2019 Rugby World Cup squads

The 2019 Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union tournament to be held in Japan from 20 September until 2 November 2019. Twenty national teams will compete, and each will bring a 31-man squad containing no regulated number of players per-position to the tournament. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, to whom each team submitted their finalised squad by 8 September 2019. A player may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement player has an enforced stand-down period of 48 hours before they can take the field.

Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.

The age listed for each player is on 20 September 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament.

Overview

Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation.

Team	Coach	Captain
Argentina	Mario Ledesma	Pablo Matera
Australia	Michael Cheika	Michael Hooper
Canada	Kingsley Jones	Tyler Ardron
England	Eddie Jones	Owen Farrell
Fiji	John McKee	Dominiko Waqaniburotu
France	Jacques Brunel	Guilhem Guirado
Georgia	Milton Haig	Merab Sharikadze
Ireland	Joe Schmidt	Rory Best
Italy	Conor O'Shea	Sergio Parisse
Japan	Jamie Joseph	Michael Leitch
Namibia	Phil Davies	Johan Deysel
New Zealand	Steve Hansen	Kieran Read
Russia	Lyn Jones	Vasily Artemyev
Samoa	Steve Jackson	Jack Lam
Scotland	Gregor Townsend	Stuart McInally
South Africa	Rassie Erasmus	Siya Kolisi
Tonga	Toutai Kefu	Siale Piutau
United States	Gary Gold	Blaine Scully
Uruguay	Esteban Meneses	Juan Manuel Gaminara
Wales	Warren Gatland	Alun Wyn Jones

Pool A

Ireland

Ireland announced a 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September 2019.[1]

¹ On 29 September, Jordi Murphy replaced Jack Conan, who suffered a foot injury in training.[2]

² On 16 October, Rob Herring replaced Seán Cronin following an injury.[3]

Head coach: Joe Schmidt

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Rory Best (c) Hooker (1982-08-15)15 August 1982 (aged 37) 120 Ulster Seán Cronin^2 Hooker (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 33) 70 Leinster Niall Scannell Hooker (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 27) 16 Munster Rob Herring^2 Hooker (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 29) 7 Ulster Tadhg Furlong Prop (1992-11-14)14 November 1992 (aged 26) 36 Leinster Cian Healy Prop (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 31) 91 Leinster Dave Kilcoyne Prop (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 30) 31 Munster Andrew Porter Prop (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (aged 23) 18 Leinster John Ryan Prop (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 31) 20 Munster Tadhg Beirne Lock (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 27) 8 Munster Iain Henderson Lock (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 27) 48 Ulster Jean Kleyn Lock (1993-08-26)26 August 1993 (aged 26) 3 Munster James Ryan Lock (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 (aged 23) 19 Leinster Jack Conan ^1 Back row (1992-07-29)29 July 1992 (aged 27) 16 Leinster Jordi Murphy ^1 Back row (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 28) 29 Ulster Peter O'Mahony Back row (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 30) 59 Munster Rhys Ruddock Back row (1990-11-13)13 November 1990 (aged 28) 23 Leinster CJ Stander Back row (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 29) 33 Munster Josh van der Flier Back row (1993-04-25)25 April 1993 (aged 26) 19 Leinster Luke McGrath Scrum-half (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 26) 14 Leinster Conor Murray Scrum-half (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 30) 77 Munster Joey Carbery Fly-half (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 23) 19 Munster Jack Carty Fly-half (1992-08-31)31 August 1992 (aged 27) 7 Connacht Jonathan Sexton Fly-half (1985-07-11)11 July 1985 (aged 34) 84 Leinster Bundee Aki Centre (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 29) 20 Connacht Chris Farrell Centre (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 26) 7 Munster Robbie Henshaw Centre (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 26) 38 Leinster Garry Ringrose Centre (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 24) 24 Leinster Andrew Conway Wing (1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 28) 15 Munster Keith Earls Wing (1987-10-02)2 October 1987 (aged 31) 78 Munster Jacob Stockdale Wing (1996-04-06)6 April 1996 (aged 23) 21 Ulster Rob Kearney Fullback (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 33) 92 Leinster Jordan Larmour Fullback (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 (aged 22) 16 Leinster

Japan

Japan named a 41-man training squad for the tournament on 15 August 2019,[4] before confirming their final 31-man squad on 29 August.[5]

Head coach: Jamie Joseph

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Shota Horie Hooker (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 33) 61 Panasonic Wild Knights Takuya Kitade Hooker (1992-09-14)14 September 1992 (aged 27) 1 Suntory Sungoliath Atsushi Sakate Hooker (1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (aged 26) 17 Panasonic Wild Knights Asaeli Ai Valu Prop (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 30) 9 Panasonic Wild Knights Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 29) 29 Panasonic Wild Knights Koo Ji-won Prop (1994-07-20)20 July 1994 (aged 25) 8 Honda Heat Yusuke Kizu Prop (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 23) 3 Toyota Verblitz Isileli Nakajima Prop (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 30) 3 Kobelco Steelers Uwe Helu Lock (1990-07-12)12 July 1990 (aged 29) 14 Yamaha Júbilo James Moore Lock (1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 26) 3 Munakata Sanix Blues Luke Thompson Lock (1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 38) 67 Kintetsu Liners Wimpie van der Walt Lock (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 30) 12 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Kazuki Himeno Loose forward (1994-07-27)27 July 1994 (aged 25) 12 Toyota Verblitz Michael Leitch (c) Loose forward (1988-10-07)7 October 1988 (aged 30) 63 Toshiba Brave Lupus Lappies Labuschagné Loose forward (1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 30) 3 Kubota Spears Amanaki Mafi Loose forward (1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 29) 25 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Yoshitaka Tokunaga Loose forward (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 27) 12 Toshiba Brave Lupus Hendrik Tui Loose forward (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 31) 44 Suntory Sungoliath Yutaka Nagare Scrum-half (1992-09-04)4 September 1992 (aged 27) 19 Suntory Sungoliath Kaito Shigeno Scrum-half (1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 28) 10 Toyota Verblitz Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 34) 70 Canon Eagles Rikiya Matsuda Fly-half (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 25) 20 Panasonic Wild Knights Yu Tamura Fly-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 30) 57 Canon Eagles Timothy Lafaele Centre (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 28) 18 Kubota Spears Ryoto Nakamura Centre (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 28) 19 Suntory Sungoliath Will Tupou Centre (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 29) 10 Coca-Cola Red Sparks Kenki Fukuoka Wing (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 27) 34 Panasonic Wild Knights Lomano Lemeki Wing (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 30) 11 Honda Heat Ataata Moeakiola Wing (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 23) 4 Kobelco Steelers Kotaro Matsushima Fullback (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 26) 34 Suntory Sungoliath Ryohei Yamanaka Fullback (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 31) 13 Kobelco Steelers

Russia

Russia named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 1 September.[6][7]

