1991 Rugby World Cup squads

This article lists the official squads for the 1991 Rugby World Cup that took place in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France between 3 October and 2 November 1991.

Main article: 1991 Rugby World Cup

1991 Rugby World Cup squads

Tournament details
Dates	3 October – 2 November 1991
No. of nations	16
← 1987 RWC squads 1995 RWC squads →

Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number of international caps and player age, are current as of the opening day of the tournament on 3 October 1991.

Pool A

England

Head coach: Geoff Cooke

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province John Olver Hooker (1961-04-23)23 April 1961 (aged 30) 1 Northampton Brian Moore Hooker (1962-01-11)11 January 1962 (aged 29) 31 Harlequins F.C. Gary Pearce Prop (1956-02-03)3 February 1956 (aged 35) 35 Northampton Jason Leonard Prop (1968-08-14)14 August 1968 (aged 23) 9 Harlequins F.C. Paul Rendall Prop (1954-02-18)18 February 1954 (aged 37) 27 Wasps FC Jeff Probyn Prop (1956-04-27)27 April 1956 (aged 35) 24 Wasps FC Paul Ackford Lock (1958-02-26)26 February 1958 (aged 33) 17 Harlequins F.C. Nigel Redman Lock (1964-08-16)16 August 1964 (aged 27) 11 Bath Rugby Wade Dooley Lock (1957-10-02)2 October 1957 (aged 34) 41 Preston R.F.C. Michael Skinner Flanker (1958-11-26)26 November 1958 (aged 32) 13 Harlequins F.C. Peter Winterbottom Flanker (1960-05-31)31 May 1960 (aged 31) 43 Harlequins F.C. Gary Rees Flanker (1960-05-02)2 May 1960 (aged 31) 22 Nottingham R.F.C. Dean Richards Number 8 (1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 28) 27 Leicester F.C. Mike Teague Number 8 (1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 30) 17 Gloucester Rugby Richard Hill Scrum-half (1961-05-04)4 May 1961 (aged 30) 23 Bath Rugby Rob Andrew Fly-half (1963-02-18)18 February 1963 (aged 28) 38 Wasps FC Will Carling (c) Centre (1965-12-12)12 December 1965 (aged 25) 26 Harlequins F.C. Jeremy Guscott Centre (1965-07-07)7 July 1965 (aged 26) 13 Bath Rugby Simon Halliday Wing (1960-07-13)13 July 1960 (aged 31) 16 Harlequins F.C. Nigel Heslop Wing (1963-12-04)4 December 1963 (aged 27) 7 Orrell R.U.F.C. Rory Underwood Wing (1963-06-19)19 June 1963 (aged 28) 45 Leicester F.C. Chris Oti Wing (1965-06-16)16 June 1965 (aged 26) 11 Wasps FC Jonathan Webb Fullback (1963-08-24)24 August 1963 (aged 28) 18 Bath Rugby Simon Hodgkinson Fullback (1962-12-15)15 December 1962 (aged 28) 13 Nottingham R.F.C.

Italy

Head coach: Bertrand Fourcade

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Carlo Orlandi Hooker (1967-11-01)1 November 1967 (aged 23) 0 Rugby Lyons Piacenza Giancarlo Pivetta Hooker (1957-06-18)18 June 1957 (aged 34) 42 Benetton Rugby Franco Properzi Prop (1965-11-04)4 November 1965 (aged 25) 7 Amatori Rugby Milano Massimo Cuttitta Prop (1966-09-02)2 September 1966 (aged 25) 9 Amatori Rugby Milano Guido Rossi Prop (1959-04-18)18 April 1959 (aged 32) 45 Benetton Rugby Giovanni Grespan Prop (1967-01-21)21 January 1967 (aged 24) 6 Benetton Rugby Carlo Checchinato Lock (1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 21) 3 Rugby Rovigo Antonio Colella Lock (1961-09-04)4 September 1961 (aged 30) 41 L'Aquila Rugby Roberto Favaro Lock (1965-02-09)9 February 1965 (aged 26) 20 Benetton Rugby Giambattista Croci Lock (1965-07-28)28 July 1965 (aged 26) 7 Amatori Rugby Milano Massimo Giovanelli Flanker (1967-03-01)1 March 1967 (aged 24) 10 Amatori Rugby Milano Gianni Zanon (c) Flanker (1960-03-03)3 March 1960 (aged 31) 43 Benetton Rugby Alessandro Bottacchiari Flanker (1955-11-08)8 November 1955 (aged 35) 0 L'Aquila Rugby Roberto Saetti Number 8 (1967-11-27)27 November 1967 (aged 23) 16 Petrarca Rugby Ivan Francescato Scrum-half (1967-02-10)10 February 1967 (aged 24) 4 Benetton Rugby Francesco Pietrosanti Scrum-half (1963-12-03)3 December 1963 (aged 27) 16 L'Aquila Rugby Diego Dominguez Fly-half (1966-04-25)25 April 1966 (aged 25) 6 Amatori Rugby Milano Stefano Barba Centre (1964-01-10)10 January 1964 (aged 27) 22 Amatori Rugby Milano Massimo Bonomi Centre (1967-06-22)22 June 1967 (aged 24) 10 Amatori Rugby Milano Paolo Vaccari Centre (1971-01-17)17 January 1971 (aged 20) 2 Rugby Calvisano Stefano Bordon Centre (1968-02-02)2 February 1968 (aged 23) 3 Rugby Rovigo Fabio Gaetaniello Centre (1958-08-25)25 August 1958 (aged 33) 27 Rugby Parma F.C. Marcello Cuttitta Wing (1966-09-02)2 September 1966 (aged 25) 17 Amatori Rugby Milano Edgardo Venturi Wing (1962-07-27)27 July 1962 (aged 29) 21 Rugby Rovigo Daniele Tebaldi Fullback (1961-04-24)24 April 1961 (aged 30) 15 Rugby Parma F.C. Luigi Troiani Fullback (1964-02-25)25 February 1964 (aged 27) 27 L'Aquila Rugby

