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 missed the entire tournament with a shoulder injury, and Tom Rees, who was 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 fullback 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.[7][8]
Head coach: Martin Johnson
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
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.
Ireland
Ireland named their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 21 January 2009. Included in the 39-man squad were seven uncapped players, as well as inside centre Gordon D'Arcy, who had only returned in December from a broken arm picked up in the opening game of the 2008 Six Nations.[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 (aged 26) | 27 |  Ulster |
| Jerry Flannery | Hooker | 17 October 1978 (aged 30) | 26 | Munster |
| Bernard Jackman | Hooker | 5 May 1976 (aged 32) | 9 | Leinster |
| Tom Court | Prop | 6 November 1980 (aged 28) | 0 | Ulster |
| John Hayes | Prop | 2 November 1973 (aged 35) | 89 | Munster |
| Cian Healy | Prop | 7 October 1987 (aged 21) | 0 | Leinster |
| Marcus Horan | Prop | 7 September 1977 (aged 31) | 61 | Munster |
| Mike Ross | Prop | 21 December 1979 (aged 29) | 0 |  Harlequins |
| Ryan Caldwell | Lock | 1 September 1984 (aged 24) | 0 | Ulster |
| Bob Casey | Lock | 18 July 1979 (aged 29) | 5 | London Irish |
| Donncha O'Callaghan | Lock | 23 March 1979 (aged 29) | 50 | Munster |
| Paul O'Connell | Lock | 20 October 1979 (aged 29) | 57 | Munster |
| Mick O'Driscoll | Lock | 8 October 1978 (aged 30) | 15 | Munster |
| Malcolm O'Kelly | Lock | 19 July 1974 (aged 34) | 91 | Leinster |
| Donnacha Ryan | Lock | 11 December 1983 (aged 25) | 1 | Munster |
| Stephen Ferris | Flanker | 2 August 1985 (aged 23) | 8 | Ulster |
| Shane Jennings | Flanker | 8 July 1981 (aged 27) | 5 | Leinster |
| Alan Quinlan | Flanker | 13 July 1974 (aged 34) | 27 | Munster |
| David Wallace | Flanker | 8 July 1976 (aged 32) | 50 | Munster |
| Jamie Heaslip | Number 8 | 3 December 1983 (aged 25) | 13 | Leinster |
| Denis Leamy | Number 8 | 27 November 1981 (aged 27) | 34 | Munster |
| Tomás O'Leary | Scrum-half | 22 October 1983 (aged 25) | 3 | Munster |
| Eoin Reddan | Scrum-half | 20 November 1980 (aged 28) | 14 | London Wasps |
| Peter Stringer | Scrum-half | 13 December 1977 (aged 31) | 85 | Munster |
| Ronan O'Gara | Fly-half | 7 March 1977 (aged 31) | 87 | Munster |
| Johnny Sexton | Fly-half | 11 July 1985 (aged 23) | 0 | Leinster |
| Darren Cave | Centre | 5 April 1987 (aged 21) | 0 | Ulster |
| Gordon D'Arcy | Centre | 10 February 1980 (aged 28) | 37 | Leinster |
| Keith Earls | Centre | 2 October 1987 (aged 21) | 2 | Munster |
| Brian O'Driscoll (c) | Centre | 21 January 1979 (aged 30) | 88 | Leinster |
| Paddy Wallace | Centre | 27 August 1979 (aged 29) | 12 | Ulster |
| Tommy Bowe | Wing | 22 February 1984 (aged 24) | 18 |  Ospreys |
| Ian Dowling | Wing | 5 October 1982 (aged 26) | 0 | Munster |
| Luke Fitzgerald | Wing | 13 September 1987 (aged 21) | 7 | Leinster |
| Shane Horgan | Wing | 18 July 1978 (aged 30) | 64 | Leinster |
| Andrew Trimble | Wing | 20 October 1984 (aged 24) | 24 | Ulster |
| Girvan Dempsey | Fullback | 2 October 1975 (aged 33) | 82 | Leinster |
| Rob Kearney | Fullback | 26 March 1986 (aged 22) | 11 | Leinster |
| Geordan Murphy | Fullback | 19 April 1978 (aged 30) | 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 make a move he had been contemplating even before Canavosio's withdrawal – shifting Mauro Bergamasco from flanker to scrum-half.[18]
After Bergamasco's poor 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, Kris 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.
