français Simon Shaw Lock 1 September 1973 54 London Wasps Steffon Armitage Flanker 20 September 1985 3 London Irish Tom Croft Flanker 7 November 1985 16 Leicester Tigers Hendre Fourie Flanker 3 July 1979 0 Leeds Carnegie James Haskell Flanker 2 April 1985 22 Stade Français Lewis Moody (vc) Flanker 12 June 1978 56 Leicester Tigers Chris Robshaw Flanker 4 June 1986 1 Harlequins Joe Worsley Flanker 14 June 1977 74 London Wasps Jordan Crane Number 8 3 June 1986 3 Leicester Tigers Nick Easter Number 8 15 August 1978 27 Harlequins Dan Ward-Smith Number 8 2 January 1978 0 London Wasps Danny Care Scrum-half 2 January 1987 14 Harlequins Harry Ellis Scrum-half 17 May 1982 27 Leicester Tigers Paul Hodgson Scrum-half 25 April 1982 6 London Irish Ben Youngs Scrum-half 5 September 1989 0 Leicester Tigers Toby Flood Fly-half 8 August 1985 26 Leicester Tigers Shane Geraghty Fly-half 12 August 1986 6 Northampton Saints Charlie Hodgson Fly-half 12 November 1980 31 Sale Sharks Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half 25 May 1979 73 Toulon Riki Flutey Centre 10 February 1980 9 Brive Shontayne Hape Centre 30 January 1981 0 Bath Dan Hipkiss Centre 4 June 1982 12 Leicester Tigers Jamie Noon Centre 9 May 1979 38 Brive Mathew Tait Centre 6 February 1986 32 Sale Sharks Mike Tindall Centre 18 October 1978 60 Gloucester Chris Ashton Wing 29 March 1987 0 Northampton Saints Matt Banahan Wing 30 December 1986 5 Bath Mark Cueto Wing 26 December 1979 34 Sale Sharks Ugo Monye Wing 13 April 1983 9 Harlequins Delon Armitage Fullback 15 December 1983 11 London Irish Ben Foden Fullback 22 July 1985 1 Northampton Saints Olly Morgan Fullback 3 November 1985 2 Gloucester

France

Marc Lièvremont announced France's squad for the 2010 Six Nations on 20 January.^[5] Julien Pierre was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for the Scotland game, as was Yoann Maestri.^[6][7] Jean-Baptiste Élissalde was also ruled out of the clash against Scotland, Michalak was called up to replace him.^[8] With Luc Ducalcon ruled out of the game against Ireland, Jean-Baptiste Poux was called up to replace him.^[9] Sylvain Marconnet was ruled out of the game against Wales and was replaced by the uncapped Clement Baiocco.^[10] Fall was replaced by Marc Andreu for the Wales game.^[11] After Michalak tore his cruciate knee ligaments in a club game, Dimitri Yachvili was called up to replace him.^[12]

• Caps updated before the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

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 William Servat Hooker 9 February 1978 25 Toulouse Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker 26 January 1983 41 Stade Français Clément Baïocco Prop 3 December 1979 0 Racing Métro Thomas Domingo Prop 20 August 1985 5 Clermont Luc Ducalcon Prop 2 January 1984 0 Castres Sylvain Marconnet Prop 8 April 1976 79 Stade Français Nicolas Mas Prop 23 May 1980 30 Perpignan Jean-Baptiste Poux Prop 26 September 1979 23 Toulouse Sébastien Chabal Lock 8 December 1977 52 Racing Métro Yoann Maestri Lock 14 January 1988 0 Toulouse Romain Millo-Chluski Lock 20 April 1983 13 Toulouse Lionel Nallet Lock 14 September 1976 49 Racing Métro Pascal Papé Lock 5 October 1980 23 Stade Français Julien Pierre Lock 31 July 1981 2 Clermont Julien Bonnaire Flanker 20 September 1978 47 Clermont Thierry Dusautoir (c) Flanker 18 November 1981 28 Toulouse Alexandre Lapandry Flanker 13 April 1989 1 Clermont Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker 21 July 1986 18 Montpellier Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 20 February 1980 57 Biarritz Louis Picamoles Number 8 5 February 1986 15 Toulouse Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Scrum-half 23 November 1977 35 Toulouse Frédéric Michalak Scrum-half 16 October 1982 51 Toulouse Morgan Parra Scrum-half 15 November 1988 12 Clermont Dimitri Yachvili Scrum-half 19 September 1980 41 Biarritz Benjamin Boyet Fly-half 8 August 1979 5 Bourgoin François Trinh-Duc Fly-half 11 November 1986 15 Montpellier Mathieu Bastareaud Centre 17 September 1988 4 Stade Français Fabrice Estebanez Centre 26 December 1981 0 Brive Yannick Jauzion Centre 28 July 1978 63 Toulouse David Marty Centre 30 October 1982 25 Perpignan Marc Andreu Wing 27 December 1985 0 Castres Vincent Clerc Wing 7 May 1981 39 Toulouse Benjamin Fall Wing 29 April 1989 1 Bayonne Julien Malzieu Wing 4 May 1983 11 Clermont Alexis Palisson Wing 9 September 1987 5 Brive Aurélien Rougerie Wing 26 September 1980 55 Clermont Clément Poitrenaud Fullback 20 May 1982 34 Toulouse