New Zealand

Head coaches: John Hart and Alex Wyllie

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Sean Fitzpatrick Hooker (1963-06-04)4 June 1963 (aged 28) 34 Auckland Steve McDowall Prop (1961-08-21)21 August 1961 (aged 30) 35 Auckland Graham Purvis Prop (1961-10-12)12 October 1961 (aged 29) 0 Waikato Graham Dowd Prop (1963-12-17)17 December 1963 (aged 27) 0 North Harbour Richard Loe Prop (1960-04-06)6 April 1960 (aged 31) 25 Waikato Ian Jones Lock (1967-04-17)17 April 1967 (aged 24) 11 Northland Gary Whetton (c) Lock (1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 31) 52 Auckland Paul Henderson Flanker (1964-09-21)21 September 1964 (aged 27) 1 Otago Michael Jones Flanker (1965-04-08)8 April 1965 (aged 26) 19 Auckland Mark Carter Flanker (1968-11-07)7 November 1968 (aged 22) 1 Auckland Andy Earl Flanker (1961-09-12)12 September 1961 (aged 30) 9 Canterbury Alan Whetton Flanker (1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 31) 30 Auckland Zinzan Brooke Number 8 (1965-02-14)14 February 1965 (aged 26) 9 Auckland Graeme Bachop Half-back (1967-06-11)11 June 1967 (aged 24) 13 Canterbury Jason Hewett Half-back (1968-10-17)17 October 1968 (aged 22) 0 Auckland Jon Preston Half-back (1967-11-15)15 November 1967 (aged 23) 0 Canterbury Grant Fox First five-eighth (1962-06-06)6 June 1962 (aged 29) 31 Auckland Craig Innes Centre (1969-09-10)10 September 1969 (aged 22) 11 Auckland Walter Little Centre (1969-10-14)14 October 1969 (aged 21) 10 North Harbour Bernie McCahill Centre (1964-06-28)28 June 1964 (aged 27) 6 Auckland Va'aiga Tuigamala Wing (1969-09-04)4 September 1969 (aged 22) 0 Auckland John Kirwan Wing (1964-12-16)16 December 1964 (aged 26) 40 Auckland Terry Wright Wing (1963-03-21)21 March 1963 (aged 28) 26 Auckland Shayne Philpott Fullback (1965-09-21)21 September 1965 (aged 26) 0 Canterbury John Timu Fullback (1969-05-08)8 May 1969 (aged 22) 3 Otago Kieran Crowley Fullback (1961-08-31)31 August 1961 (aged 30) 18 Taranaki

United States

Head coach: Jim Perkins

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Tony Flay Hooker (1964-01-15)15 January 1964 (aged 27) 5 Old Puget Sound Beach R.F.C. Pat Johnson Hooker (1960-03-17)17 March 1960 (aged 31) 13 Chicago Lions Chris Lippert Prop (1963-03-31)31 March 1963 (aged 28) 12 OMBAC Lance Manga Prop (1956-07-20)20 July 1956 (aged 35) 4 South Jersey R.F.C. Norm Mottram Prop (1959-06-30)30 June 1959 (aged 32) 6 Boulder R.F.C. Fred Paoli Prop (1954-02-18)18 February 1954 (aged 37) 19 Denver Barbarians RFC Bill Leversee Lock (1964-06-02)2 June 1964 (aged 27) 11 OMBAC Kevin Swords (c) Lock (1960-07-01)1 July 1960 (aged 31) 26 Old Blue R.F.C. Chuck Tunnacliffe Lock (1964-06-10)10 June 1964 (aged 27) 1 Bowling Green State University R.F.C. Rob Farley Flanker (1962-12-29)29 December 1962 (aged 28) 13 Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC Shawn Lipman Flanker (1964-09-25)25 September 1964 (aged 27) 6 Santa Monica Rugby Club Mark Sawicki Flanker (1962-10-26)26 October 1962 (aged 28) 4 Chicago Lions Jay Wilkerson Flanker (1966-01-25)25 January 1966 (aged 25) 0 Belmont Shore RFC Brian Vizard Number 8 (1959-07-04)4 July 1959 (aged 32) 21 OMBAC Tony Ridnell Number 8 (1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 30) 9 Army R.F.C. Barry Daily Scrum-half (1962-03-15)15 March 1962 (aged 29) 11 Denver Barbarians RFC Mark Pidcock Scrum-half (1961-10-31)31 October 1961 (aged 29) 1 OMBAC Chris O'Brien Fly-half (1964-08-05)5 August 1964 (aged 27) 14 University of California R.F.C. Mike de Jong Fly-half (1962-10-16)16 October 1962 (aged 28) 7 Denver Barbarians RFC Joe Burke Centre (1961-02-09)9 February 1961 (aged 30) 7 Chicago Lions Kevin Higgins Centre (1962-11-08)8 November 1962 (aged 28) 26 OMBAC Mark Williams Centre (1961-06-26)26 June 1961 (aged 30) 15 Gentlemen of Aspen RFC Gary Hein Wing (1965-03-26)26 March 1965 (aged 26) 18 University of California R.F.C. Eric Whitaker Wing (1966-09-24)24 September 1966 (aged 25) 18 Saint Mary's College R.F.C. Ray Nelson Fullback (1961-06-11)11 June 1961 (aged 30) 23 Hutchesons' GSFP Paul Sheehy Fullback (1963-08-14)14 August 1963 (aged 28) 0 Washington R.F.C.