Head coach: Lyn Jones

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Sergey Chernyshev Hooker (1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 31) 10 Slava Moscow Evgeny Matveev Hooker (1985-04-15)15 April 1985 (aged 34) 58 VVA-Podmoskovye Stanislav Sel'skiy Hooker (1991-09-02)2 September 1991 (aged 28) 35 Enisey-STM Azamat Bitiev Prop (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 (aged 29) 19 Krasny Yar Kirill Gotovtsev Prop (1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (aged 32) 3 Krasny Yar Valery Morozov Prop (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 24) 17 Sale Sharks Vladimir Podrezov Prop (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 (aged 25) 25 VVA-Podmoskovye Andrey Polivalov Prop (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 33) 25 VVA-Podmoskovye Evgeny Elgin Lock (1987-03-10)10 March 1987 (aged 32) 24 Enisey-STM Bogdan Fedotko Lock (1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 24) 20 Krasny Yar Andrey Garbuzov Lock (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 36) 94 Krasny Yar Andrei Ostrikov Lock (1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 32) 33 Grenoble Tagir Gadzhiev Back row (1994-03-29)29 March 1994 (aged 25) 27 Kuban Victor Gresev Back row (1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (aged 33) 98 Krasny Yar Roman Khodin Back row (1993-09-06)6 September 1993 (aged 26) 4 Kuban Anton Sychev Back row (1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 25) 14 Metallurg Nikita Vavilin Back row (1994-05-13)13 May 1994 (aged 25) 10 Slava Moscow Vitaly Zhivatov Back row (1992-02-16)16 February 1992 (aged 27) 9 VVA-Podmoskovye Vasily Dorofeev Scrum-half (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 29) 22 Krasny Yar Dmitry Perov Scrum-half (1984-11-18)18 November 1984 (aged 34) 10 VVA-Podmoskovye Ramil Gaisin Fly-half (1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 28) 44 Enisey-STM Yuri Kushnarev Fly-half (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 34) 109 Krasny Yar Sergey Yanyushkin Fly-half (1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 32) 15 Lokomotiv Penza Igor Galinovskiy Centre (1985-11-08)8 November 1985 (aged 33) 49 Krasny Yar Dmitry Gerasimov Centre (1988-04-16)16 April 1988 (aged 31) 64 Enisey-STM Kirill Golosnitsky Centre (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 25) 9 Krasny Yar Vladimir Ostroushko Centre (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 32) 46 Kuban German Davydov Wing (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 25) 17 VVA-Podmoskovye Denis Simplikevich Wing (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 28) 28 Enisey-STM Vladislav Sozonov Wing (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 25) 8 VVA-Podmoskovye Vasily Artemyev (c) Fullback (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 32) 86 Krasny Yar

Samoa

Samoa named a 34-man training squad for the tournament on 23 August 2019,[8] before reducing it to a final 31 on 31 August.[9]

¹ On 9 September, Pele Cowley replaced Scott Malolua, who suffered a knee injury in Samoa's final warm-up match.[10]

² On 26 September, Alamanda Motuga joined the squad in Japan after Afa Amosa sustained an injury in Samoa's opening match.[11]

Head coach: Steve Jackson

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Seilala Lam Hooker (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 30) 13 Perpignan Motu Matu'u Hooker (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 32) 21 London Irish Ray Niuia Hooker (1991-10-14)14 October 1991 (aged 27) 4 Highlanders Michael Alaalatoa Prop (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 28) 1 Crusaders Paul Alo-Emile Prop (1991-12-22)22 December 1991 (aged 27) 13 Stade Français James Lay Prop (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 25) 10 Bristol Jordan Lay Prop (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 26) 16 Bristol Logovi'i Mulipola Prop (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 32) 30 Newcastle Falcons Kane Le'aupepe Lock (1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 26) 6 Hurricanes Filo Paulo Lock (1987-11-06)6 November 1987 (aged 31) 34 Unattached Senio Toleafoa Lock (1993-08-26)26 August 1993 (aged 26) 2 Nevers Josh Tyrell Lock (1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 28) 7 Oyonnax Afa Amosa ^2 Loose forward (1990-10-11)11 October 1990 (aged 28) 3 Bordeaux-Bègles Piula Faʻasalele Loose forward (1988-01-22)22 January 1988 (aged 31) 18 Perpignan TJ Ioane Loose forward (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 30) 21 London Irish Jack Lam (c) Loose forward (1987-11-18)18 November 1987 (aged 31) 35 Unattached Alamanda Motuga ^2 Loose forward (1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 25) 1 Manurewa RFC Chris Vui Loose forward (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 26) 14 Bristol Pele Cowley ^1 Scrum-half (1993-04-16)16 April 1993 (aged 26) 12 Ponsonby Scott Malolua ^1 Scrum-half (1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 26) 1 Queensland Reds Melani Matavao Scrum-half (1995-11-19)19 November 1995 (aged 23) 9 Aana Chiefs Dwayne Polataivao Scrum-half (1990-07-30)30 July 1990 (aged 29) 13 Unattached AJ Alatimu Fly-half (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 26) 5 Western Force Tusi Pisi Fly-half (1982-06-18)18 June 1982 (aged 37) 38 Toyota Industries Shuttles UJ Seuteni Fly-half (1993-12-09)9 December 1993 (aged 25) 2 Bordeaux-Bègles Kieron Fonotia Centre (1988-02-02)2 February 1988 (aged 31) 9 Scarlets Rey Lee-Lo Centre (1986-02-28)28 February 1986 (aged 33) 25 Cardiff Blues Henry Taefu Centre (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 26) 3 Western Force Ed Fidow Wing (1993-09-11)11 September 1993 (aged 26) 8 Worcester Warriors Alapati Leiua Wing (1988-09-21)21 September 1988 (aged 30) 27 Bristol Belgium Tuatagaloa Wing (1989-09-19)19 September 1989 (aged 30) 3 Unattached Tim Nanai-Williams Fullback (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 30) 12 Clermont Auvergne Ahsee Tuala Fullback (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 (aged 30) 20 Northampton Saints

Scotland

Scotland named an initial 42-man training squad on 7 May 2019.[12] The final 31-man squad for the tournament was confirmed on 3 September.[13]

¹ On 23 September, Magnus Bradbury replaced Hamish Watson, after he suffered a knee injury in the team's opening match against Ireland.[14]

² On 24 September, Henry Pyrgos replaced Ali Price, after he suffered a foot injury in the team's opening match against Ireland.[15]

Head coach: Gregor Townsend

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Fraser Brown Hooker (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 30) 42 Glasgow Warriors Stuart McInally (c) Hooker (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 29) 29 Edinburgh George Turner Hooker (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 26) 8 Glasgow Warriors Simon Berghan Prop (1990-12-07)7 December 1990 (aged 28) 22 Edinburgh Allan Dell Prop (1992-03-16)16 March 1992 (aged 27) 25 London Irish Zander Fagerson Prop (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 23) 22 Glasgow Warriors WP Nel Prop (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 33) 31 Edinburgh Gordon Reid Prop (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 32) 37 Ayrshire Bulls Scott Cummings Lock (1996-12-03)3 December 1996 (aged 22) 4 Glasgow Warriors Grant Gilchrist Lock (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 29) 36 Edinburgh Jonny Gray Lock (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 25) 52 Glasgow Warriors Ben Toolis Lock (1992-03-31)31 March 1992 (aged 27) 21 Edinburgh John Barclay Back row (1986-09-25)25 September 1986 (aged 32) 74 Edinburgh Magnus Bradbury ^1 Back row (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 24) 8 Edinburgh Jamie Ritchie Back row (1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 23) 12 Edinburgh Blade Thomson Back row (1990-12-04)4 December 1990 (aged 28) 2 Scarlets Hamish Watson ^1 Back row (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 27) 27 Edinburgh Ryan Wilson Back row (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 30) 45 Glasgow Warriors George Horne Scrum-half (1995-05-12)12 May 1995 (aged 24) 7 Glasgow Warriors Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 33) 73 Clermont Auvergne Ali Price ^2 Scrum-half (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 26) 27 Glasgow Warriors Henry Pyrgos ^2 Scrum-half (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 30) 27 Edinburgh Adam Hastings Fly-half (1996-10-05)5 October 1996 (aged 22) 14 Glasgow Warriors Finn Russell Fly-half (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 26) 46 Racing 92 Chris Harris Centre (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 (aged 28) 10 Gloucester Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 29) 43 Glasgow Warriors Sam Johnson Centre (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 (aged 26) 6 Glasgow Warriors Duncan Taylor Centre (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 30) 23 Saracens Darcy Graham Wing (1997-06-21)21 June 1997 (aged 22) 7 Edinburgh Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 31) 42 Saracens Tommy Seymour Wing (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 31) 52 Glasgow Warriors Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 27) 69 Exeter Chiefs Blair Kinghorn Fullback (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 22) 15 Edinburgh

