2013 Six Nations Championship squads

The 2013 Six Nations Championship was a rugby union tournament played from 2 February to 16 March 2013. It was the 14th annual Six Nations Championship since the addition of Italy to the initial five of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 119th season of the competition overall. Teams were permitted to name squads of unlimited size, but typically named between 30 and 35 players in their initial selections.

All ages, caps and clubs accurate as of 2 February 2013, the first day of the tournament. Additions to each squad following the initial announcements are indicated by an asterisk (*).

England

England head coach Stuart Lancaster named an initial 33-man squad for the tournament on 9 January 2013.^[1]

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Hartley, DylanDylan Hartley Hooker 24 March 1986 (aged 26) 42 Northampton Saints Youngs, TomTom Youngs Hooker 28 January 1987 (aged 26) 4 Leicester Tigers Cole, DanDan Cole Prop 9 May 1987 (aged 25) 35 Leicester Tigers Corbisiero, AlexAlex Corbisiero Prop 30 August 1988 (aged 24) 18 London Irish Marler, JoeJoe Marler Prop 7 July 1990 (aged 22) 5 Harlequins Vunipola, MakoMako Vunipola Prop 13 January 1991 (aged 22) 4 Saracens Wilson, DavidDavid Wilson Prop 9 April 1985 (aged 27) 22 Bath Launchbury, JoeJoe Launchbury Lock 12 April 1991 (aged 21) 4 London Wasps Lawes, CourtneyCourtney Lawes Lock 23 February 1989 (aged 23) 15 Northampton Saints Parling, GeoffGeoff Parling Lock 28 October 1983 (aged 29) 12 Leicester Tigers Clark, CalumCalum Clark Flanker 10 June 1989 (aged 23) 0 Northampton Saints Croft, TomTom Croft Flanker 7 November 1985 (aged 27) 36 Leicester Tigers Haskell, JamesJames Haskell Flanker 2 April 1985 (aged 27) 45 London Wasps Johnson, TomTom Johnson Flanker 16 July 1982 (aged 30) 5 Exeter Chiefs Robshaw, ChrisChris Robshaw (c) Flanker 4 June 1986 (aged 26) 12 Harlequins Wood, TomTom Wood Flanker 3 November 1986 (aged 26) 13 Northampton Saints Morgan, BenBen Morgan Number 8 18 February 1989 (aged 23) 8 Gloucester Waldrom, ThomasThomas Waldrom Number 8 28 April 1983 (aged 29) 4 Leicester Tigers Care, DannyDanny Care Scrum-half 2 January 1987 (aged 26) 37 Harlequins Dickson, LeeLee Dickson Scrum-half 29 March 1985 (aged 27) 7 Northampton Saints Youngs, BenBen Youngs Scrum-half 5 September 1989 (aged 23) 28 Leicester Tigers Burns, FreddieFreddie Burns Fly-half 13 May 1990 (aged 22) 1 Gloucester Farrell, OwenOwen Farrell Fly-half 24 September 1991 (aged 21) 12 Saracens Flood, TobyToby Flood Fly-half 8 August 1985 (aged 27) 53 Leicester Tigers Barritt, BradBrad Barritt Centre 7 August 1986 (aged 26) 11 Saracens Joseph, JonathanJonathan Joseph Centre 21 May 1991 (aged 21) 4 London Irish Tuilagi, ManuManu Tuilagi Centre 18 May 1991 (aged 21) 17 Leicester Tigers Twelvetrees, BillyBilly Twelvetrees Centre 15 November 1988 (aged 24) 0 Gloucester Ashton, ChrisChris Ashton Wing 29 March 1987 (aged 25) 29 Saracens Brown, MikeMike Brown Wing 4 September 1985 (aged 27) 11 Harlequins Strettle, DavidDavid Strettle Wing 23 July 1983 (aged 29) 12 Saracens Foden, BenBen Foden Fullback 22 July 1985 (aged 27) 30 Northampton Saints Goode, AlexAlex Goode Fullback 7 May 1988 (aged 24) 6 Saracens

France

France head coach Philippe Saint-André named a 33-man squad for the tournament on 11 January 2013.^[2] Adrien Planté replaced Gaël Fickou and Hugo Bonneval replaced Vincent Clerc.

