2009 Six Nations Championship squads
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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 will miss the entire tournament with a shoulder injury, and Tom Rees, who is ruled out of the first three games with knee trouble. Prop Matt Stevens was replaced in the squad by Julian White
after Stevens was found to have taken a banned substance. 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 full back Delon Armitage
. 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. While Louis Deacon
and Olly Barkley
replaced the injured Tom Palmer and Shane Geraghty
in the squad.
Head Coach: Martin Johnson
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.
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. Maxime Mermoz
was called up in place of the banned Florian Fritz
. Renaud Boyoud was also drafted in place of the injured Benoît Lecouls
. 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. On the 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. 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.
Head Coach: Marc Lièvremont
Ireland
Ireland named their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 21 January 2009. Included in the 39-man squad are seven uncapped players, as well as inside centre Gordon D'Arcy
, who only recently returned from a broken arm picked up in the opening game of the 2008 Six Nations
in December.
Head Coach: Declan Kidney
Italy
Italy's squad for the Six Nations, named on the 29 January 2009 by Nick Mallett
:
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 pull the trigger on a move he had been contemplating even before Canavosio's withdrawal—shifting Mauro Bergamasco
from flanker
to scrum-half.
After Bergamasco's shocking 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 Leonardo Ghiraldini
was called up after he recovered from injury but Fabio Ongaro
was ruled out, so Franco Sbaraglini
was also called up. On the 3 March, Mallett added several players to the squad. Coming in were Fabio Staibano, Simone Favaro, Kristopher Burton and Michele Sepe. After returning from his suspension Andrea Masi
picked up a back injury, Luciano Orquera
was brought into the squad as cover.
Head Coach: Nick Mallett
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
. However, after injuries and illness hit the squad, a further five players were added to train on 30 January. 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. Following a return to fitness Rory Lamont
was called up to the squad, but the game against Ireland came to soon for him.
Head Coach: Frank Hadden
Wales
Wales announced their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 19 January 2009, naming a group of 28 players. 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. 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.
Head Coach: Warren Gatland
2009 Six Nations Championship
The 2009 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2009 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the tenth Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the six major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams...
, an annual rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. 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.
EnglandEngland national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
England announced their 32-man squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 14 January 2009, including both Tom Palmer, who will miss the entire tournament with a shoulder injury, and Tom Rees, who is ruled out of the first three games with knee trouble. Prop Matt Stevens was replaced in the squad by Julian WhiteJulian White
Julian White MBE is an English rugby union footballer who plays prop for Leicester Tigers and England.White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game...
after Stevens was found to have taken a banned substance. Flanker Lewis Moody
Lewis Moody
Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
broke his ankle while training with his club, Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
, and was replaced in the England squad by Steffon Armitage
Steffon Armitage
Steffon Armitage is a rugby union player for RC Toulon in the Top 14.- Career :Armitage plays as a flanker. He is of heavy build but of comparatively slight stature for a modern day flanker. A comparison with Neil Back has been made and like Back he is quick and particularly effective in ruck...
, brother of full back Delon Armitage
Delon Armitage
Delon Anthony Armitage is a rugby union footballer who plays at wing or fullback for London Irish and England. He also occasionally plays centre and often does place kicking, mainly from a distance or if the regular kicker is unable to take it.From 1996 to 2002, Armitage lived in...
. Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...
, Joe Worsley
Joe Worsley
Joseph Paul Richard Worsley MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played flanker for Wasps and England.-Biography:...
and Paul Hodgson
Paul Hodgson
Paul Hodgson, born 25 April 1982 in Epsom, Surrey is an English rugby union player.Hodgson plays for London Irish in the Aviva Premiership, as a Scrum-half-Early career:...
were all called up to train with the squad and went on to take part in the tournament. While Louis Deacon
Louis Deacon
Louis Deacon is an English rugby union footballer. He is a lock.His playing career started as an eight year old, playing with Wigston, before joining Syston. He later joined Syston and as a Ratcliffe College student represented the Midlands county and both the England 16 Group and U18 Group School...
and Olly Barkley
Olly Barkley
Oliver John Barkley is an English rugby union player who plays at fly-half or centre for Bath and England. Uniquely, Barkley played for his country before making his full senior club début.-Early career:...
replaced the injured Tom Palmer and Shane Geraghty
Shane Geraghty
Shane Geraghty is an English rugby union player who plays for CA Brive in the Top 14.Geraghty's position of choice is as a Centre or at Fly-half.-Early life:...
in the squad.