Ireland

Ireland named their squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.^[13] Geordan Murphy was called into the Ireland squad for the clash against England after Rob Kearney was ruled out.^[14]

• Caps updated before the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

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 34 Ulster Sean Cronin Hooker 6 May 1986 1 Connacht Jerry Flannery Hooker 17 October 1978 34 Munster John Fogarty Hooker 18 October 1977 0 Leinster Tony Buckley Prop 8 October 1980 14 Munster Tom Court Prop 6 November 1980 5 Ulster Declan Fitzpatrick Prop 12 July 1983 0 Ulster John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973 97 Munster Cian Healy Prop 7 October 1987 2 Leinster Marcus Horan Prop 7 September 1977 66 Munster Mike Ross Prop 21 December 1979 2 Leinster Brett Wilkinson Prop 29 November 1983 0 Connacht Leo Cullen Lock 9 January 1978 20 Leinster Donncha O'Callaghan Lock 24 March 1979 58 Munster Paul O'Connell (vc) Lock 20 October 1979 65 Munster Mick O'Driscoll Lock 8 October 1978 17 Munster Donnacha Ryan Lock 11 December 1983 3 Munster Devin Toner Lock 29 June 1986 0 Leinster Dan Tuohy Lock 18 June 1985 0 Ulster Stephen Ferris Flanker 2 August 1985 16 Ulster Shane Jennings Flanker 8 July 1981 5 Leinster Kevin McLaughlin Flanker 20 September 1984 0 Leinster Sean O'Brien Flanker 14 February 1987 2 Leinster David Wallace Flanker 8 July 1976 57 Munster Jamie Heaslip Number 8 15 December 1983 21 Leinster Chris Henry Number 8 17 October 1984 0 Ulster Isaac Boss Scrum-half 9 April 1980 12 Ulster Tomás O'Leary Scrum-half 22 October 1983 11 Munster Eoin Reddan Scrum-half 20 November 1980 17 Leinster Peter Stringer Scrum-half 13 December 1977 91 Munster Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977 93 Munster Jonathan Sexton Fly-half 11 July 1985 2 Leinster Gordon D'Arcy Centre 10 February 1980 43 Leinster Fergus McFadden Centre 17 June 1986 0 Leinster Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre 21 January 1979 96 Leinster Paddy Wallace Centre 27 August 1979 19 Ulster Tommy Bowe Wing 22 February 1984 25 Ospreys Ian Dowling Wing 5 October 1982 2 Munster Keith Earls Wing 2 October 1987 5 Munster Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978 65 Leinster Johne Murphy Wing 10 November 1984 0 Leicester Tigers Andrew Trimble Wing 20 October 1984 25 Ulster Denis Hurley Fullback 15 July 1984 1 Munster Rob Kearney Fullback 26 March 1986 19 Leinster Geordan Murphy Fullback 19 April 1978 63 Leicester Tigers

Italy

On 7 January 2010 coach Nick Mallett announced a 30-man for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.^[15] Canavosio and Bernabo were called up for the clash against England due to injuries to Del Fava and Picone.^[16] Paolo Buso was called up to the squad for the Scotland game.^[17]