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Guirado, GuilhemGuilhem Guirado Hooker 17 June 1986 (aged 26) 15 Perpignan Kayser, BenjaminBenjamin Kayser Hooker 26 July 1984 (aged 28) 12 Clermont Szarzewski, DimitriDimitri Szarzewski Hooker 26 January 1983 (aged 30) 66 Racing Métro Attoub, DavidDavid Attoub Prop 7 June 1981 (aged 31) 4 Stade Français Debaty, VincentVincent Debaty Prop 2 October 1981 (aged 31) 11 Clermont Domingo, ThomasThomas Domingo Prop 20 August 1985 (aged 27) 21 Clermont Ducalcon, LucLuc Ducalcon Prop 2 January 1984 (aged 29) 10 Racing Métro Forestier, YannickYannick Forestier Prop 3 January 1982 (aged 31) 3 Castres Mas, NicolasNicolas Mas Prop 23 May 1980 (aged 32) 56 Perpignan Maestri, YoannYoann Maestri Lock 14 January 1988 (aged 25) 9 Toulouse Papé, PascalPascal Papé (c) Lock 5 October 1980 (aged 32) 45 Stade Français Suta, JocelinoJocelino Suta Lock 18 November 1982 (aged 30) 3 Toulon Taofifénua, RomainRomain Taofifénua Lock 14 September 1990 (aged 22) 1 Perpignan Dusautoir, ThierryThierry Dusautoir Flanker 18 November 1981 (aged 31) 54 Toulouse Lauret, WenceslasWenceslas Lauret Flanker 28 March 1989 (aged 23) 3 Biarritz Nyanga, YannickYannick Nyanga Flanker 19 December 1983 (aged 29) 28 Toulouse Ouedraogo, FulgenceFulgence Ouedraogo Flanker 21 July 1986 (aged 26) 30 Montpellier Chouly, DamienDamien Chouly Number 8 27 November 1985 (aged 27) 7 Clermont Picamoles, LouisLouis Picamoles Number 8 5 February 1986 (aged 26) 31 Toulouse Machenaud, MaximeMaxime Machenaud Scrum-half 30 December 1988 (aged 24) 4 Racing Métro Parra, MorganMorgan Parra Scrum-half 15 November 1988 (aged 24) 46 Clermont Michalak, FrédérickFrédérick Michalak Fly-half 16 October 1982 (aged 30) 59 Toulon Trinh-Duc, FrançoisFrançois Trinh-Duc Fly-half 11 November 1986 (aged 26) 44 Montpellier Bastareaud, MathieuMathieu Bastareaud Centre 17 September 1988 (aged 24) 9 Toulon Fickou, GaëlGaël Fickou Centre 26 March 1994 (aged 18) 0 Toulouse Fritz, FlorianFlorian Fritz Centre 17 January 1984 (aged 29) 25 Toulouse Mermoz, MaximeMaxime Mermoz Centre 28 July 1986 (aged 26) 22 Toulon Buttin, Jean-MarcellinJean-Marcellin Buttin Wing 16 December 1991 (aged 21) 2 Clermont Clerc, VincentVincent Clerc Wing 7 May 1981 (aged 31) 64 Toulouse Fall, BenjaminBenjamin Fall Wing 3 March 1989 (aged 23) 3 Racing Métro Fofana, WesleyWesley Fofana Wing 20 January 1988 (aged 25) 10 Clermont Plante, AdrienAdrien Planté* Wing 2 April 1985 0 Perpignan Bonneval, HugoHugo Bonneval* Fullback 19 November 1990 0 Stade Français Dulin, BriceBrice Dulin Fullback 13 April 1990 (aged 22) 5 Castres Huget, YoannYoann Huget Fullback 2 June 1987 (aged 25) 12 Toulouse

Ireland

Ireland head coach Declan Kidney named an initial 33-man squad for the tournament on 27 January 2013.^[3] Flanker Rhys Ruddock, centre Darren Cave, wing Andrew Trimble and fullback Robbie Henshaw were added to the squad on 5 February, following injuries to Peter O'Mahony, Gordon D'Arcy and Keith Earls.^[4] Prop Stephen Archer and fly-half Ian Madigan were added to the squad on 7 March, following injuries to Tom Court and Jonathan Sexton.^[5]