Head Coach: Martin Johnson
FranceFrance national rugby union teamThe France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
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 BiarritzBiarritz Olympique
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup...
number 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
Imanol Harinordoquy
Imanol Harinordoquy is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for Biarritz at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally...
being brought in from outside the original 30.
As cover for prop Lionel Faure
Lionel Faure
Lionel Faure is a rugby union player for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14. Faure plays as a Loosehead prop, and previously played for the Sale Sharks and won the 2005–06 Guinness Premiership with them....
,who was nursing an injured calf, Clermont Auvergne
ASM Clermont Auvergne
Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne are a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system, ASMCA are the were the 2010 France Top 14 Champions. It is the rugby section of the multi-sport club...
's Thomas Domingo
Thomas Domingo
Thomas Domingo is a French rugby union player. Domingo, who is a loosehead prop, plays his club rugby for ASM Clermont Auvergne. He made his debut for France against Wales on 27 February 2009...
was called up to the squad on 11 February. Maxime Mermoz
Maxime Mermoz
Maxime Mermoz is a professional rugby union centre currently playing for USA Perpignan in the Top 14.Mermoz won the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship. He earned his first cap for the senior France national team on July 5, 2008 against Australia. He made his Six Nations in 2009 debut against...
was called up in place of the banned Florian Fritz
Florian Fritz
Florian Fritz is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre, and he currently plays for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 club competition in France...
. Renaud Boyoud was also drafted in place of the injured Benoît Lecouls
Benoît Lecouls
Benoît Lecouls is a French rugby union footballer. He played for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 competition during the 2007/08 season, but has transferred back to Stade Toulousain during the close season. He usually plays as a prop. Prior to playing with Biarritz, Lecouls played for Toulouse and...
. Mathieu Bastareaud
Mathieu Bastareaud
Mathieu Bastareaud is a French rugby union centre who plays for Toulon.- Stade Francais :Bastareaud played for Creteil Rugby youth squads and then moved to Massy. He went through the junior academy there and played for the third division club SU Massy...
was called up for the injured Lionel Beauxis
Lionel Beauxis
Lionel Beauxis is a French rugby union player. He is tall and weighs . He plays at fly half for Stade Français....
with Benoît Baby
Benoît Baby
Benoît Baby is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the élite domestic championship, the Top 14. He usually plays at centre, but also at fullback and fly-half and has represented France.Baby made his début for the national team during the 2005 Six Nations,...
moving to fly-half, while Sylvain Marconnet
Sylvain Marconnet
Sylvain Marconnet is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique having signed from Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is prop...
was brought into the squad after injuries to both Benoît Lecouls
Benoît Lecouls
Benoît Lecouls is a French rugby union footballer. He played for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 competition during the 2007/08 season, but has transferred back to Stade Toulousain during the close season. He usually plays as a prop. Prior to playing with Biarritz, Lecouls played for Toulouse and...
and Nicolas Mas
Nicolas Mas
Nicolas Mas is a Catalan/French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the USA Perpignan club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is at prop. He also plays for the French national team....
. François Trinh-Duc
François Trinh-Duc
François Trinh-Duc is a French rugby union player for Montpellier Hérault RC in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. Trinh-Duc's regular position is at fly-half or outside centre.-Biography:...
was also called up as specialist fly-half cover. On the 4 March Jérôme Thion
Jérôme Thion
Jerome Thion is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...