Pool B

Ireland

Head coach: Ciaran Fitzgerald

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Terry Kingston Hooker (1963-09-19)19 September 1963 (aged 28) 10 Munster Rugby Steve Smith Hooker (1959-07-18)18 July 1959 (aged 32) 15 Ballymena R.F.C. / Ulster Rugby Jack Clarke Prop (1968-09-02)2 September 1968 (aged 23) 3 Dolphin RFC / Munster Rugby Gary Halpin Prop (1966-02-14)14 February 1966 (aged 25) 1 London Irish Nick Popplewell Prop (1964-04-06)6 April 1964 (aged 27) 4 Greystones RFC / Leinster Rugby Des Fitzgerald Prop (1957-12-20)20 December 1957 (aged 33) 29 Cork Constitution / Munster Rugby Donal Lenihan Lock (1959-09-12)12 September 1959 (aged 32) 48 Cork Constitution / Munster Rugby Mick Galwey Lock (1966-10-08)8 October 1966 (aged 24) 3 Munster Rugby Neil Francis Lock (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 27) 12 Old Belvedere RFC / Leinster Rugby Phillip Matthews (c) Flanker (1960-01-21)21 January 1960 (aged 31) 32 Ards RFC / Ulster Rugby Brian Robinson Flanker (1966-03-20)20 March 1966 (aged 25) 6 Ards RFC / Ulster Rugby Gordon Hamilton Flanker (1964-05-13)13 May 1964 (aged 27) 5 North of Ireland F.C. / Ulster Rugby Noel Mannion Number 8 (1963-01-12)12 January 1963 (aged 28) 14 Galway Corinthians RFC / Connacht Rugby Fergus Aherne Scrum-half (1963-03-16)16 March 1963 (aged 28) 12 Lansdowne F.C. / Leinster Rugby Rob Saunders Scrum-half (1968-08-05)5 August 1968 (aged 23) 6 London Irish Ralph Keyes Fly-half (1961-03-01)1 March 1961 (aged 30) 1 Munster Rugby Vince Cunningham Centre (1967-03-14)14 March 1967 (aged 24) 5 St Mary's College RFC / Leinster Rugby David Curtis Centre (1965-04-10)10 April 1965 (aged 26) 5 London Irish Brendan Mullin Centre (1963-10-30)30 October 1963 (aged 27) 39 Blackrock College RFC / Leinster Rugby Pat O'Hara Wing (1961-08-04)4 August 1961 (aged 30) 10 Cork Constitution / Munster Rugby Keith Crossan Wing (1959-12-29)29 December 1959 (aged 31) 37 Ulster Rugby Simon Geoghegan Wing (1968-09-01)1 September 1968 (aged 23) 5 London Irish Kenny Murphy Fullback (1966-07-21)21 July 1966 (aged 25) 9 Cork Constitution / Munster Rugby Jim Staples Fullback (1965-10-20)20 October 1965 (aged 25) 5 London Irish

Japan

Head coach: Hiroaki Shukuzawa

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Tsuyoshi Fujita Hooker (1961-01-27)27 January 1961 (aged 30) 31 IBM R.F.C. Masahiro Kunda Hooker (1966-09-29)29 September 1966 (aged 25) 5 Toshiba Fuchu Osamu Ota Prop (1965-03-23)23 March 1965 (aged 26) 12 NEC Masanori Takura Prop (1966-09-30)30 September 1966 (aged 25) 8 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamigahara Kenichi Kimura Prop (1968-12-29)29 December 1968 (aged 22) 0 Toyota Motors Kazuaki Takahashi Prop (1968-01-31)31 January 1968 (aged 23) 6 Toyota Motors Toshiyuki Hayashi Lock (1960-02-08)8 February 1960 (aged 31) 34 Kobe Steel Atsushi Oyagi Lock (1961-08-15)15 August 1961 (aged 30) 28 Kobe Steel Ekeroma Luaiufi Lock (1963-05-08)8 May 1963 (aged 28) 8 NikoNikoDo Hirofumi Ouchi Flanker (1968-01-26)26 January 1968 (aged 23) 2 Ryukoku University R.F.U. Hiroyuki Kajihara Flanker (1966-09-28)28 September 1966 (aged 25) 10 Toshiba Fuchu Katsufumi Miyamoto Flanker (1966-03-19)19 March 1966 (aged 25) 8 Sanyo Electric Shuji Nakashima Flanker (1963-07-08)8 July 1963 (aged 28) 10 Japan Electric Sinali Latu Number 8 (1965-08-22)22 August 1965 (aged 26) 16 Sanyo Electric Masami Horikoshi Scrum-half (1968-11-27)27 November 1968 (aged 22) 11 Kobe Steel Wataru Murata Scrum-half (1968-01-25)25 January 1968 (aged 23) 1 Kobe Steel Shinobu Aoki Fly-half (1968-01-26)26 January 1968 (aged 23) 4 Ricoh Katsuhiro Matsuo Fly-half (1964-01-06)6 January 1964 (aged 27) 14 World Co. Eiji Kutsuki Centre (1962-12-25)25 December 1962 (aged 28) 22 Toyota Motors Seiji Hirao (c) Centre (1963-01-21)21 January 1963 (aged 28) 29 Kobe Steel Yukio Motoki Centre (1971-08-27)27 August 1971 (aged 20) 3 Meiji University R.F.C. Terunori Masuho Wing (1972-01-29)29 January 1972 (aged 19) 2 Waseda University R.F.C. Yoshihito Yoshida Wing (1969-02-18)18 February 1969 (aged 22) 13 Isetan Tsutomu Matsuda Wing (1970-04-30)30 April 1970 (aged 21) 0 Kanto Gakuin University R.F.U. Takahiro Hosokawa Fullback (1967-04-01)1 April 1967 (aged 24) 5 Kobe Steel Tatsuya Maeda Fullback (1968-09-23)23 September 1968 (aged 23) 3 NTT Kansai R.F.C.