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Best, RoryRory Best Hooker 15 August 1982 62 Ulster Cronin, SeanSean Cronin Hooker 6 May 1986 23 Leinster Sherry, MikeMike Sherry Hooker 18 June 1988 0 Munster Archer, StephenStephen Archer* Prop 29 January 1988 0 Munster Bent, MichaelMichael Bent Prop 25 April 1986 2 Leinster Court, TomTom Court Prop 6 November 1980 29 Ulster Fitzpatrick, DeclanDeclan Fitzpatrick Prop 12 July 1983 2 Ulster Healy, CianCian Healy Prop 7 October 1987 35 Leinster Kilcoyne, DavidDavid Kilcoyne Prop 14 December 1988 2 Munster Ross, MikeMike Ross Prop 21 December 1979 24 Leinster McCarthy, MikeMike McCarthy Lock 27 November 1981 6 Connacht O'Callaghan, DonnchaDonncha O'Callaghan Lock 24 March 1979 90 Munster Ryan, DonnachaDonnacha Ryan Lock 11 December 1983 23 Munster Toner, DevinDevin Toner Lock 29 June 1986 3 Leinster Henderson, IainIain Henderson Flanker 21 February 1992 2 Ulster Henry, ChrisChris Henry Flanker 17 October 1984 4 Ulster McLaughlin, KevinKevin McLaughlin Flanker 20 September 1984 5 Leinster O'Brien, SeanSean O'Brien Flanker 14 February 1987 22 Leinster O'Mahony, PeterPeter O'Mahony Flanker 17 September 1989 9 Munster Ruddock, RhysRhys Ruddock* Flanker 13 November 1990 1 Leinster Heaslip, JamieJamie Heaslip (c) Number 8 15 December 1983 52 Leinster Murray, ConorConor Murray Scrum-half 20 April 1989 14 Munster Reddan, EoinEoin Reddan Scrum-half 20 November 1980 47 Leinster Jackson, PaddyPaddy Jackson Fly-half 5 January 1992 0 Ulster Madigan, IanIan Madigan* Fly-half 21 March 1989 0 Leinster O'Gara, RonanRonan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977 126 Munster Sexton, JonathanJonathan Sexton Fly-half 11 July 1985 34 Leinster Cave, DarrenDarren Cave* Centre 5 April 1987 3 Ulster D'Arcy, GordonGordon D'Arcy Centre 10 February 1980 71 Leinster Earls, KeithKeith Earls Centre 2 October 1987 34 Munster McFadden, FergusFergus McFadden Centre 17 June 1986 16 Leinster McSharry, DaveDave McSharry Centre 10 July 1990 0 Connacht O'Driscoll, BrianBrian O'Driscoll Centre 21 January 1979 120 Leinster Fitzgerald, LukeLuke Fitzgerald Wing 13 September 1987 23 Leinster Gilroy, CraigCraig Gilroy Wing 11 March 1991 1 Ulster Trimble, AndrewAndrew Trimble* Wing 20 October 1984 49 Ulster Zebo, SimonSimon Zebo Wing 16 March 1990 3 Munster Henshaw, RobbieRobbie Henshaw* Fullback 12 June 1993 0 Connacht Kearney, RobRob Kearney Fullback 26 March 1986 41 Leinster

Italy

Italy head coach Jacques Brunel named a 30-man squad for the tournament.^[6] Mauro Bergamasco was added to the squad on 18 February after captain Sergio Parisse was given a 30-day ban for the red card he received playing for his club side Stade Français in a Top 14 match against Union Bordeaux Bègles on 16 February.^[7]