, Julien Bonnaire
Julien Bonnaire
Julien Bonnaire is a French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 competition in France until the 2006–2007 season...
and Damien Traille
Damien Traille
Damien Traille is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre, fly-half and fullback. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...
were all added to the squad, while Sébastien Chabal
Sebastien Chabal
Sébastien Chabal, born 8 December 1977 in Valence, Drôme, is a French rugby union rugby player. He has played number eight and lock professionally for the French team Bourgoin ; the English team Sale Sharks ; the French team Racing Métro 92 Paris ; and the French national side. He earned his first...
shifted from lock to the back row. For their final game against Italy, France called up William Servat
William Servat
William Servat is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for France and Toulouse in the Top 14 club competition.-Club career:...
and Frédéric Michalak
Frédéric Michalak
Frédéric Michalak is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays in South Africa for the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup...
to replace Benjamin Kayser
Benjamin Kayser
Benjamin Kayser is a French Rugby union player who plays as hooker for Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14....
who had a neck injury and Sébastien Tillous-Borde
Sébastien Tillous-Borde
Sébastien Tillous-Borde is a French rugby union player. He plays scrum-half for his club rugby with Castres Olympique. He won his first international cap for France against Australia in 2008.-Notes:...
who withdrew with a biceps problem.
Head Coach: Marc Lièvremont
Marc Lièvremont
Marc Lièvremont is a former rugby union footballer and was the head coach of the French national rugby union team. He played as a back-row forward for France, gaining 25 caps from 1995 to 1999, and was selected in France's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad...
IrelandIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
Ireland named their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 21 January 2009. Included in the 39-man squad are seven uncapped players, as well as inside centre Gordon D'ArcyGordon D'Arcy
Gordon William D'Arcy is an Irish rugby player, more specifically an inside centre. He is registered to Lansdowne RFC and plays for provincial and RaboDirect Pro12 side Leinster.-Career:...
, who only recently returned from a broken arm picked up in the opening game of the 2008 Six Nations
2008 Six Nations Championship
The 2008 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2008 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the ninth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 114th...
in December.
Head Coach: Declan Kidney
Declan Kidney
Declan Kidney is an Irish rugby union coach.-Early life:Kidney played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC....
ItalyItaly national rugby union teamThe Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...
Italy's squad for the Six Nations, named on the 29 January 2009 by Nick MallettNick Mallett
Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett is a former South African rugby union player who was until recently the head coach of the Italian national team, previously replacing Pierre Berbizier on 3 October 2007...
:
Italy lost both of their specialist Scrum-halves}, Simon Picone
Simon Picone
Simon Picone is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He was born in Viterbo.A Scrum-half, Picone was called up to the Italy squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship...
and Pietro Travagli
Pietro Travagli
Pietro Travagli is a rugby union player for Petrarca in the Super 10 competition.Pietro Travagli's position of choice is as a Scrum-half.He was called up to the Italy squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship....
, for the entire Six Nations due to injury. Pablo Canavosio
Pablo Canavosio
Pablo Canavosio is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Aironi in the Italian Magners League. Previously, Canavosio played club rugby in Italy, for Rovigo, Calvisano and Castres Olympique. His usual position is at scrum half or wing.Canavosio has been capped by...
was called up but failed to recover from a knee injury in time for Italy's opener. This led head coach Nick Mallett to pull the trigger on a move he had been contemplating even before Canavosio's withdrawal—shifting Mauro Bergamasco
Mauro Bergamasco
Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...
from flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
to scrum-half.