Pool B

Canada

Canada named a 42-man training squad for the tournament on 20 August 2019.[16] The final 31-man squad was named on 3 September 2019.[17]

¹ On 10 September, Justin Blanchet was replaced by Josh Larsen in the World Cup squad following an injury sustained in Canada's final warm-up match.[18]

² On 27 September, injured centres Nick Blevins and Ben LeSage were replaced in the squad by Guiseppe du Toit and Theo Sauder.[19]

³ On 3 October, Kainoa Lloyd joined the squad as an injury replacement for Taylor Paris.[20]

Head coach: Kingsley Jones

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Eric Howard Hooker (1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 26) 23 New Orleans Gold Benoît Piffero Hooker (1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 32) 24 Blagnac SCR Andrew Quattrin Hooker (1996-08-29)29 August 1996 (aged 23) 3 Toronto Arrows Hubert Buydens Prop (1982-01-04)4 January 1982 (aged 37) 55 New Orleans Gold Jake Ilnicki Prop (1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 27) 36 Seattle Seawolves Cole Keith Prop (1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 22) 14 Toronto Arrows Djustice Sears-Duru Prop (1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 25) 49 Seattle Seawolves Matt Tierney Prop (1996-07-04)4 July 1996 (aged 23) 20 Castres Conor Keys Lock (1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (aged 24) 16 Unattached Josh Larsen ^1 Lock (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 12 New England Free Jacks Evan Olmstead Lock (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 28) 31 Unattached Mike Sheppard Lock (1988-12-20)20 December 1988 (aged 30) 8 Toronto Arrows Tyler Ardron (c) Back row (1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 28) 34 Chiefs Kyle Baillie Back row (1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 28) 28 New Orleans Gold Justin Blanchet ^1 Back row (1993-08-25)25 August 1993 (aged 26) 6 Unattached Luke Campbell Back row (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 27) 12 Toronto Arrows Matt Heaton Back row (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 26) 25 Rugby ATL Lucas Rumball Back row (1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (aged 24) 32 Toronto Arrows Phil Mack Scrum-half (1985-08-18)18 August 1985 (aged 34) 57 Seattle Seawolves Jamie Mackenzie Scrum-half (1989-02-28)28 February 1989 (aged 30) 19 Toronto Arrows Gordon McRorie Scrum-half (1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 31) 43 Calgary Hornets Shane O'Leary Fly-half (1993-12-03)3 December 1993 (aged 25) 13 Nottingham Pat Parfrey Fly-half (1991-11-01)1 November 1991 (aged 27) 30 Toronto Arrows Nick Blevins ^2 Centre (1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 30) 62 Calgary Hornets Guiseppe du Toit ^2 Centre (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 13 Toronto Arrows Ciaran Hearn Centre (1985-12-30)30 December 1985 (aged 33) 70 Unattached Ben LeSage ^2 Centre (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 23) 15 Calgary Canucks Conor Trainor Centre (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 30) 34 USO Nevers Jeff Hassler Wing (1991-08-21)21 August 1991 (aged 28) 24 Seattle Seawolves Kainoa Lloyd ^3 Wing (1994-05-21) 21 May 1994 11 Toronto Arrows Taylor Paris ^3 Wing (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 26) 27 Castres DTH van der Merwe Wing (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 33) 58 Glasgow Warriors Andrew Coe Fullback (1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 23) 11 Markham Irish Peter Nelson Fullback (1992-10-05)5 October 1992 (aged 26) 4 Unattached Theo Sauder ^2 Fullback (1996-04-02) 2 April 1996 8 Toronto Arrows

Italy

Italy named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 18 August 2019.[21]

¹ On 8 October, Giosuè Zilocchi and Danilo Fischetti joined the Italian squad following injuries to Simone Ferrari and Marco Riccioni.[22]

Head coach: Conor O'Shea

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Luca Bigi Hooker (1991-04-19)19 April 1991 (aged 28) 21 Zebre Oliviero Fabiani Hooker (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 29) 9 Zebre Leonardo Ghiraldini Hooker (1984-12-26)26 December 1984 (aged 34) 104 Unattached Simone Ferrari ^1 Prop (1994-03-28)28 March 1994 (aged 25) 26 Benetton Danilo Fischetti ^1 Prop (1998-01-26)26 January 1998 (aged 21) 0 Zebre Andrea Lovotti Prop (1989-07-28)28 July 1989 (aged 30) 38 Zebre Tiziano Pasquali Prop (1994-07-14)14 July 1994 (aged 25) 20 Benetton Nicola Quaglio Prop (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 28) 11 Benetton Marco Riccioni ^1 Prop (1997-10-19)19 October 1997 (aged 21) 4 Benetton Federico Zani Prop (1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 30) 11 Benetton Giosuè Zilocchi ^1 Prop (1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 22) 2 Zebre Dean Budd Lock (1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 33) 23 Benetton Federico Ruzza Lock (1994-08-04)4 August 1994 (aged 25) 15 Benetton Dave Sisi Lock (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 26) 7 Zebre Alessandro Zanni Lock (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 35) 115 Benetton Maxime Mbanda Back row (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 26) 18 Zebre Sebastian Negri Back row (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 (aged 25) 20 Benetton Sergio Parisse (c) Back row (1983-09-12)12 September 1983 (aged 36) 140 Toulon Jake Polledri Back row (1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 23) 10 Gloucester Braam Steyn Back row (1992-05-02)2 May 1992 (aged 27) 33 Benetton Callum Braley Scrum-half (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 25) 3 Gloucester Guglielmo Palazzani Scrum-half (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 28) 34 Zebre Tito Tebaldi Scrum-half (1987-09-23)23 September 1987 (aged 31) 34 Benetton Tommaso Allan Fly-half (1993-04-26)26 April 1993 (aged 26) 51 Benetton Carlo Canna Fly-half (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 27) 36 Zebre Tommaso Benvenuti Centre (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 28) 59 Benetton Michele Campagnaro Centre (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 26) 44 Harlequins Luca Morisi Centre (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28) 27 Benetton Mattia Bellini Wing (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 25) 20 Zebre Giulio Bisegni Wing (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 27) 13 Zebre Matteo Minozzi Fullback (1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (aged 23) 13 Wasps Jayden Hayward Fullback (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 32) 20 Benetton Edoardo Padovani Fullback (1993-05-15)15 May 1993 (aged 26) 23 Zebre

Namibia

Namibia named a 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September.[23]

Head coach: Phil Davies

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Obert Nortjé Hooker (1997-04-17)17 April 1997 (aged 22) 15 Welwitschias Louis van der Westhuizen Hooker (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 24) 19 Welwitschias Torsten van Jaarsveld Hooker (1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 32) 14 Bayonne Aranos Coetzee Prop (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 (aged 31) 21 Free State Cheetahs AJ de Klerk Prop (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 31) 28 Welwitschias André Rademeyer Prop (1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 21) 3 Welwitschias Des Sethie Prop (1992-12-09)9 December 1992 (aged 26) 12 Welwitschias Nelius Theron Prop (1997-01-29)29 January 1997 (aged 22) 5 Leopards Johan Retief Lock (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 23) 7 Leopards Tjiuee Uanivi Lock (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 28) 30 Massy PJ van Lill Lock (1983-12-04)4 December 1983 (aged 35) 49 Bayonne Adriaan Booysen Loose forward (1996-05-17)17 May 1996 (aged 23) 5 Welwitschias Wian Conradie Loose forward (1994-10-14)14 October 1994 (aged 24) 17 Welwitschias Thomasau Forbes Loose forward (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 30) 17 Welwitschias Prince ǃGaoseb Loose forward (1998-07-07)7 July 1998 (aged 21) 2 Welwitschias Max Katjijeko Loose forward (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 24) 13 Welwitschias Rohan Kitshoff Loose forward (1985-09-13)13 September 1985 (aged 34) 44 Welwitschias Janco Venter Loose forward (1994-09-19)19 September 1994 (aged 25) 25 Jersey Reds Eugene Jantjies Scrum-half (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 33) 67 Welwitschias Damian Stevens Scrum-half (1995-06-02)2 June 1995 (aged 24) 25 Boland Cavaliers TC Kisting Fly-half (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 25) 8 Baia Mare Cliven Loubser Fly-half (1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 22) 15 Welwitschias Darryl de la Harpe Centre (1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 32) 48 Welwitschias Johan Deysel (c) Centre (1991-09-26)26 September 1991 (aged 27) 24 Colomiers Justin Newman Centre (1995-02-17)17 February 1995 (aged 24) 14 Welwitschias Janry du Toit Centre (1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 23) 2 Welwitschias JC Greyling Wing (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 28) 32 Welwitschias Lesley Klim Wing (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 24) 11 Ospreys PJ Walters Wing (1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 26) 0 Welwitschias Chad Plato Fullback (1998-04-21)21 April 1998 (aged 21) 2 Welwitschias Johann Tromp Fullback (1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 28) 40 Welwitschias