Scotland

Head coach: Ian McGeechan

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province John Allan Hooker (1963-11-25)25 November 1963 (aged 27) 4 Edinburgh Academical F.C. David Sole (c) Prop (1962-05-08)8 May 1962 (aged 29) 33 Edinburgh Academical F.C. Paul Burnell Prop (1965-09-29)29 September 1965 (aged 26) 15 London Scottish F.C. David Milne Prop (1958-12-07)7 December 1958 (aged 32) 0 Heriots FP Alan Watt Prop (1967-07-10)10 July 1967 (aged 24) 0 Glasgow High Kelvinside Chris Gray Lock (1960-07-11)11 July 1960 (aged 31) 17 Nottingham R.F.C. Doddie Weir Lock (1970-07-04)4 July 1970 (aged 21) 2 Melrose RFC John Jeffrey Flanker (1959-03-25)25 March 1959 (aged 32) 35 Kelso RFC Finlay Calder Flanker (1957-08-20)20 August 1957 (aged 34) 29 Heriots FP Graham Marshall Flanker (1960-05-23)23 May 1960 (aged 31) 3 Wakefield RFC Derek White Number 8 (1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 33) 31 London Scottish F.C. Gary Armstrong Scrum-half (1966-09-30)30 September 1966 (aged 25) 19 Jed-Forest RFC Greig Oliver Scrum-half (1964-09-12)12 September 1964 (aged 27) 2 Hawick RFC Craig Chalmers Fly-half (1968-10-15)15 October 1968 (aged 22) 17 Melrose RFC Sean Lineen Centre (1961-12-25)25 December 1961 (aged 29) 18 Boroughmuir RFC Scott Hastings Centre (1964-12-04)4 December 1964 (aged 26) 30 Watsonian FC Graham Shiel Centre (1970-08-13)13 August 1970 (aged 21) 0 Melrose RFC Iwan Tukalo Wing (1961-03-05)5 March 1961 (aged 30) 25 Heriots FP Tony Stanger Wing (1968-05-14)14 May 1968 (aged 23) 14 Hawick RFC Douglas Wyllie Wing (1963-05-20)20 May 1963 (aged 28) 11 Selkirk RFC Gavin Hastings Fullback (1962-01-03)3 January 1962 (aged 29) 31 Watsonian FC Peter Dods Fullback (1958-01-06)6 January 1958 (aged 33) 21 Gala RFC

Zimbabwe

Trainer: Iain Buchanan

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Brian Beattie Hooker (1969-04-16)16 April 1969 (aged 22) 0 unknown Adrian Garvey Hooker (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 23) 2 Old Miltonians RFC Robin Hunter Prop (1964-09-25)25 September 1964 (aged 27) 0 unknown Alex Nicholls Prop (1958-08-04)4 August 1958 (aged 33) 2 unknown Gary Snyder Prop (1972-03-08)8 March 1972 (aged 19) 0 unknown Chris Roberts Prop (1967-09-18)18 September 1967 (aged 24) 0 unknown Michael Martin Lock (1959-12-25)25 December 1959 (aged 31) 3 unknown Neville Kloppers Lock circa 1962 1 unknown Rob Demblon Lock (1966-08-13)13 August 1966 (aged 25) 0 unknown Chris Botha Lock (1968-09-01)1 September 1968 (aged 23) 0 unknown Brendon Dawson Flanker (1968-09-01)1 September 1968 (aged 23) 3 Old Miltonians RFC Darren Muirhead Flanker (1965-12-23)23 December 1965 (aged 25) 0 unknown Brenton Catterall Number 8 (1969-07-19)19 July 1969 (aged 22) 0 unknown Honeywell Nguruve Number 8 (1969-08-12)12 August 1969 (aged 22) 0 Old Georgians R.F.C. Andy Ferreira Scrum-half (1961-06-26)26 June 1961 (aged 30) 6 Old Georgians R.F.C. Ewan MacMillan Scrum-half (1971-01-03)3 January 1971 (aged 20) 0 unknown Craig Brown Fly-half (1968-02-01)1 February 1968 (aged 23) 1 unknown Ralph Kuhn Fly-half (1963-02-08)8 February 1963 (aged 28) 1 unknown Mark Letcher Centre (1965-10-14)14 October 1965 (aged 25) 3 unknown Ian Noble Centre (1972-04-06)6 April 1972 (aged 19) 0 South Eastern Transvaal Richard Tsimba Centre (1965-07-09)9 July 1965 (aged 26) 2 Old Georgians R.F.C. David Walters Wing (1968-11-16)16 November 1968 (aged 22) 3 unknown William Schultz Wing (1968-11-03)3 November 1968 (aged 22) 0 unknown Elimon Chimbima Wing (1969-01-01)1 January 1969 (aged 22) 3 unknown Brian Currin (c) Fullback (1960-09-15)15 September 1960 (aged 31) 0 unknown