After Bergamasco's shocking 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
Paul Griffen
Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...
to play scrum-half and moved Bergamasco back to his normal flanker position. Carlo Del Fava
Carlo Del Fava
Carlo Antonio Del Fava is a rugby union player. His preferred position is Lock, and he currently plays for Aironi in the Celtic League....
was also brought in as an experienced second row forward Leonardo Ghiraldini
Leonardo Ghiraldini
Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Ghiraldini's position of choice is at Hooker.-Underage & 'A' Level:...
was called up after he recovered from injury but Fabio Ongaro
Fabio Ongaro
Fabio Ongaro is an Italian rugby union footballer. Although he now plays as a hooker, he played in the Italian youth teams as a flanker.-Career:...
was ruled out, so Franco Sbaraglini
Franco Sbaraglini
Franco Sbaraglini is an Italian rugby union player. His preferred position is at Hooker, although he can also play as a Prop. He currently plays for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition and the European Heineken Cup. During the 2009 Six Nations Championship Sbaraglini was called up...
was also called up. On the 3 March, Mallett added several players to the squad. Coming in were Fabio Staibano, Simone Favaro, Kristopher Burton and Michele Sepe. After returning from his suspension Andrea Masi
Andrea Masi
Andrea Masi is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. He currently plays for the Italian franchise in the RaboDirect Pro12, Aironi...
picked up a back injury, Luciano Orquera
Luciano Orquera
Luciano Orquera is an Argentine-Italian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half for Aironi, an Italian club in the Celtic League.....
was brought into the squad as cover.
Head Coach: Nick Mallett
Nick Mallett
Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett is a former South African rugby union player who was until recently the head coach of the Italian national team, previously replacing Pierre Berbizier on 3 October 2007...
ScotlandScotland national rugby union teamThe Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
Scotland named a 33-man squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 20 January 2009, and included uncapped prop Geoff CrossGeoff Cross
Geoff Cross is a Scottish rugby union player. A prop forward, he currently plays for Edinburgh.Cross was selected for the Scotland squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship. Sadly his debut match against Wales ended prematurely when he was sin-binned for a tackle in the air on full-back Lee...
and fly-half Ruaridh Jackson
Ruaridh Jackson
Ruaridh James Howard Jackson is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays professional rugby for Glasgow Warriors....
. However, after injuries and illness hit the squad, a further five players were added to train on 30 January. After injuries to Geoff Cross
Geoff Cross
Geoff Cross is a Scottish rugby union player. A prop forward, he currently plays for Edinburgh.Cross was selected for the Scotland squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship. Sadly his debut match against Wales ended prematurely when he was sin-binned for a tackle in the air on full-back Lee...
and the Allan Jacobsen
Allan Jacobsen
Allan Jacobsen is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He is a prop, nicknamed "Chunk". He plays for Edinburgh....
, Moray Low
Moray Low
Moray Low is a rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.Low's position of choice is as a Prop....
was called into the main squad to provide cover for the final two games. Following a return to fitness Rory Lamont
Rory Lamont
Rory Lamont is a rugby union player who plays fullback and on the wing most recently he played for RC Toulon and currently for the Scotland. Rory is the younger brother of Sean Lamont.- Club career :...
was called up to the squad, but the game against Ireland came to soon for him.
Head Coach: Frank Hadden
Frank Hadden
Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...
WalesWales national rugby union teamThe Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
Wales announced their squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 19 January 2009, naming a group of 28 players. Following a knee injury to scrum-half Gareth CooperGareth Cooper
Gareth Cooper is a former Wales international rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Cardiff Blues. He is renowned for his darting breaks from rucks.-Career:...
in training, head coach Warren Gatland
Warren Gatland
Warren David Gatland is a former New Zealand rugby footballer and the current head coach of the Wales national team.Gatland was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and Waikato University...
opted to call 64-cap Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
scrum-half Dwayne Peel
Dwayne Peel
Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....
into the squad. After Dwayne Peel
Dwayne Peel
Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....
had also been ruled out with injury, Gatland
Warren Gatland
Warren David Gatland is a former New Zealand rugby footballer and the current head coach of the Wales national team.Gatland was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and Waikato University...
was forced to call up London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
scrum-half Warren Fury
Warren Fury
Warren Fury is a Wales international rugby union player. He currently plays club rugby for Leeds Carnegie in the Guinness Premiership....
for bench cover.
Head Coach: Warren Gatland
Warren Gatland
Warren David Gatland is a former New Zealand rugby footballer and the current head coach of the Wales national team.Gatland was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and Waikato University...