New Zealand

New Zealand named their 31-man squad on 28 August 2019.[24]

¹ On 13 September 2019, Shannon Frizell was named as replacement for Luke Jacobson, who was ruled out of the competition due to delayed onset of concussion.[25]

Head coach: Steve Hansen

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Dane Coles Hooker (1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 32) 64 Hurricanes Liam Coltman Hooker (1990-01-25)25 January 1990 (aged 29) 6 Highlanders Codie Taylor Hooker (1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 28) 45 Crusaders Nepo Laulala Prop (1991-11-06)6 November 1991 (aged 27) 20 Chiefs Joe Moody Prop (1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 31) 41 Crusaders Atu Moli Prop (1995-06-12)12 June 1995 (aged 24) 2 Chiefs Angus Ta'avao Prop (1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 29) 8 Chiefs Ofa Tu'ungafasi Prop (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 27) 30 Blues Scott Barrett Lock (1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 25) 31 Crusaders Brodie Retallick Lock (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 28) 77 Chiefs Patrick Tuipulotu Lock (1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 26) 25 Blues Sam Whitelock Lock (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 30) 112 Crusaders Sam Cane Loose forward (1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 27) 63 Chiefs Shannon Frizell ^1 Loose forward (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 25) 5 Highlanders Luke Jacobson ^1 Loose forward (1997-04-20)20 April 1997 (aged 22) 2 Chiefs Kieran Read (c) Loose forward (1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 33) 122 Crusaders Ardie Savea Loose forward (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 25) 39 Hurricanes Matt Todd Loose forward (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 31) 21 Crusaders TJ Perenara Scrum-half (1992-01-23)23 January 1992 (aged 27) 59 Hurricanes Aaron Smith Scrum-half (1988-11-21)21 November 1988 (aged 30) 87 Highlanders Brad Weber Scrum-half (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 28) 2 Chiefs Beauden Barrett Fly-half (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 28) 78 Blues Richie Mo'unga Fly-half (1994-05-25)25 May 1994 (aged 25) 12 Crusaders Ryan Crotty Centre (1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 30) 45 Crusaders Jack Goodhue Centre (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 24) 9 Crusaders Anton Lienert-Brown Centre (1995-04-15)15 April 1995 (aged 24) 38 Chiefs Sonny Bill Williams Centre (1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 34) 53 Blues George Bridge Wing (1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 24) 5 Crusaders Rieko Ioane Wing (1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 22) 26 Blues Sevu Reece Wing (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 22) 3 Crusaders Jordie Barrett Fullback (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 22) 12 Hurricanes Ben Smith Fullback (1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 33) 80 Highlanders

South Africa

South Africa named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 26 August 2019.[26]

¹ On 23 September, Thomas du Toit replaced Trevor Nyakane, after he injured his calf in the team's opening match against New Zealand.[27]

² On 1 October, Damian Willemse replaced Jesse Kriel, after he was injured the team's opening match against New Zealand.[28]

Head coach: Rassie Erasmus

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Schalk Brits Hooker (1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 38) 13 Bulls Malcolm Marx Hooker (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 25) 27 Lions Bongi Mbonambi Hooker (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 28) 30 Stormers Thomas du Toit ^1 Prop (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 24) 10 Toulouse Steven Kitshoff Prop (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 27) 40 Stormers Vincent Koch Prop (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 29) 15 Saracens Frans Malherbe Prop (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 28) 32 Stormers Tendai Mtawarira Prop (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 34) 111 Sharks Trevor Nyakane ^1 Prop (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 30) 41 Bulls Lood de Jager Lock (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 26) 40 Bulls Eben Etzebeth Lock (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 27) 79 Stormers Franco Mostert Lock (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 28) 32 Gloucester RG Snyman Lock (1995-01-29)29 January 1995 (aged 24) 16 Bulls Pieter-Steph du Toit Loose forward (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 27) 50 Stormers Siya Kolisi (c) Loose forward (1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 28) 43 Stormers Francois Louw Loose forward (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 34) 69 Bath Kwagga Smith Loose forward (1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 26) 4 Lions Duane Vermeulen Loose forward (1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 33) 49 Bulls Faf de Klerk Scrum-half (1991-10-19)19 October 1991 (aged 27) 25 Sale Sharks Herschel Jantjies Scrum-half (1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 23) 4 Stormers Cobus Reinach Scrum-half (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 29) 12 Northampton Saints Elton Jantjies Fly-half (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 29) 35 Lions Handré Pollard Fly-half (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 25) 42 Bulls Damian Willemse ^2 Fly-half (1998-05-07)7 May 1998 (aged 21) 5 Stormers Lukhanyo Am Centre (1993-11-28)28 November 1993 (aged 25) 9 Sharks Damian de Allende Centre (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 27) 40 Stormers Jesse Kriel ^2 Centre (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 25) 45 Bulls François Steyn Centre (1987-05-14)14 May 1987 (aged 32) 61 Montpellier Cheslin Kolbe Wing (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 25) 10 Toulouse Makazole Mapimpi Wing (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 29) 8 Sharks S'busiso Nkosi Wing (1996-01-21)21 January 1996 (aged 23) 8 Sharks Warrick Gelant Fullback (1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 24) 7 Bulls Willie le Roux Fullback (1989-08-18)18 August 1989 (aged 30) 56 Toyota Verblitz

Pool C

Argentina

Argentina named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 19 August 2019.[29]

¹ On 6 October, Gonzalo Bertranou replaced Tomás Cubelli after he was injured in Argentina's game against England.

Head coach: Mario Ledesma

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Agustín Creevy Hooker (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 34) 85 Jaguares Julián Montoya Hooker (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 25) 55 Jaguares Santiago Socino Hooker (1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 27) 2 Jaguares Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Prop (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 30) 54 Jaguares Juan Figallo Prop (1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 31) 30 Saracens Santiago Medrano Prop (1996-05-06)6 May 1996 (aged 23) 14 Jaguares Enrique Pieretto Prop (1994-12-15)15 December 1994 (aged 24) 23 Jaguares Mayco Vivas Prop (1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 21) 4 Jaguares Matías Alemanno Lock (1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 27) 57 Jaguares Tomás Lavanini Lock (1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 26) 53 Jaguares Guido Petti Pagadizábal Lock (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 24) 49 Jaguares Rodrigo Bruni Back row (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 26) 3 Jaguares Marcos Kremer Back row (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 22) 24 Jaguares Juan Manuel Leguizamón Back row (1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 36) 86 Jaguares Tomás Lezana Back row (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 25) 34 Jaguares Pablo Matera (c) Back row (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 (aged 26) 62 Jaguares Javier Ortega Desio Back row (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 29) 54 Jaguares Gonzalo Bertranou ^1 Scrum-half (1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 25) 21 Jaguares Tomás Cubelli ^1 Scrum-half (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 30) 72 Jaguares Felipe Ezcurra Scrum-half (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 26) 5 Hindú Nicolás Sánchez Fly-half (1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 30) 77 Stade Français Benjamín Urdapilleta Fly-half (1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 33) 12 Castres Jerónimo de la Fuente Centre (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 28) 50 Jaguares Juan Cruz Mallia Centre (1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 23) 4 Jaguares Lucas Mensa Centre (1996-05-24)24 May 1996 (aged 23) 1 Pucará Matías Moroni Centre (1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 28) 43 Jaguares Matías Orlando Centre (1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 27) 41 Jaguares Emiliano Boffelli Wing (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 24) 25 Jaguares Bautista Delguy Wing (1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 22) 11 Jaguares Ramiro Moyano Wing (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 29) 34 Jaguares Santiago Carreras Fullback (1998-03-30)30 March 1998 (aged 21) 1 Jaguares Joaquín Tuculet Fullback (1989-08-08)8 August 1989 (aged 30) 55 Jaguares