Pool C

Argentina

Head Coaches: Luis Gradín / Guillermo Lamarca

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Federico Méndez Hooker (1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 19) 5 Marista Rugby Club Ricardo Le Fort Hooker (1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 25) 5 Tucumán Rugby Club Mariano Bosch Hooker (1962-08-09)9 August 1962 (aged 29) 0 Olivos Rugby Club Mariano Lombardi Hooker (1968-08-19)19 August 1968 (aged 23) 0 Asociación Alumni Manuel Aguirre Prop (1959-07-28)28 July 1959 (aged 32) 2 Asociación Alumni Luis Molina Prop (1959-11-03)3 November 1959 (aged 31) 11 Los Tarcos Rugby Club Diego Cash Prop (1961-08-10)10 August 1961 (aged 30) 35 San Isidro Club Pablo Buabse Lock (1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 28) 2 Los Tarcos Rugby Club Pedro Sporleder Lock (1971-01-02)2 January 1971 (aged 20) 6 Curupaytí Agustín Zanoni Lock (1966-10-18)18 October 1966 (aged 24) 0 Club Pueyrredón Germán Llanes Lock (1968-05-27)27 May 1968 (aged 23) 6 La Plata Rugby Club Francisco Irarrázaval Flanker (1971-10-05)5 October 1971 (aged 19) 0 Club Newman Pablo Garretón (c) Flanker (1966-06-26)26 June 1966 (aged 25) 24 Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán Mario Carreras Flanker (1966-04-14)14 April 1966 (aged 25) 4 Olivos Rugby Club José Santamarina Number 8 (1963-05-21)21 May 1963 (aged 28) 3 Tucumán Rugby Club Gonzalo Camardón Scrum-half (1970-12-19)19 December 1970 (aged 20) 3 Asociación Alumni Guillermo del Castillo Fly-half (1963-12-14)14 December 1963 (aged 27) 3 Jockey Club de Rosario Lisandro Arbizu Fly-half (1971-09-29)29 September 1971 (aged 20) 5 Belgrano Athletic Club Hernán García Simón Centre (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 26) 3 Club Pueyrredón Eduardo Laborde Centre (1967-10-19)19 October 1967 (aged 23) 0 Club Pucará Matías Allen Centre (1968-04-29)29 April 1968 (aged 23) 5 Club Atlético San Isidro Diego Cuesta Silva Wing (1963-01-23)23 January 1963 (aged 28) 34 San Isidro Club Martín Terán Wing (1969-07-25)25 July 1969 (aged 22) 3 Tucumán Rugby Club Gustavo Jorge Wing (1971-10-24)24 October 1971 (aged 19) 6 Club Atlético San Isidro Santiago Mesón Fullback (1968-01-25)25 January 1968 (aged 23) 11 Tucumán Rugby Club Guillermo Angaut Fullback (1965-01-10)10 January 1965 (aged 26) 6 La Plata Rugby Club

Australia

Head Coach: Bob Dwyer

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Phil Kearns Hooker (1967-06-27)27 June 1967 (aged 24) 14 Randwick DRUFC / New South Wales David Nucifora Hooker (1962-01-15)15 January 1962 (aged 29) 0 University of Queensland R.C. / Queensland Dan Crowley Prop (1965-08-28)28 August 1965 (aged 26) 3 Souths Rugby / Queensland Tony Daly Prop (1966-03-07)7 March 1966 (aged 25) 14 Eastern Suburbs RUFC / New South Wales Ewen McKenzie Prop (1965-06-21)21 June 1965 (aged 26) 11 Randwick DRUFC / New South Wales Cameron Lillicrap Prop (1963-04-19)19 April 1963 (aged 28) 6 Souths Rugby / Queensland John Eales Lock (1970-06-27)27 June 1970 (aged 21) 4 Brothers Old Boys / Queensland Rod McCall Lock (1963-09-20)20 September 1963 (aged 28) 13 Brothers Old Boys / Queensland Steve Cutler Lock (1960-07-28)28 July 1960 (aged 31) 39 Gordon RFC / New South Wales Simon Poidevin Flanker (1958-10-31)31 October 1958 (aged 32) 54 Randwick DRUFC / New South Wales Jeff Miller Flanker (1962-07-04)4 July 1962 (aged 29) 23 North Brisbane Rugby Club / Queensland Brendon Nasser Flanker (1964-07-06)6 July 1964 (aged 27) 7 University of Queensland Rugby Club / Queensland Viliami Ofahengaue Number 8 (1968-05-03)3 May 1968 (aged 23) 7 Manly RUFC / New South Wales Troy Coker Number 8 (1965-05-30)30 May 1965 (aged 26) 5 Wests Rugby / Queensland Nick Farr-Jones (c) Scrum-half (1962-04-18)18 April 1962 (aged 29) 48 Sydney University Football Club / New South Wales Peter Slattery Scrum-half (1965-06-06)6 June 1965 (aged 26) 3 University of Queensland Rugby Club / Queensland Michael Lynagh Fly-half (1963-10-25)25 October 1963 (aged 27) 52 University of Queensland Rugby Club / Queensland David Knox Fly-half (1963-08-03)3 August 1963 (aged 28) 3 Randwick DRUFC / New South Wales Tim Horan Centre (1970-05-18)18 May 1970 (aged 21) 11 Souths Rugby / Queensland Jason Little Centre (1970-08-26)26 August 1970 (aged 21) 10 Souths Rugby / Queensland Richard Tombs Centre (1968-01-05)5 January 1968 (aged 23) 0 Northern Suburbs Rugby Club / New South Wales David Campese Wing (1962-10-21)21 October 1962 (aged 28) 58 Randwick DRUFC / New South Wales Bob Egerton Wing (1963-03-06)6 March 1963 (aged 28) 4 Sydney University Football Club / New South Wales John Flett Wing (1963-06-15)15 June 1963 (aged 28) 3 Randwick DRUFC / New South Wales Marty Roebuck Fullback (1965-01-10)10 January 1965 (aged 26) 4 Eastwood Rugby Club / New South Wales Anthony Herbert Fullback (1966-08-13)13 August 1966 (aged 25) 6 GPS Rugby / Queensland