• Caps updated before the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

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 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c) Hooker 26 December 1984 24 Benetton Treviso Fabio Ongaro Hooker 23 September 1977 64 Saracens Matías Agüero Prop 13 February 1981 13 Saracens Martin Castrogiovanni Prop 21 October 1981 62 Leicester Tigers Lorenzo Cittadini Prop 17 December 1982 1 Benetton Treviso Salvatore Perugini Prop 6 March 1978 66 Bayonne Valerio Bernabò Lock 3 March 1984 13 Roma Olimpic Marco Bortolami Lock 12 June 1980 77 Gloucester Carlo Del Fava Lock 1 July 1981 41 Viadana Quintin Geldenhuys Lock 19 June 1981 6 Viadana Antonio Pavanello Lock 13 October 1982 5 Benetton Treviso Mauro Bergamasco Flanker 1 May 1979 79 Stade Français Paul Derbyshire Flanker 3 July 1986 1 Petrarca Padova Simone Favaro Flanker 7 November 1988 5 Overmach Parma Josh Sole Flanker 15 February 1980 41 Viadana Manoa Vosawai Number 8 12 August 1983 5 Overmach Parma Alessandro Zanni Number 8 31 January 1984 37 Benetton Treviso Pablo Canavosio Scrum-half 26 December 1981 26 Viadana Simon Picone Scrum-half 26 September 1982 20 Benetton Treviso Tito Tebaldi Scrum-half 20 September 1987 6 Gran Parma Riccardo Bocchino Fly-half 3 March 1988 0 Rovigo Craig Gower Fly-half 29 April 1978 6 Bayonne Andrea Marcato Fly-half 17 April 1983 16 Benetton Treviso Gonzalo Canale Centre 11 November 1982 51 Clermont Gonzalo Garcia Centre 18 February 1984 13 Benetton Treviso Matteo Pratichetti Centre 27 July 1985 20 Viadana Alberto Sgarbi Centre 26 November 1986 5 Benetton Treviso Mirco Bergamasco Wing 23 February 1983 66 Stade Français Andrea Masi Wing 30 March 1981 46 Racing Métro Kaine Robertson Wing 29 October 1980 41 Viadana Michele Sepe Wing 8 October 1986 2 Viadana Paolo Buso Fullback 28 July 1986 1 Roma Olimpic Luke McLean Fullback 29 June 1987 11 Benetton Treviso

Scotland

Andy Robinson named his squad for the Six Nations on 20 January, while Welsh, Rennie, Blair and Thompson were invited to train with the squad.^[18] Back Row Scott Gray was called up to join the Scotland training camp.^[19] For the game against Wales several players were called up, including Blair, Cairns, R.Lamont and Walker.^[20] Additional players were called up for the Italy game, including MacLeod, Grant, Robertson and Webster. Players then to be selected to drop into the A team.^[21]

• Caps updated before the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

Head Coach: Andy Robinson

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 33 Edinburgh Dougie Hall Hooker 24 September 1980 31 Glasgow Warriors Scott Lawson Hooker 28 September 1981 16 Gloucester Geoff Cross Prop 1 December 1982 1 Edinburgh Alasdair Dickinson Prop 11 September 1983 13 Gloucester Allan Jacobsen Prop 22 September 1978 40 Edinburgh Moray Low Prop 28 November 1984 5 Glasgow Warriors Euan Murray Prop 7 August 1980 28 Northampton Saints Jon Welsh Prop 13 October 1986 0 Glasgow Warriors Richie Gray Lock 24 August 1989 0 Glasgow Warriors Jim Hamilton Lock 17 November 1982 23 Edinburgh Nathan Hines Lock 29 November 1976 61 Leinster Alastair Kellock Lock 14 June 1981 20 Glasgow Warriors Scott MacLeod Lock 3 March 1979 21 Edinburgh John Barclay Flanker 24 November 1986 13 Glasgow Warriors Kelly Brown Flanker 8 June 1982 30 Glasgow Warriors Scott Gray Flanker 25 February 1978 8 Northampton Saints Alan MacDonald Flanker 21 October 1985 1 Edinburgh Ross Rennie Flanker 29 March 1986 1 Edinburgh Alasdair Strokosch Flanker 21 February 1983 14 Gloucester Johnnie Beattie Number 8 21 November 1985 7 Glasgow Warriors Roddy Grant Number 8 31 January 1987 0 Edinburgh Mike Blair (c) Scrum-half 20 April 1981 59 Edinburgh Chris Cusiter (c) Scrum-half 13 June 1982 47 Glasgow Warriors Rory Lawson Scrum-half 12 March 1981 17 Gloucester Phil Godman Fly-half 20 May 1982 20 Edinburgh Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half 12 February 1988 0 Glasgow Warriors Dan Parks Fly-half 26 May 1978 47 Glasgow Warriors Ben Cairns Centre 29 September 1985 7 Edinburgh Nick De Luca Centre 1 February 1984 14 Edinburgh Max Evans Centre 28 December 1983 6 Glasgow Warriors Alex Grove Centre 30 November 1987 3 Worcester Warriors Graeme Morrison Centre 17 October 1982 18 Glasgow Warriors Simon Danielli Wing 8 November 1979 22 Ulster Thom Evans Wing 2 April 1985 8 Glasgow Warriors Rory Lamont Wing 10 October 1982 22 Toulon Sean Lamont Wing 15 January 1981 40 Scarlets Mark Robertson Wing 30 December 1984 0 Edinburgh Simon Webster Wing 8 March 1981 37 Edinburgh Nikki Walker Wing 5 March 1982 15 Ospreys Chris Paterson Fullback 30 March 1978 98 Edinburgh Hugo Southwell Fullback 14 May 1980 48 Stade Français Jim Thompson Fullback 5 November 1984 0 Edinburgh