England

On 12 August, England became the first team to announce their 31-man squad for the tournament.[30][31]

¹ Ben Spencer was called up on 27 October as an injury replacement for Willi Heinz.[32]

Head coach: Eddie Jones

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Luke Cowan-Dickie Hooker (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 26) 15 Exeter Chiefs Jamie George Hooker (1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 28) 40 Saracens Jack Singleton Hooker (1996-05-14)14 May 1996 (aged 23) 2 Saracens Dan Cole Prop (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 32) 89 Leicester Tigers Ellis Genge Prop (1995-02-16)16 February 1995 (aged 24) 12 Leicester Tigers Joe Marler Prop (1990-07-07)7 July 1990 (aged 29) 62 Harlequins Kyle Sinckler Prop (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 26) 25 Harlequins Mako Vunipola Prop (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 28) 54 Saracens Maro Itoje Lock (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 (aged 24) 29 Saracens George Kruis Lock (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 29) 35 Saracens Joe Launchbury Lock (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 28) 61 Wasps Courtney Lawes Lock (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 30) 75 Northampton Saints Tom Curry Back row (1998-06-15)15 June 1998 (aged 21) 13 Sale Sharks Lewis Ludlam Back row (1995-12-08)8 December 1995 (aged 23) 2 Northampton Saints Sam Underhill Back row (1996-07-22)22 July 1996 (aged 23) 10 Bath Mark Wilson Back row (1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 29) 15 Sale Sharks Billy Vunipola Back row (1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 26) 45 Saracens Willi Heinz ^1 Scrum-half (1986-11-24)24 November 1986 (aged 32) 4 Gloucester Ben Spencer ^1 Scrum-half (1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 27) 3 Saracens Ben Youngs Scrum-half (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 30) 89 Leicester Tigers Owen Farrell (c) Fly-half (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 27) 73 Saracens George Ford Fly-half (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 26) 59 Leicester Tigers Piers Francis Centre (1990-06-20)20 June 1990 (aged 29) 8 Northampton Saints Jonathan Joseph Centre (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 28) 42 Bath Henry Slade Centre (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 26) 22 Exeter Chiefs Manu Tuilagi Centre (1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 28) 35 Leicester Tigers Joe Cokanasiga Wing (1997-11-15)15 November 1997 (aged 21) 8 Bath Jonny May Wing (1990-04-01)1 April 1990 (aged 29) 47 Leicester Tigers Ruaridh McConnochie Wing (1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 27) 1 Bath Jack Nowell Wing (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (aged 26) 33 Exeter Chiefs Anthony Watson Wing (1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 25) 36 Bath Elliot Daly Fullback (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 26) 33 Saracens

France

On 18 June 2019, head coach Jacques Brunel named a 37-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.[33] On 10 July 2019, Paul Willemse had to withdraw from the team due to injury; he was replaced by Romain Taofifénua.[34] On 20 July 2019, Cyril Baille was called up to replaced the injured Étienne Falgoux.[35]

France named their final 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September 2019.[36]

¹ On 22 September, Wesley Fofana withdrew from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Pierre-Louis Barassi.[37]

² On 29 September, Cedate Gomes Sa was called up to replace the injured Demba Bamba.[38]

³ On 4 October, Christopher Tolofua was called up to replace the injured Peato Mauvaka.[39]

⁴ On 4 October, Vincent Rattez was called up to replace the injured Thomas Ramos.[39]

Head coach: Jacques Brunel

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Camille Chat Hooker (1995-12-18)18 December 1995 (aged 23) 22 Racing 92 Guilhem Guirado (c) Hooker (1986-06-17)17 June 1986 (aged 33) 70 Montpellier Peato Mauvaka ^3 Hooker (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 22) 1 Toulouse Christopher Tolofua ^3 Hooker (1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 8 Toulon Cyril Baille Prop (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 26) 13 Toulouse Demba Bamba ^2 Prop (1998-03-17)17 March 1998 (aged 21) 6 Lyon Cedate Gomes Sa ^2 Prop (1993-08-07) 7 August 1993 9 Racing 92 Jefferson Poirot Prop (1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 26) 29 Bordeaux Bègles Emerick Setiano Prop (1996-07-19)19 July 1996 (aged 23) 3 Toulon Rabah Slimani Prop (1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 29) 53 Clermont Auvergne Paul Gabrillagues Lock (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 26) 13 Stade Français Sébastien Vahaamahina Lock (1991-10-21)21 October 1991 (aged 27) 42 Clermont Auvergne Gregory Alldritt Back row (1997-03-23)23 March 1997 (aged 22) 7 La Rochelle Yacouba Camara Back row (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 25) 15 Montpellier Arthur Iturria Back row (1994-05-13)13 May 1994 (aged 25) 13 Clermont Auvergne Wenceslas Lauret Back row (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 31) 24 Racing 92 Bernard Le Roux Back row (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 (aged 30) 33 Racing 92 Charles Ollivon Back row (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 26) 8 Toulon Louis Picamoles Back row (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 33) 79 Montpellier Antoine Dupont Scrum-half (1996-11-15)15 November 1996 (aged 22) 17 Toulouse Maxime Machenaud Scrum-half (1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 30) 36 Racing 92 Baptiste Serin Scrum-half (1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 25) 30 Toulon Camille Lopez Fly-half (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 30) 24 Clermont Auvergne Romain Ntamack Fly-half (1999-05-01)1 May 1999 (aged 20) 8 Toulouse Pierre-Louis Barassi ^1 Centre (1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 21) 0 Lyon Gaël Fickou Centre (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 25) 48 Stade Français Wesley Fofana ^1 Centre (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 31) 48 Clermont Auvergne Virimi Vakatawa Centre (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 27) 18 Racing 92 Sofiane Guitoune Wing (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 30) 7 Toulouse Yoann Huget Wing (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 32) 59 Toulouse Damian Penaud Wing (1996-09-25)25 September 1996 (aged 22) 13 Clermont Auvergne Alivereti Raka Wing (1994-12-09)9 December 1994 (aged 24) 2 Clermont Auvergne Vincent Rattez ^4 Wing (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 2 La Rochelle Maxime Médard Fullback (1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 32) 59 Toulouse Thomas Ramos ^4 Fullback (1995-07-23)23 July 1995 (aged 24) 7 Toulouse

Tonga

Tonga announced their 31-man squad for the tournament on 1 September 2019.[40]

¹ On 24 September, Kurt Morath and Nafi Tuitavake were ruled out for the remainder of the tournament following injuries sustained in Tonga's opening match against England. Latiume Fosita and Fetuli Paea replaced them.[41]