Wales

Head coach: Alan Davies

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Garin Jenkins Hooker (1966-08-18)18 August 1966 (aged 25) 1 Pontypool RFC Ken Waters Hooker (1961-10-09)9 October 1961 (aged 29) 0 Newbridge RFC Mark Davis Prop (1970-09-18)18 September 1970 (aged 21) 1 Newport RFC Hugh Williams-Jones Prop (1963-01-10)10 January 1963 (aged 28) 4 South Wales Police RFC Laurance Delaney Prop (1956-05-08)8 May 1956 (aged 35) 5 Llanelli RFC Mike Griffiths Prop (1962-03-18)18 March 1962 (aged 29) 15 Cardiff RFC Paul Arnold Lock (1968-04-28)28 April 1968 (aged 23) 8 Swansea RFC Phil May Lock (1956-07-01)1 July 1956 (aged 35) 6 Llanelli RFC Kevin Moseley Lock (1963-07-02)2 July 1963 (aged 28) 6 Newport RFC Phil Davies Lock (1963-10-19)19 October 1963 (aged 27) 29 Llanelli RFC Martyn Morris Flanker (1962-08-23)23 August 1962 (aged 29) 9 Neath RFC Richie Collins Flanker (1962-03-02)2 March 1962 (aged 29) 16 Cardiff RFC Richard Webster Flanker (1968-05-03)3 May 1968 (aged 23) 1 Swansea RFC Emyr Lewis Number 8 (1968-08-29)29 August 1968 (aged 23) 4 Llanelli RFC Andy Booth Scrum-half (1967-12-08)8 December 1967 (aged 23) 0 Cardiff RFC Robert Jones Scrum-half (1965-11-10)10 November 1965 (aged 25) 40 Swansea RFC Tony Clement Fly-half (1967-02-08)8 February 1967 (aged 24) 13 Swansea RFC Adrian Davies Fly-half (1969-02-09)9 February 1969 (aged 22) 2 Neath RFC David Wyn Evans Fly-half (1965-11-01)1 November 1965 (aged 25) 10 Cardiff RFC Scott Gibbs Centre (1971-01-23)23 January 1971 (aged 20) 6 Neath RFC Mike Hall Centre (1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 25) 14 Cardiff RFC Mark Ring Centre (1962-10-15)15 October 1962 (aged 28) 29 Cardiff RFC Arthur Emyr Wing (1962-07-27)27 July 1962 (aged 29) 10 Cardiff RFC Ieuan Evans (c) Wing (1964-03-21)21 March 1964 (aged 27) 24 Llanelli RFC Steve Ford Wing (1965-08-15)15 August 1965 (aged 26) 8 Cardiff RFC Mike Rayer Fullback (1965-07-21)21 July 1965 (aged 26) 0 Cardiff RFC

Western Samoa

Head coach: Peter Schuster

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Stan To'omalatai Hooker (1962-12-13)13 December 1962 (aged 28) 20 Vaiala Rugby Club Peter Fatialofa (c) Prop (1959-04-26)26 April 1959 (aged 32) 9 Auckland R.F.U. Palamia Lilomaiava Prop (1960-03-23)23 March 1960 (aged 31) 0 Marist St. Joseph Vili Alaalatoa Prop (1962-08-09)9 August 1962 (aged 29) 4 Manly RUFC David Sio Prop (1962-06-21)21 June 1962 (aged 29) 1 Northern Suburbs Rugby Club Mark Birtwistle Lock (1962-10-17)17 October 1962 (aged 28) 0 Wellington R.F.U. Mat Keenan Lock (1960-10-26)26 October 1960 (aged 30) 0 Auckland Rugby Union Eddie Ioane Lock (1966-06-02)2 June 1966 (aged 25) 4 Auckland Rugby Union Junior Paramore Flanker (1968-11-18)18 November 1968 (aged 22) 2 Counties Manukau R.F.U. Danny Kaleopa Flanker (1966-05-03)3 May 1966 (aged 25) 3 Canterbury R.F.U. Apollo Perelini Flanker (1969-07-16)16 July 1969 (aged 22) 2 Auckland R.F.U. Sila Vaifale Flanker (1967-07-05)5 July 1967 (aged 24) 8 Marist St. Joseph Pat Lam Number 8 (1968-09-29)29 September 1968 (aged 23) 0 Auckland R.F.U. Mathew Vaea Scrum-half (1966-09-12)12 September 1966 (aged 25) 2 Marist St. Joseph Tu Nu'uali'itia Scrum-half (1971-06-12)12 June 1971 (aged 20) 0 Counties Manukau R.F.U. Stephen Bachop Fly-half (1966-04-02)2 April 1966 (aged 25) 2 Canterbury R.F.U. Filipo Saena Fly-half (1966-06-06)6 June 1966 (aged 25) 13 Moata'a Rugby Club To'o Vaega Centre (1965-08-17)17 August 1965 (aged 26) 12 Auckland R.F.U. Frank Bunce Centre (1962-02-04)4 February 1962 (aged 29) 0 North Harbour R.F.U. Tupo Fa'amasino Centre (1966-04-13)13 April 1966 (aged 25) 10 Wellington R.F.U. Timo Tagaloa Wing (1964-10-17)17 October 1964 (aged 26) 5 Wellington R.F.U. Brian Lima Wing (1972-01-25)25 January 1972 (aged 19) 2 Marist St. Joseph Freddie Tuilagi Wing (1971-06-09)9 June 1971 (aged 20) 0 Marist St. Joseph Andrew Aiolupo Fullback (1970-04-19)19 April 1970 (aged 21) 24 Moata'a Rugby Club