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 (aged 24) | 25 |  Edinburgh |
| Dougie Hall | Hooker | 24 September 1980 (aged 28) | 23 | Glasgow |
| Geoff Cross | Prop | 11 December 1982 (aged 26) | 0 | Edinburgh |
| Alasdair Dickinson | Prop | 11 September 1983 (aged 25) | 8 | Gloucester |
| Allan Jacobsen | Prop | 22 September 1978 (aged 30) | 29 | Edinburgh |
| Moray Low | Prop | 28 November 1984 (aged 24) | 0 | Glasgow |
| Euan Murray | Prop | 7 August 1980 (aged 28) | 25 | Northampton Saints |
| Craig Hamilton | Lock | 1 September 1979 (aged 29) | 5 | Edinburgh |
| Jim Hamilton | Lock | 17 November 1982 (aged 26) | 19 | Edinburgh |
| Nathan Hines | Lock | 29 November 1976 (aged 32) | 56 | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_France_(1976%E2%80%932020).svg.png){kind=small} Perpignan |
| Alastair Kellock | Lock | 14 June 1981 (aged 27) | 14 | Glasgow |
| Jason White | Lock | 17 April 1978 (aged 30) | 67 | Sale Sharks |
| John Barclay | Flanker | 24 September 1986 (aged 22) | 4 | Glasgow |
| Kelly Brown | Flanker | 8 June 1982 (aged 26) | 26 | Glasgow |
| Scott Gray | Flanker | 25 February 1978 (aged 30) | 1 | Northampton Saints |
| Alasdair Strokosch | Flanker | 21 February 1983 (aged 25) | 7 | Gloucester |
| Ally Hogg | Number 8 | 20 July 1983 (aged 25) | 47 | Edinburgh |
| Simon Taylor | Number 8 | 17 August 1979 (aged 29) | 60 | Stade Français |
| Mike Blair (c) | Scrum-half | 20 April 1981 (aged 27) | 53 | Edinburgh |
| Chris Cusiter | Scrum-half | 13 June 1982 (aged 26) | 39 | Perpignan |
| Rory Lawson | Scrum-half | 12 March 1981 (aged 27) | 10 | Gloucester |
| Phil Godman | Fly-half | 20 May 1982 (aged 26) | 9 | Edinburgh |
| Ruaridh Jackson | Fly-half | 12 February 1988 (aged 20) | 0 | Glasgow |
| Dan Parks | Fly-half | 26 May 1978 (aged 30) | 47 | Glasgow |
| Ben Cairns | Centre | 29 October 1985 (aged 23) | 5 | Edinburgh |
| Nick De Luca | Centre | 1 February 1984 (aged 25) | 7 | Edinburgh |
| Max Evans | Centre | 12 September 1983 (aged 25) | 1 | Glasgow |
| Graeme Morrison | Centre | 17 October 1982 (aged 26) | 9 | Glasgow |
| Simon Danielli | Wing | 8 September 1979 (aged 29) | 16 | Ulster |
| Thom Evans | Wing | 2 April 1985 (aged 23) | 3 | Glasgow |
| Sean Lamont | Wing | 15 January 1981 (aged 28) | 35 | Northampton Saints |
| Simon Webster | Wing | 8 March 1981 (aged 27) | 36 | Edinburgh |
| Rory Lamont | Fullback | 10 October 1982 (aged 26) | 19 | Sale Sharks |
| Chris Paterson | Fullback | 30 March 1978 (aged 30) | 90 | Edinburgh |
| Hugo Southwell | Fullback | 14 May 1980 (aged 28) | 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.
References
- ^ "Foden & Morgan get England calls". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
- ^ "White takes Stevens England place". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "Armitage replaces injured Moody". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ "Goode to train with England squad". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Worsley receives England call-up". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "England call up Worsley & Tindall". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Geraghty out of Six Nations". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Strettle gets senior call up". England Rugby. Rugby Football Union.com. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "France recall Biarritz ace". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "France draft in Domingo". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "France lose Fritz to suspension". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Lievremont calls for Boyoud". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "France surprise with Baby at 10". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Chabal switch for France". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "France forced into changes". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Ireland call-up for centre Cave". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Italy name squad for England game". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Bergamasco handed scrum-half role". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ "Bergamasco moved back to flanker". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Italians welcome back Bortolami". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Mallett bolsters squad". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "No Masi for Italy". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Scotland call for rookie Jackson". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Hadden calls up five". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Scotland call for Evans brothers". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Hamilton wins Scotland lock role". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Wales omit Peel for Six Nations". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Peel earns late Welsh squad call". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Peel to miss rest of Six Nations". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
External links
- RBS Six Nations Squad Index