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Ghiraldini, LeonardoLeonardo Ghiraldini Hooker 26 December 1984 (aged 28) 48 Benetton Treviso Giazzon, DavideDavide Giazzon Hooker 16 January 1986 (aged 27) 5 Zebre Castrogiovanni, MartinMartin Castrogiovanni Prop 21 October 1981 (aged 31) 91 Leicester Tigers Cittadini, LorenzoLorenzo Cittadini Prop 17 December 1982 (aged 30) 16 Benetton Treviso de Marchi, AlbertoAlberto de Marchi Prop 13 March 1986 (aged 26) 4 Benetton Treviso Lo Cicero, AndreaAndrea Lo Cicero Prop 7 May 1976 (aged 36) 98 Racing Métro Rizzo, MicheleMichele Rizzo Prop 16 September 1982 (aged 30) 5 Benetton Treviso Furno, JoshuaJoshua Furno Lock 21 October 1989 (aged 23) 6 Narbonne Geldenhuys, QuintinQuintin Geldenhuys Lock 19 June 1981 (aged 31) 33 Zebre Minto, FrancescoFrancesco Minto Lock 20 May 1987 (aged 25) 2 Benetton Treviso Pavanello, AntonioAntonio Pavanello Lock 13 October 1982 (aged 30) 13 Benetton Treviso Barbieri, RobertRobert Barbieri Flanker 5 June 1984 (aged 28) 27 Benetton Treviso Bergamasco, MauroMauro Bergamasco* Flanker 1 May 1979 93 Zebre Derbyshire, PaulPaul Derbyshire Flanker 3 November 1986 (aged 26) 16 Benetton Treviso Favaro, SimoneSimone Favaro Flanker 7 November 1988 (aged 24) 16 Benetton Treviso Zanni, AlessandroAlessandro Zanni Flanker 31 January 1984 (aged 29) 69 Benetton Treviso Parisse, SergioSergio Parisse (c) Number 8 12 September 1983 (aged 29) 91 Stade Francais Vosawai, ManoaManoa Vosawai Number 8 12 August 1983 (aged 29) 10 Benetton Treviso Botes, TobiasTobias Botes Scrum-half 26 April 1984 (aged 28) 8 Benetton Treviso Gori, EdoardoEdoardo Gori Scrum-half 5 March 1990 (aged 22) 19 Benetton Treviso Burton, KristopherKristopher Burton Fly-half 4 August 1980 (aged 32) 18 Benetton Treviso Orquera, LucianoLuciano Orquera Fly-half 12 October 1981 (aged 31) 29 Zebre Canale, GonzaloGonzalo Canale Centre 11 November 1982 (aged 30) 77 La Rochelle Garcia, GonzaloGonzalo Garcia Centre 18 February 1984 (aged 28) 25 Zebre Masi, AndreaAndrea Masi Centre 30 March 1981 (aged 31) 72 London Wasps Sgarbi, AlbertoAlberto Sgarbi Centre 26 November 1986 (aged 26) 23 Benetton Treviso Benvenuti, TommasoTommaso Benvenuti Wing 12 December 1990 (aged 22) 23 Benetton Treviso Iannone, TommasoTommaso Iannone Wing 16 September 1990 (aged 22) 1 Benetton Treviso Venditti, GiovanbattistaGiovanbattista Venditti Wing 27 March 1990 (aged 22) 9 Zebre Buso, PaoloPaolo Buso Fullback 28 July 1986 (aged 26) 1 Zebre McLean, LukeLuke McLean Fullback 29 June 1987 (aged 25) 41 Benetton Treviso

Scotland

Scotland interim head coach Scott Johnson named a 35-man squad for the tournament on 14 January 2013.^[8]

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Ford, RossRoss Ford Hooker 23 April 1984 64 Edinburgh Hall, DougieDougie Hall Hooker 24 September 1980 39 Glasgow Warriors MacArthur, PatPat MacArthur Hooker 27 April 1987 0 Glasgow Warriors Cross, GeoffGeoff Cross Prop 11 December 1982 17 Edinburgh Dickinson, AlasdairAlasdair Dickinson Prop 11 September 1983 24 Sale Sharks Grant, RyanRyan Grant Prop 8 October 1985 5 Glasgow Warriors Low, MorayMoray Low Prop 28 November 1984 15 Glasgow Warriors Murray, EuanEuan Murray Prop 7 August 1980 49 Worcester Warriors Gilchrist, GrantGrant Gilchrist Lock 9 August 1990 0 Edinburgh Gray, RichieRichie Gray Lock 24 August 1989 27 Sale Sharks Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton Lock 17 November 1982 41 Gloucester Kellock, AlastairAlastair Kellock Lock 14 June 1981 47 Glasgow Warriors Brown, KellyKelly Brown (c) Flanker 8 June 1982 52 Saracens Denton, DavidDavid Denton Flanker 5 February 1990 9 Edinburgh Fusaro, ChrisChris Fusaro Flanker 21 July 1989 10 Glasgow Warriors Harley, RobRob Harley Flanker 26 May 1990 1 Glasgow Warriors Strokosch, AlasdairAlasdair Strokosch Flanker 21 February 1983 30 USA Perpignan Vernon, RichieRichie Vernon Flanker 7 July 1987 15 Sale Sharks Beattie, JohnnieJohnnie Beattie Number 8 21 November 1985 16 Montpellier Wilson, RyanRyan Wilson Number 8 18 May 1989 0 Glasgow Warriors Kennedy, SeanSean Kennedy Scrum-half 24 April 1991 0 Glasgow Warriors Laidlaw, GreigGreig Laidlaw Scrum-half 12 October 1985 13 Edinburgh Pyrgos, HenryHenry Pyrgos Scrum-half 9 July 1989 3 Glasgow Warriors Heathcote, TomTom Heathcote Fly-half 11 February 1992 1 Bath Jackson, RuaridhRuaridh Jackson Fly-half 12 February 1988 15 Glasgow Warriors Weir, DuncanDuncan Weir Fly-half 10 May 1991 2 Glasgow Warriors Dunbar, AlexAlex Dunbar Centre 23 April 1990 0 Glasgow Warriors Evans, MaxMax Evans Centre 28 September 1983 32 Castres Horne, PeterPeter Horne Centre 5 October 1989 0 Glasgow Warriors Scott, MattMatt Scott Centre 30 September 1990 7 Edinburgh Lamont, SeanSean Lamont Wing 15 January 1981 71 Glasgow Warriors Maitland, SeanSean Maitland Wing 14 September 1988 0 Glasgow Warriors Seymour, TommyTommy Seymour Wing 1 July 1988 0 Glasgow Warriors Visser, TimTim Visser Wing 29 May 1987 5 Edinburgh Hogg, StuartStuart Hogg Fullback 24 June 1992 10 Glasgow Warriors Murchie, PeterPeter Murchie Fullback 7 January 1986 0 Glasgow Warriors