Head coach: Toutai Kefu

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Siua Maile Hooker (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 22) 1 Shirley Rugby Club Paul Ngauamo Hooker (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 29) 19 Agen Sosefo Sakalia Hooker (1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 27) 10 Asia Pacific Dragons Maʻafu Fia Prop (1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 29) 6 Ospreys Vunipola Fifita Prop (1996-02-18)18 February 1996 (aged 23) 2 Brumbies Siegfried Fisi'ihoi Prop (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 32) 9 Pau Siua Halanukonuka Prop (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 33) 11 Glasgow Warriors Latu Talakai Prop (1989-12-26)26 December 1989 (aged 29) 6 Eastwood Ben Tameifuna Prop (1991-08-30)30 August 1991 (aged 28) 11 Racing 92 Leva Fifita Lock (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 30) 15 Grenoble Sam Lousi Lock (1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 28) 4 Hurricanes Steve Mafi Lock (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 (aged 29) 32 London Irish Daniel Faleafa Loose forward (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 30) 22 Austin Elite Sione Kalamafoni Loose forward (1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (aged 31) 33 Leicester Tigers Zane Kapeli Loose forward (1992-09-28)28 September 1992 (aged 26) 6 Bay of Plenty Fotu Lokotui Loose forward (1992-03-19)19 March 1992 (aged 27) 9 Kagifa Samoa Nasi Manu Loose forward (1988-08-15)15 August 1988 (aged 31) 3 Benetton Maama Vaipulu Loose forward (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 30) 8 Castres Samisoni Fisilau Half-back (1987-11-29)29 November 1987 (aged 31) 19 Auckland Marist Leon Fukofuka Half-back (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 25) 7 Kagifa Samoa Sonatane Takulua Half-back (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 28) 34 Newcastle Falcons James Faiva First five-eighth (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 25) 5 El Salvador Latiume Fosita ^1 First five-eighth (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 27) 29 Kagifa Samoa Kurt Morath^1 First five-eighth (1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 34) 37 Doncaster Knights Mali Hingano Centre (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 27) 4 Bayonne Siale Piutau (c) Centre (1985-10-13)13 October 1985 (aged 33) 39 Bristol Rugby Nafi Tuitavake ^1 Centre (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 30) 13 Unattached Viliami Lolohea Wing (1993-07-04)4 July 1993 (aged 26) 9 Papatoetoe Fetuli Paea ^1 Wing (1994-08-16)16 August 1994 (aged 25) 2 Tasman Atieli Pakalani Wing (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 30) 10 Eastwood Cooper Vuna Wing (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 32) 13 Newcastle Falcons David Halaifonua Fullback (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 32) 33 Coventry Telusa Veainu Fullback (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 28) 9 Leicester Tigers

United States

On 13 June, the United States named a 50-man extended training squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup in preparation for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[42] On 19 June, Samu Manoa retired from international rugby and withdrew from the squad.[43]

On 8 September, USA were the last side to name their 31-man squad.[44]

¹ On 1 October, David Ainu'u was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament following an injury sustained in the United States' opening match against England, Chance Wenglewski replaced him.[45]

Head coach: Gary Gold

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Dylan Fawsitt Hooker (1990-07-24)24 July 1990 (aged 29) 12 Rugby United New York James Hilterbrand Hooker (1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 30) 19 Manly Joe Taufete'e Hooker (1992-10-04)4 October 1992 (aged 26) 23 Worcester Warriors David Ainuʻu^1 Prop (1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (aged 19) 8 Toulouse Eric Fry Prop (1987-09-14)14 September 1987 (aged 32) 45 RC Vannes Olive Kilifi Prop (1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 32) 27 Seattle Seawolves Titi Lamositele Prop (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 24) 28 Saracens Paul Mullen Prop (1991-11-16)16 November 1991 (aged 27) 14 Unattached Chance Wenglewski^1 Prop (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 22) 6 Rugby United New York Nate Brakeley Lock (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 30) 21 Rugby United New York Nick Civetta Lock (1989-11-05)5 November 1989 (aged 29) 23 Unattached Ben Landry Lock (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 28) 22 Ealing Trailfinders Greg Peterson Lock (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 28) 26 Newcastle Falcons Malon Al-Jiboori Flanker (1997-08-01)1 August 1997 (aged 22) 5 Unattached Hanco Germishuys Flanker (1996-08-24)24 August 1996 (aged 23) 17 Glendale Raptors Tony Lamborn Flanker (1994-07-31)31 July 1994 (aged 25) 19 Melbourne Rebels Ben Pinkelman Flanker (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 25) 2 USA Sevens John Quill Flanker (1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 29) 36 Rugby United New York Cam Dolan Number 8 (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 29) 47 New Orleans Gold Nate Augspurger Scrum-half (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 29) 24 San Diego Legion Shaun Davies Scrum-half (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 30) 25 Glendale Raptors Ruben de Haas Scrum-half (1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 20) 13 Cheetahs AJ MacGinty Fly-half (1990-02-26)26 February 1990 (aged 29) 24 Sale Sharks Will Magie Fly-half (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 27) 25 Unattached Bryce Campbell Centre (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 24) 28 London Irish Paul Lasike Centre (1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 29) 16 Harlequins Thretton Palamo Centre (1988-09-22)22 September 1988 (aged 30) 18 Houston Sabercats Marcel Brache Wing (1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 31) 19 Western Force Martin Iosefo Wing (1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 29) 6 USA Sevens Mike Te'o Wing (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 26) 24 San Diego Legion Blaine Scully (c) Wing (1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 31) 50 Unattached Will Hooley Fullback (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 25) 12 Bedford Blues

Pool D

Australia

Australia named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 23 August 2019.[46]

Head coach: Michael Cheika

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Folau Fainga'a Hooker (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 24) 11 Brumbies Tolu Latu Hooker (1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 26) 15 Waratahs Jordan Uelese Hooker (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 22) 4 Melbourne Rebels Allan Alaalatoa Prop (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 25) 33 Brumbies Sekope Kepu Prop (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 33) 106 Waratahs Scott Sio Prop (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 27) 59 Brumbies James Slipper Prop (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 30) 91 Brumbies Taniela Tupou Prop (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 23) 16 Queensland Reds Rory Arnold Lock (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 29) 22 Brumbies Adam Coleman Lock (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 27) 34 Melbourne Rebels Izack Rodda Lock (1996-08-20)20 August 1996 (aged 23) 21 Queensland Reds Rob Simmons Lock (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 30) 98 Waratahs Jack Dempsey Back row (1994-04-12)12 April 1994 (aged 25) 11 Waratahs Michael Hooper (c) Back row (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 27) 95 Waratahs Isi Naisarani Back row (1995-02-14)14 February 1995 (aged 24) 4 Melbourne Rebels David Pocock Back row (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 31) 78 Brumbies Lukhan Salakaia-Loto Back row (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 23) 16 Queensland Reds Will Genia Scrum-half (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 31) 105 Melbourne Rebels Nic White Scrum-half (1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 29) 26 Exeter Chiefs Bernard Foley Fly-half (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 30) 70 Waratahs Christian Lealiifano Fly-half (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 31) 22 Brumbies Samu Kerevi Centre (1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 25) 29 Queensland Reds Tevita Kuridrani Centre (1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 28) 60 Brumbies James O'Connor Centre (1990-07-05)5 July 1990 (aged 29) 48 Queensland Reds Matt To'omua Centre (1990-01-02)2 January 1990 (aged 29) 47 Melbourne Rebels Adam Ashley-Cooper Wing (1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 35) 119 Waratahs Reece Hodge Wing (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 25) 37 Melbourne Rebels Marika Koroibete Wing (1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 27) 24 Melbourne Rebels Jordan Petaia Wing (2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 19) 0 Queensland Reds Kurtley Beale Fullback (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 30) 87 Waratahs Dane Haylett-Petty Fullback (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 30) 33 Melbourne Rebels

Fiji

Fiji named an initial 32-man squad for the tournament on 16 August 2019,[47] before reducing it to the final 31 on 3 September.[48]

¹ On 5 September, prop Lee Roy Atalifo replaced Kalivati Tawake, who suffered a knee injury.[49]