Pool D

Canada

Head coach: Ian Birtwell

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province David Speirs Hooker (1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 27) 3 Meraloma Rugby Karl Svoboda Hooker (1962-03-23)23 March 1962 (aged 29) 11 Ajax Wanderers R.U.F.C. Eddie Evans Prop (1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 27) 12 UBC Old Boys Ravens Dan Jackart Prop (1962-05-04)4 May 1962 (aged 29) 3 UBC Old Boys Ravens Gary Dukelow Prop (1956-09-15)15 September 1956 (aged 35) 14 James Bay A.A. Paul Szabo Prop (1962-05-04)4 May 1962 (aged 29) 3 Britannia Lions R.C. Norm Hadley Lock (1964-12-02)2 December 1964 (aged 26) 6 UBC Old Boys Ravens John Robertsen Lock (1958-06-28)28 June 1958 (aged 33) 7 UBC Old Boys Ravens Ron van den Brink Lock (1962-09-30)30 September 1962 (aged 29) 5 James Bay A.A. Al Charron Lock (1958-06-28)28 June 1958 (aged 33) 7 Ottawa Irish R.C. Roy Radu Flanker (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 28) 12 UBC Old Boys Ravens Bruce Breen Flanker (1961-10-13)13 October 1961 (aged 29) 6 Meraloma Rugby Gord MacKinnon Flanker (1958-08-27)27 August 1958 (aged 33) 6 Britannia Lions R.C. Glen Ennis Number 8 (1964-05-19)19 May 1964 (aged 27) 15 James Bay A.A. John Graf Scrum-half (1968-12-03)3 December 1968 (aged 22) 4 UBC Old Boys Ravens Chris Tynan Scrum-half (1966-07-11)11 July 1966 (aged 25) 7 Meraloma Rugby Gareth Rees Fly-half (1967-06-30)30 June 1967 (aged 24) 13 Castaway Wanderers RFC Scott Stewart Fly-half (1969-01-16)16 January 1969 (aged 22) 3 UBC Old Boys Ravens Steve Gray Centre (1963-07-19)19 July 1963 (aged 28) 10 Burnaby Lake R.C. Christian Stewart Centre (1966-10-17)17 October 1966 (aged 24) 2 Meraloma Rugby Tom Woods Centre (1962-10-29)29 October 1962 (aged 28) 3 James Bay A.A. John Lecky Centre (1960-02-15)15 February 1960 (aged 31) 16 Meraloma Rugby Dave Lougheed Wing (1968-04-11)11 April 1968 (aged 23) 3 Toronto Welsh R.F.C. Pat Palmer Wing (1962-11-06)6 November 1962 (aged 28) 13 UBC Old Boys Ravens Mark Wyatt (c) Fullback (1961-04-12)12 April 1961 (aged 30) 26 Velox Valhallians

Fiji

Head coaches: Samisoni Viriviri and George Simpkin

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Mosese Taga (c) Hooker (1964-09-17)17 September 1964 (aged 27) 16 Nabua Dranivesi Baleiwai Hooker (1964-04-17)17 April 1964 (aged 27) 2 Nadi Salacieli Naivilawasa Hooker (1961-02-14)14 February 1961 (aged 30) 20 Suva Epeli Naituivau Prop (1962-05-22)22 May 1962 (aged 29) 6 Suva Peni Volavola Prop (1963-06-06)6 June 1963 (aged 28) 9 Queensland Naibuka Vuli Prop (1960-06-06)6 June 1960 (aged 31) 0 Nasinu Sam Domoni Lock (1968-12-25)25 December 1968 (aged 22) 4 Rewa Ilaitia Savai Lock (1960-07-12)12 July 1960 (aged 31) 24 Nadroga Aisake Nadolo Lock (1964-07-13)13 July 1964 (aged 27) 12 Suva Alifereti Dere Flanker (1961-09-29)29 September 1961 (aged 30) 9 Fiji Army Laisenia Katonawale Flanker (1966-11-14)14 November 1966 (aged 24) 2 Suva Max Olsson Flanker (1967-07-19)19 July 1967 (aged 24) 6 Suva Pita Naruma Flanker (1959-11-27)27 November 1959 (aged 31) 9 Suva Ifereimi Tawake Number 8 (1962-09-21)21 September 1962 (aged 29) 8 Nadroga Pauliasi Tabulutu Scrum-half (1967-07-15)15 July 1967 (aged 24) 14 Nabua Mosese Vosanibola Scrum-half (1962-07-28)28 July 1962 (aged 29) 1 Nabua Waisale Serevi Fly-half (1968-05-20)20 May 1968 (aged 23) 6 Nabua Tomasi Rabaka Fly-half (1965-12-05)5 December 1965 (aged 25) 3 Nadi Kalaveti Naisoro Centre (1969-02-14)14 February 1969 (aged 22) 3 Lautoka Savenaca Aria Centre (1964-04-30)30 April 1964 (aged 27) 5 Nadi Tomasi Lovo Wing (1960-11-05)5 November 1960 (aged 30) 4 Nasinu Noa Nadruku Wing (1967-09-19)19 September 1967 (aged 24) 11 Nadroga Fili Seru Wing (1970-03-11)11 March 1970 (aged 21) 5 Nabua Tevita Vonolagi Wing (1963-11-29)29 November 1963 (aged 27) 10 Fiji Army Severo Koroduadua Fullback (1960-12-22)22 December 1960 (aged 30) 21 Fiji Police Opeti Turuva Fullback (1967-07-08)8 July 1967 (aged 24) 2 Nadi

