# 2005 Six Nations Championship squads
## England

Head Coach: Andy Robinson
* Iain Balshaw
* Olly Barkley
* Duncan Bell
* Steve Borthwick
* Ben Cohen
* Martin Corry (c.)*
* Mark Cueto
* Matt Dawson
* Harry Ellis
* James Forrester
* Andy Goode
* Danny Grewcock
* Andy Hazell
* Charlie Hodgson
* Chris Jones
* Ben Kay
* Josh Lewsey
* Lewis Moody
* Jamie Noon
* Henry Paul
* Jason Robinson (c.)
* Graham Rowntree
* Andrew Sheridan
* Ollie Smith
* Matt Stevens
* Mathew Tait
* Steve Thompson
* Andy Titterrell
* Phil Vickery
* Julian White
* Joe Worsley
* Mike Worsley
*captain in the last two games

## France

Head Coach: Bernard Laporte
* Benoit Baby
* Serge Betsen
* Julien Bonnaire
* Sébastien Bruno
* Sébastien Chabal
* Pieter de Villiers
* Yann Delaigue
* Christophe Dominici
* Pépito Elhorga
* Jean-Philippe Grandclaude
* Imanol Harinordoquy
* Cédric Heymans
* Yannick Jauzion
* Julien Laharrague
* Gregory Lamboley
* Brian Liebenberg
* Sylvain Marconnet
* Jimmy Marlu
* David Marty
* Nicolas Mas
* Frédéric Michalak
* Pierre Mignoni
* Olivier Milloud
* Yannick Nyanga
* Pascal Papé
* Fabien Pelous (c)
* Aurélien Rougerie
* William Servat
* Dimitri Szarzewski
* Patrick Tabacco
* 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 |
| Shane Byrne | Hooker | 11 February 1978 | Leinster |
| Bernard Jackman | Hooker | 5 May 1976 | Leinster |
| Frankie Sheahan | Hooker | 27 August 1976 | 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 |
| Ronan McCormack | Prop | 27 April 1977 | Leinster |
| Leo Cullen | Lock | 9 January 1978 | Leinster |
| Donncha O'Callaghan | Lock | 23 March 1979 | Munster |
| Paul O'Connell (c)* | Lock | 20 October 1979 | Munster |
| Malcolm O'Kelly | Lock | 19 July 1974 | Leinster |
| Simon Easterby | Back row | 21 July 1975 | Scarlets |
| Anthony Foley | Back row | 30 October 1973 | Munster |
| Denis Leamy | Back row | 27 November 1981 | Munster |
| Eric Miller | Back row | 23 September 1975 | Leinster |
| Johnny O'Connor | Back row | 9 February 1980 | London Wasps |
| Alan Quinlan | Back row | 13 July 1974 | Munster |
| Roger Wilson | Back row | 21 September 1981 | Ulster |
| Kieran Campbell | Scrum-half | 6 July 1979 | Ulster |
| Guy Easterby | Scrum-half | 21 March 1971 | Scarlets |
| 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 |
| Kevin Maggs | Centre | 3 June 1974 | Ulster |
| Brian O'Driscoll (c) | Centre | 21 January 1979 | Leinster |
| Shaun Payne | Centre | 2 February 1972 | Munster |
| Tommy Bowe | Wing | 22 February 1984 | Ulster |
| Denis Hickie | Wing | 13 February 1976 | Leinster |
| Anthony Horgan | Wing | 15 November 1976 | Munster |
| Shane Horgan | Wing | 18 July 1978 | Leinster |
| Girvan Dempsey | Fullback | 2 October 1975 | Leinster |
| Gavin Duffy | Fullback | 18 September 1981 | Harlequins |
| Geordan Murphy | Fullback | 19 April 1978 | Leicester |
*captain in the second game

## Italy

Head Coach: John Kirwan
* Matteo Barbini
* Mauro Bergamasco
* Mirco Bergamasco
* Marco Bortolami (c.)
* Gonzalo Canale
* Martin Castrogiovanni
* David Dal Maso
* Roland de Marigny
* Carlo Del Fava
* Santiago Dellapè
* Carlo Festuccia
* Paul Griffen
* Giorgio Intoppa
* Andrea Lo Cicero
* Andrea Masi
* Ludovico Nitoglia
* Fabio Ongaro
* Silvio Orlando
* Luciano Orquera
* Sergio Parisse
* Roberto Pedrazzi
* Gert Peens
* Aaron Persico
* Salvatore Perugini
* Simon Picone
* Walter Pozzebon
* Kaine Robertson
* Mario Savi
* Cristian Stoica
* Alessandro Troncon

## Scotland

Head Coach: Matt Williams
* Graeme Beveridge
* Mike Blair
* Gordon Bulloch (c.)
* Andy Craig
* Chris Cusiter
* Simon Danielli
* Bruce Douglas
* Jon Dunbar
* Stuart Grimes
* Andrew Henderson
* Nathan Hines
* Ben Hinshelwood
* Ally Hogg
* Gavin Kerr
* Rory Lamont
* Sean Lamont
* Scott Murray
* Dan Parks
* Chris Paterson
* Jon Petrie
* Gordon Ross
* Robbie Russell
* Tom Smith
* Hugo Southwell
* Simon Taylor
* Simon Webster
* Jason White

## Wales

Head Coach: Mike Ruddock
* Brent Cockbain
* Gareth Cooper
* Mefin Davies
* Ian Gough
* Gavin Henson
* Gethin Jenkins
* Adam Jones
* Dafydd Jones
* Ryan Jones
* Stephen Jones
* Hal Luscombe
* Robin McBryde
* Kevin Morgan
* Michael Owen
* Sonny Parker
* Dwayne Peel
* Mike Phillips
* Tom Shanklin
* Robert Sidoli
* Robin Sowden-Taylor
* Ceri Sweeney
* Mark Taylor
* Gareth Thomas (c.)
* Jonathan Thomas
* Martyn Williams
* Rhys Williams
* Shane Williams
* John Yapp