Wales

Warren Gatland named a 35-man squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship. Scrum-halves Mike Phillips and Dwayne Peel were both left out due to injury.^[22] Ken Owens was called up to the squad to cover injury concerns at hooker.^[23] After Phillips and Peel recovered from injury they were recalled to the squad for the France match.^[24][25] Gareth Delve was called up to the squad ahead of the Ireland game, to cover for Ryan Jones.^[26]

• Caps updated before the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

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 27 Ospreys Ken Owens Hooker 3 January 1987 0 Scarlets Matthew Rees Hooker 9 December 1980 34 Scarlets Gareth Williams Hooker 19 December 1979 7 Cardiff Blues Rhys Gill Prop 30 October 1986 0 Saracens Paul James Prop 13 May 1982 5 Ospreys Gethin Jenkins (vc) Prop 17 November 1980 72 Cardiff Blues Adam Jones Prop 8 March 1981 56 Ospreys Eifion Lewis-Roberts Prop 13 February 1981 1 Sale Sharks Luke Charteris Lock 9 March 1983 18 Newport Gwent Dragons Bradley Davies Lock 9 January 1987 5 Cardiff Blues Ian Gough Lock 10 November 1976 61 Ospreys Alun Wyn Jones Lock 19 September 1985 35 Ospreys Deiniol Jones Lock 18 November 1977 7 Cardiff Blues Dan Lydiate Flanker 18 December 1987 2 Newport Gwent Dragons Andy Powell Flanker 23 August 1981 12 Cardiff Blues Jonathan Thomas Flanker 27 December 1982 50 Ospreys Sam Warburton Flanker 5 October 1988 3 Cardiff Blues Martyn Williams Flanker 1 September 1975 91 Cardiff Blues Gareth Delve Number 8 30 December 1982 9 Gloucester Ryan Jones (c) Number 8 13 March 1981 36 Ospreys Gareth Cooper Scrum-half 7 May 1979 44 Cardiff Blues Dwayne Peel Scrum-half 31 August 1981 72 Sale Sharks Mike Phillips Scrum-half 29 August 1982 38 Ospreys Richie Rees Scrum-half 21 May 1983 0 Cardiff Blues Martin Roberts Scrum-half 6 June 1986 3 Scarlets Dan Biggar Fly-half 16 October 1989 4 Ospreys Stephen Jones Fly-half 8 December 1977 83 Scarlets Andrew Bishop Centre 7 August 1985 8 Ospreys Jonathan Davies Centre 5 April 1988 5 Scarlets James Hook Centre 27 June 1985 37 Ospreys Jamie Roberts Centre 8 November 1986 16 Cardiff Blues Tom Shanklin Centre 24 November 1979 65 Cardiff Blues Leigh Halfpenny Wing 22 December 1988 10 Cardiff Blues Tom James Wing 17 April 1987 8 Cardiff Blues Kristian Phillips Wing 2 September 1990 0 Ospreys Tom Prydie Wing 23 February 1992 0 Ospreys Shane Williams Wing 26 February 1977 68 Ospreys Lee Byrne Fullback 1 June 1980 27 Ospreys

References

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11. "Papé injury hits France". PlanetRugby.com. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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19. "Flanker Scott Gray joins Scotland training camp". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
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External links

• RBS Six Nations Squad Index