France

Head coach: Daniel Dubroca

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Grégoire Lascubé Hooker (1962-04-03)3 April 1962 (aged 29) 6 SU Agen Philippe Marocco Hooker (1960-06-14)14 June 1960 (aged 31) 17 AS Montferrand Pascal Ondarts Prop (1956-04-01)1 April 1956 (aged 35) 38 Biarritz Olympique Philippe Gimbert Prop (1966-03-20)20 March 1966 (aged 25) 2 CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Louis Armary Prop (1963-07-24)24 July 1963 (aged 28) 21 FC Lourdes Jean-Marie Cadieu Lock (1963-10-16)16 October 1963 (aged 27) 2 Stade Toulousain Olivier Roumat Lock (1966-06-10)10 June 1966 (aged 25) 19 US Dax Thierry Devergie Flanker (1966-07-27)27 July 1966 (aged 25) 15 RC Nîmes Éric Champ Flanker (1962-06-08)8 June 1962 (aged 29) 38 RC Toulonnais Laurent Cabannes Flanker (1964-02-06)6 February 1964 (aged 27) 7 Racing Club de France Michel Courtiols Flanker (1965-04-27)27 April 1965 (aged 26) 3 CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Abdelatif Benazzi Flanker (1968-08-20)20 August 1968 (aged 23) 8 SU Agen Marc Cécillon Number 8 (1959-07-30)30 July 1959 (aged 32) 17 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Fabien Galthié Scrum-half (1969-03-20)20 March 1969 (aged 22) 2 US Colomiers Henri Sanz Scrum-half (1963-06-17)17 June 1963 (aged 28) 11 RC Narbonne Didier Camberabero Fly-half (1961-01-09)9 January 1961 (aged 30) 30 FC Grenoble Thierry Lacroix Fly-half (1967-03-02)2 March 1967 (aged 24) 4 US Dax Philippe Sella Centre (1962-02-14)14 February 1962 (aged 29) 76 SU Agen Franck Mesnel Centre (1961-06-30)30 June 1961 (aged 30) 41 Racing Club de France Philippe Saint-André Wing (1967-04-19)19 April 1967 (aged 24) 10 ASM Montferrand Jean-Baptiste Lafond Wing (1961-12-29)29 December 1961 (aged 29) 24 Racing Club de France Patrice Lagisquet Wing (1962-09-04)4 September 1962 (aged 29) 45 Aviron Bayonnais Serge Blanco (c) Fullback (1958-08-31)31 August 1958 (aged 33) 89 Biarritz Olympique Jean-Luc Sadourny Fullback (1966-08-26)26 August 1966 (aged 25) 1 US Colomiers

Romania

Head coach: Peter Ianusevici

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Gheorghe Ion Hooker (1960-07-27)27 July 1960 (aged 31) 22 unknown Gabriel Vlad Prop (1969-04-09)9 April 1969 (aged 22) 0 RC Grivița București Viorel Ionescu Prop (1968-11-30)30 November 1968 (aged 22) 0 unknown Constantin Stan Prop (1969-01-10)10 January 1969 (aged 22) 5 unknown Gheorghe Leonte Prop (1963-02-12)12 February 1963 (aged 28) 33 CS Vienne Rugby Gheorghe Corneliu Prop unknown 8 unknown Sandu Ciorăscu Lock (1966-09-11)11 September 1966 (aged 25) 20 CSM Baia Mare Constantin Cojocariu Lock (1965-06-27)27 June 1965 (aged 26) 10 CSM Baia Mare Micușor Marin Lock (1967-07-09)9 July 1967 (aged 24) 0 unknown Gheorghe Dinu Flanker (1962-11-16)16 November 1962 (aged 28) 8 unknown Ioan Doja Flanker (1966-11-11)11 November 1966 (aged 24) 13 unknown Andrei Gurănescu Flanker (1967-07-24)24 July 1967 (aged 24) 1 CS Dinamo București Haralambie Dumitraș (c) Number 8 (1960-02-11)11 February 1960 (aged 31) 34 RC Strasbourg Tiberiu Brînză Number 8 (1968-09-21)21 September 1968 (aged 23) 2 RC Narbonne Mihai Foca Scrum-half (1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 24) 0 unknown Daniel Neaga Scrum-half (1965-11-05)5 November 1965 (aged 25) 20 CS Dinamo București Ilie Ivanciuc Fly-half (1971-07-26)26 July 1971 (aged 20) 0 CSM Bucovina Suceava Neculai Nichitean Fly-half (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 22) 6 CSM Bucovina Suceava Nicolae Fulina Centre (1965-10-22)22 October 1965 (aged 25) 13 unknown Nicolae Răcean Centre (1963-11-29)29 November 1963 (aged 27) 15 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Adrian Lungu Centre (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 31) 67 CS Dinamo București George Sava Centre (1966-08-04)4 August 1966 (aged 25) 9 CS Știința Petroșani Ștefan Tofan Centre (1965-02-25)25 February 1965 (aged 26) 17 CS Dinamo București Lucian Colceriu Wing (1968-09-08)8 September 1968 (aged 23) 1 CSA Steaua București Cătălin Sasu Wing (1968-01-24)24 January 1968 (aged 23) 5 unknown Marian Dumitru Fullback (1969-03-08)8 March 1969 (aged 22) 5 unknown

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