Head coach: John McKee

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Mesu Dolokoto Hooker (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 (aged 24) 6 Glasgow Warriors Sam Matavesi Hooker (1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 27) 8 Cornish Pirates Ratu Veremalua Vugakoto Hooker (1997-12-29)29 December 1997 (aged 21) 6 Fijian Latui Lee Roy Atalifo ^1 Prop (1988-05-10)10 May 1988 (aged 31) 10 Jersey Reds Campese Ma'afu Prop (1984-12-19)19 December 1984 (aged 34) 57 Unattached Eroni Mawi Prop (1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 23) 9 Fijian Latui Peni Ravai Prop (1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 29) 29 Bordeaux Bègles Manasa Saulo Prop (1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 30) 42 Unattached Kalivati Tawake ^1 Prop (1988-11-16)16 November 1988 (aged 30) 13 Biarritz Tevita Cavubati Lock (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 32) 26 Harlequins Leone Nakarawa Lock (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 31) 57 Racing 92 Api Ratuniyarawa Lock (1986-07-11)11 July 1986 (aged 33) 30 Northampton Saints Tevita Ratuva Lock (1995-05-08)8 May 1995 (aged 24) 3 Bordeaux Bègles Semi Kunatani Back row (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 28) 10 Harlequins Viliame Mata Back row (1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 27) 13 Edinburgh Mosese Voka Back row (1985-06-07)7 June 1985 (aged 34) 7 Fijian Latui Dominiko Waqaniburotu (c) Back row (1986-04-20)20 April 1986 (aged 33) 45 Pau Peceli Yato Back row (1993-01-17)17 January 1993 (aged 26) 17 Clermont Auvergne Frank Lomani Scrum-half (1996-04-18)18 April 1996 (aged 23) 11 Fijian Latui Nikola Matawalu Scrum-half (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 30) 36 Glasgow Warriors Henry Seniloli Scrum-half (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 30) 26 Unattached Alivereti Veitokani Fly-half (1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 26) 8 London Irish Ben Volavola Fly-half (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 28) 31 Racing 92 Levani Botia Centre (1989-03-14)14 March 1989 (aged 30) 14 La Rochelle Josh Matavesi Centre (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 28) 21 Newcastle Falcons Semi Radradra Centre (1992-07-13)13 July 1992 (aged 27) 6 Bordeaux Bègles Jale Vatubua Centre (1991-08-30)30 August 1991 (aged 28) 15 Pau Vereniki Goneva Wing (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 35) 57 Harlequins Filipo Nakosi Wing (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 27) 1 Castres Waisea Nayacalevu Wing (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 29) 17 Stade Français Josua Tuisova Wing (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 25) 9 Lyon Kini Murimurivalu Fullback (1989-05-15)15 May 1989 (aged 30) 26 La Rochelle

Georgia

Georgia announced their 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September 2019.[50]

Head coach: Milton Haig

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Jaba Bregvadze Hooker (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 32) 54 Sunwolves Vano Karkadze Hooker (2000-06-25)25 June 2000 (aged 19) 3 Brive Shalva Mamukashvili Hooker (1990-10-02)2 October 1990 (aged 28) 68 Unattached Levan Chilachava Prop (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 28) 49 Montpellier Beka Gigashvili Prop (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 26) 9 Toulon Guram Gogichashvili Prop (1998-09-04)4 September 1998 (aged 21) 6 Racing 92 Giorgi Melikidze Prop (1996-06-24)24 June 1996 (aged 23) 14 Stade Français Mikheil Nariashvili Prop (1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 29) 56 Montpellier Konstantin Mikautadze Lock (1991-07-01)1 July 1991 (aged 28) 59 Montpellier Giorgi Nemsadze Lock (1984-09-26)26 September 1984 (aged 34) 92 Aia Kutaisi Shalva Sutiashvili Lock (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 35) 77 Angouleme Otar Giorgadze Back row (1996-03-02)2 March 1996 (aged 23) 21 Brive Beka Gorgadze Back row (1996-02-08)8 February 1996 (aged 23) 19 Bordeaux Mamuka Gorgodze Back row (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 35) 71 Toulon Lasha Lomidze Back row (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 27) 46 Unattached Beka Saghinadze Back row (1998-10-29)29 October 1998 (aged 20) 5 Aurillac Giorgi Tkhilaishvili Back row (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 28) 50 Batumi RC Gela Aprasidze Scrum-half (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 21) 17 Montpellier Giorgi Begadze Scrum-half (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 33) 65 RC Jiki Gori Vasil Lobzhanidze Scrum-half (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 (aged 22) 45 Brive Tedo Abzhandadze Fly-half (1999-06-13)13 June 1999 (aged 20) 9 Brive Lasha Khmaladze Fly-half (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 31) 75 Batumi RC Lasha Malaghuradze Fly-half (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 33) 92 VVA-Podmoskovye Davit Kacharava Centre (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 34) 116 Enisei-STM Giorgi Kveseladze Centre (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 21) 19 RC Jiki Gori Tamaz Mchedlidze Centre (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 (aged 26) 53 Rouen Merab Sharikadze (c) Centre (1993-05-17)17 May 1993 (aged 26) 63 Aurillac Zurab Dzneladze Wing (1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 25) 9 Locomotive Mirian Modebadze Wing (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 21) 10 Aia Kutaisi Alexander Todua Wing (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 31) 79 Batumi RC Soso Matiashvili Fullback (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 26) 19 Lelo Saracens

Uruguay

Uruguay named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 30 August 2019.[51]

Head coach: Esteban Meneses

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Facundo Gattas Hooker (1995-07-02)2 July 1995 (aged 24) 30 Hindú Germán Kessler Hooker (1994-07-01)1 July 1994 (aged 25) 49 Los Cuervos Guillermo Pujadas Hooker (1997-02-06)6 February 1997 (aged 22) 9 Champagnat Diego Arbelo Prop (1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 27) 5 MVCC Juan Echeverría Prop (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 27) 51 Austin Elite Joaquín Jaunsolo Prop (1998-09-12)12 September 1998 (aged 21) 1 Los Cuervos Juan Rombys Prop (1987-03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 32) 30 Trébol de Paysandú Mateo Sanguinetti Prop (1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 27) 63 Houston SaberCats Ignacio Dotti Lock (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 25) 46 New Orleans Gold Manuel Leindekar Lock (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 (aged 22) 14 Oyonnax Diego Magno Lock (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 30) 90 Houston SaberCats Manuel Diana Back row (1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 23) 22 Old Christians Santiago Civetta Back row (1998-02-28)28 February 1998 (aged 21) 5 Darlington Mowden Park Franco Lamanna Back row (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 (aged 27) 44 Old Boys Manuel Ardao Back row (1998-09-09)9 September 1998 (aged 21) 4 Old Christians Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) Back row (1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 30) 67 Old Boys Alejandro Nieto Back row (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 31) 69 Houston SaberCats Juan Diego Ormaechea Back row (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 30) 31 Carrasco Polo Santiago Arata Scrum-half (1996-09-02)2 September 1996 (aged 23) 39 Houston SaberCats Tomás Inciarte Scrum-half (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 22) 14 Old Christians Agustín Ormaechea Scrum-half (1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 28) 45 Stade Montois Felipe Berchesi Fly-half (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 28) 32 Dax Juan Manuel Cat Fly-half (1996-09-06)6 September 1996 (aged 23) 31 Old Boys Agustín Della Corte Centre (1997-09-11)11 September 1997 (aged 22) 8 Trébol de Paysandú Nicolás Freitas Centre (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 26) 34 Carrasco Polo Andrés Vilaseca Centre (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 28) 55 Austin Elite Federico Favaro Wing (1991-05-19)19 May 1991 (aged 28) 30 Old Christians Leandro Leivas Wing (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 31) 74 Toronto Arrows Rodrigo Silva Wing (1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 26) 57 Austin Elite Felipe Echeverry Fullback (1996-06-23)23 June 1996 (aged 23) 2 Carrasco Polo Gastón Mieres Fullback (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 29) 67 Toronto Arrows

