# 2006 Six Nations Championship squads
## England

Head coach: Andy Robinson
* Stuart Abbott
* Steve Borthwick
* George Chuter
* Ben Cohen
* Martin Corry (c.)
* Mark Cueto
* Lawrence Dallaglio
* Matt Dawson
* Harry Ellis
* Perry Freshwater
* Andy Goode
* Danny Grewcock
* Charlie Hodgson
* Josh Lewsey
* Lee Mears
* Lewis Moody
* Jamie Noon
* Simon Shaw
* Andrew Sheridan
* James Simpson-Daniel
* Matt Stevens
* Steve Thompson
* Mike Tindall
* Tom Voyce
* Dave Walder
* Julian White
* Joe Worsley

## France

Head coach: Bernard Laporte
* Julien Bonnaire
* Guillaume Bousses
* Benjamin Boyet
* Sébastien Bruno
* Nicolas Brusque
* Thomas Castaignède
* Pieter de Villiers
* Christophe Dominici
* Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
* Florian Fritz
* Cédric Heymans
* Raphaël Ibañez
* Thomas Lièvremont
* Olivier Magne
* Sylvain Marconnet
* Rémy Martin
* David Marty
* Frédéric Michalak
* Olivier Milloud
* Lionel Nallet
* Yannick Nyanga
* Fabien Pelous (c.)
* Aurélien Rougerie
* Dimitri Szarzewski
* Jérôme Thion
* Damien Traille
* Ludovic Valbon
* Dimitri Yachvili

## Ireland

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) | 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 |

## Italy

Head coach: Pierre Berbizier
* Mauro Bergamasco
* Mirco Bergamasco
* Valerio Bernabò
* Marco Bortolami (c.)
* Gonzalo Canale
* Pablo Canavosio
* Martin Castrogiovanni
* Carlo Del Fava
* Santiago Dellapè
* Carlo Festuccia
* Ezio Galon
* Paul Griffen
* Andrea Lo Cicero
* Carlos Nieto
* Ludovico Nitoglia
* Fabio Ongaro
* Sergio Parisse
* Aaron Persico
* Salvatore Perugini
* Ramiro Pez
* Simon Picone
* Josh Sole
* Cristian Stoica
* Rima Wakarua
* Maurizio Zaffiri
* Alessandro Zanni

## Scotland

Head coach: Frank Hadden
* Mike Blair
* Chris Cusiter
* Marcus Di Rollo
* Bruce Douglas
* Ross Ford
* Dougie Hall
* Andrew Henderson
* Nathan Hines
* Ally Hogg
* Alastair Kellock
* Gavin Kerr
* Sean Lamont
* Scott Lawson
* Ben MacDougall
* Scott MacLeod
* Scott Murray
* Dan Parks
* Chris Paterson
* Jon Petrie
* Gordon Ross
* Craig Smith
* Hugo Southwell
* Simon Taylor
* Simon Webster
* Jason White (c.)

## Wales

Head coach: Mike Ruddock (resigned) / Scott Johnson
* Lee Byrne
* Colin Charvis
* Gareth Cooper
* Barry Davies
* Mefin Davies
* Gareth Delve
* Ian Gough
* Gavin Henson
* Dafydd James
* Gethin Jenkins
* Adam M. Jones
* Adam R. Jones
* Dafydd Jones
* Duncan Jones
* Mark Jones
* Stephen Jones
* Hal Luscombe
* Michael Owen (c.)**
* Dwayne Peel
* Mike Phillips
* Alix Popham
* Nicky Robinson
* Robert Sidoli
* Ceri Sweeney
* Gareth Thomas (c.)*
* Jonathan Thomas
* T Rhys Thomas
* Matthew Watkins
* Andy Williams
* Martyn Williams
* Shane Williams
*captain in the first two games **captain in the third, fourth and fifth games