Wales

Wales interim head coach Rob Howley named a 36-man squad for the tournament on 15 January 2013, including five uncapped players.^[9] Lock Alun Wyn Jones was called into the squad on 12 February 2013 after recovering from injury.^[10]

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Hibbard, RichardRichard Hibbard Hooker 13 December 1983 19 Ospreys Owens, KenKen Owens Hooker 3 January 1987 10 Scarlets Rees, MatthewMatthew Rees Hooker 9 December 1980 57 Scarlets Andrews, ScottScott Andrews Prop 1 August 1989 5 Cardiff Blues Bevington, RyanRyan Bevington Prop 9 December 1988 8 Ospreys James, PaulPaul James Prop 13 May 1982 40 Bath Jenkins, GethinGethin Jenkins Prop 17 November 1980 94 Toulon Jones, AdamAdam Jones Prop 8 March 1981 83 Ospreys Mitchell, CraigCraig Mitchell Prop 3 May 1986 11 Exeter Chiefs Coombs, AndrewAndrew Coombs Lock 27 October 1984 0 Dragons Evans, IanIan Evans Lock 4 October 1984 25 Ospreys Jones, Alun WynAlun Wyn Jones* Lock 19 September 1985 67 Ospreys King, JamesJames King Lock 24 July 1990 0 Ospreys Kohn, OllieOllie Kohn Lock 19 May 1981 0 Harlequins Reed, LouLou Reed Lock 10 September 1987 2 Cardiff Blues Jones, RyanRyan Jones Flanker 13 March 1981 70 Ospreys Navidi, JoshJosh Navidi Flanker 30 December 1990 0 Cardiff Blues Shingler, AaronAaron Shingler Flanker 7 August 1987 4 Scarlets Tipuric, JustinJustin Tipuric Flanker 6 August 1989 10 Ospreys Turnbull, JoshJosh Turnbull Flanker 12 March 1988 5 Scarlets Warburton, SamSam Warburton (c) Flanker 5 October 1988 34 Cardiff Blues Faletau, TaulupeTaulupe Faletau Number 8 12 November 1990 21 Dragons Pretorius, AndriesAndries Pretorius Number 8 26 September 1985 0 Cardiff Blues Knoyle, TavisTavis Knoyle Scrum-half 2 June 1990 9 Scarlets Phillips, MikeMike Phillips Scrum-half 29 August 1982 72 Bayonne Williams, LloydLloyd Williams Scrum-half 30 November 1989 2 Cardiff Blues Biggar, DanDan Biggar Fly-half 16 October 1989 11 Ospreys Hook, JamesJames Hook Fly-half 27 June 1985 67 Perpignan Davies, JonathanJonathan Davies Centre 5 April 1988 31 Scarlets Roberts, JamieJamie Roberts Centre 8 November 1986 48 Cardiff Blues Williams, ScottScott Williams Centre 10 October 1990 16 Scarlets Cuthbert, AlexAlex Cuthbert Wing 5 April 1990 13 Cardiff Blues North, GeorgeGeorge North Wing 13 April 1992 26 Scarlets Walker, EliEli Walker Wing 28 May 1992 0 Ospreys Byrne, LeeLee Byrne Fullback 1 June 1980 46 Clermont Halfpenny, LeighLeigh Halfpenny Fullback 22 December 1988 39 Cardiff Blues Williams, LiamLiam Williams Fullback 9 April 1991 2 Scarlets

References

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6. Italy 6 Nations 2013 Squad
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