Wales

Wales announced their 31-man squad for the tournament on 1 September 2019.[52]

¹ On 24 September 2019 Cory Hill withdrew from the squad having failed to recover from injury and he was replaced by Bradley Davies.[53]

² On 22 October 2019 Josh Navidi withdrew from the squad having failed to recover from injury and he was replaced by Owen Lane.[54]

Head coach: Warren Gatland

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Elliot Dee Hooker (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 25) 22 Dragons Ryan Elias Hooker (1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 24) 8 Scarlets Ken Owens Hooker (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 32) 67 Scarlets Rhys Carré Prop (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 21) 1 Saracens Tomas Francis Prop (1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 27) 43 Exeter Chiefs Wyn Jones Prop (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 27) 15 Scarlets Dillon Lewis Prop (1996-01-04)4 January 1996 (aged 23) 15 Cardiff Blues Nicky Smith Prop (1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 25) 31 Ospreys Jake Ball Lock (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 28) 36 Scarlets Adam Beard Lock (1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 23) 16 Ospreys Bradley Davies ^1 Lock (1987-01-09) 9 January 1987 64 Ospreys Cory Hill ^1 Lock (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 27) 24 Dragons Alun Wyn Jones (c) Lock (1985-09-19)19 September 1985 (aged 34) 128 Ospreys James Davies Back row (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 28) 5 Scarlets Ross Moriarty Back row (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 25) 34 Dragons Josh Navidi ^2 Back row (1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 28) 19 Cardiff Blues Aaron Shingler Back row (1987-08-07)7 August 1987 (aged 32) 20 Scarlets Justin Tipuric Back row (1989-08-06)6 August 1989 (aged 30) 66 Ospreys Aaron Wainwright Back row (1997-09-25)25 September 1997 (aged 21) 12 Dragons Aled Davies Scrum-half (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 27) 19 Ospreys Gareth Davies Scrum-half (1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 29) 44 Scarlets Tomos Williams Scrum-half (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 24) 9 Cardiff Blues Dan Biggar Fly-half (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 29) 73 Northampton Saints Rhys Patchell Fly-half (1993-05-17)17 May 1993 (aged 26) 13 Scarlets Jonathan Davies Centre (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 31) 76 Scarlets Hadleigh Parkes Centre (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 31) 18 Scarlets Owen Watkin Centre (1996-10-12)12 October 1996 (aged 22) 16 Ospreys Josh Adams Wing (1995-04-21)21 April 1995 (aged 24) 14 Cardiff Blues Hallam Amos Wing (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 24) 20 Cardiff Blues Owen Lane ^2 Wing (1997-12-20)20 December 1997 (aged 21) 1 Cardiff Blues George North Wing (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 27) 86 Ospreys Leigh Halfpenny Fullback (1988-12-22)22 December 1988 (aged 30) 82 Scarlets Liam Williams Fullback (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 28) 58 Saracens

Statistics

All statistics relate to the initial 31-man squads named prior to the start of the tournament on 20 September 2019 and do not include players who joined a squad during the tournament.

• Five squads included no players based outside their home country: England, France, Ireland, Japan, and New Zealand.
• The squads with the fewest players playing domestically are Tonga (zero) and Samoa (one).

Player representation by club

The 620 participating players, 20 players unattached, represent 144 different club sides, the club sides with the most players selected are below:

Players	Clubs
26	Jaguares
20	Welwitschias
16	Benetton, Glasgow Warriors
15	Saracens
14	Leinster
13	Scarlets
12	Crusaders, Munster
11	Edinburgh
10	Clermont, Krasny Yar, Racing, Toulouse, Zebre
9	Brumbies, Melbourne Rebels, Ospreys, Toronto Arrows

Players representation by league

League	Players	Percent
Total	620	—
Pro14	118	19.0%
Super Rugby	118	19.0%
Top 14	78	12.5%
Premiership Rugby	74	11.9%
Major League Rugby	37	5.9%
Top League	32	5.1%
Rugby Premier League	31	5.0%
Namibia *	20	3.2%
Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby	16	2.5%
Pro D2	16	2.5%
RFU Championship	13	2.0%
Global Rapid Rugby	10	1.6%
Didi 10	9	1.5%
Other	28	4.5%
Unattached	20	3.2%

* Namibia's Welwitschias most recently played in South Africa's 2019 Rugby Challenge but do not appear in a regular league as such.

Player representation by nation

Union	Players	Percent	Other national squad
Total	620	—	—
Argentina	29	4.7%	1
Australia	38	6.1%	8
Canada	13	2.1%	2
England	88	14.2%	57
Fiji	4	0.7%	—
France	96	15.5%	65
Georgia	9	1.5%	—
Ireland	31	5.0%	—
Italy	26	4.2%	1
Japan	34	5.4%	3
Namibia	20	3.2%	—
New Zealand	41	6.6%	10
Russia	31	5.0%	2
Samoa	3	0.3%	—
Scotland	28	4.5%	5
South Africa	28	3.8%	4
United States	28	4.5%	18
Uruguay	16	2.6%	—
Wales	32	5.2%	5
Other	5	0.0%	3
Unattached	20	2.9%	—

Average age of squads

Nation	Avg. Age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Argentina	27	Juan Manuel Leguizamón (36 years, 106 days)	Mayco Vivas (21 years, 109 days)
Australia	27	Adam Ashley-Cooper (35 years, 177 days)	Jordan Petaia (19 years, 198 days)
Canada	28	Hubert Buydens (37 years, 258 days)	Cole Keith (22 years, 135 days)
England	27	Willi Heinz (32 years, 300 days)	Tom Curry (21 years, 97 days)
Fiji	28	Vereniki Goneva (35 years, 168 days)	Ratu Veremalua Vugakoto (21 years, 265 days)
France	27	Louis Picamoles (33 years, 227 days)	Romain Ntamack (20 years, 142 days)
Georgia	27	Shalva Sutiashvili (35 years, 239 days)	Vano Karkadze (19 years, 87 days)
Ireland	28	Rory Best (37 years, 36 days)	Jordan Larmour (22 years, 102 days)
Italy	28	Sergio Parisse (36 years, 8 days)	Marco Riccioni (21 years, 1 day)
Japan	29	Luke Thompson (38 years, 257 days)	Ataata Moeakiola (23 years, 225 days)
Namibia	26	PJ van Lill (35 years, 290 days)	Prince ǃGaoseb (21 years, 75 days)
New Zealand	27	Sonny Bill Williams (34 years, 48 days)	Rieko Ioane (22 years 188 days)
Russia	29	Andrey Garbuzov (36 years, 44 days)	Bogdan Fedotko (24 years, 363 days)
Samoa	31	Tusi Pisi (37 years, 94 days)	Melani Matavao (23 years, 305 days)
Scotland	27	Greig Laidlaw (33 years, 343 days)	Darcy Graham (22 years, 91 days)
South Africa	28	Schalk Brits (38 years, 127 days)	Herschel Jantjies (23 years, 151 days)
Tonga	29	Kurt Morath (34 years, 311 days)	Siua Maile (22 years, 214 days)
United States	27	Olive Kilifi (32 years, 357 days)	David Ainuu (19 years, 304 days)
Uruguay	26	Juan Rombys (32 years, 199 days)	Germán Kessler (21 years, 79 days)
Wales	27	Alun Wyn Jones (34 years, 1 day)	Rhys Carré (21 years, 224 days)

Squad caps

Nation	Caps	Most capped player	Least capped player
Australia	1421	Adam Ashley-Cooper (119)	Jordan Petaia (0)
Georgia	1370	Davit Kacharava (116)	Vano Karkadze (3)
New Zealand	1220	Kieran Read (122)	Atu Moli (2) Brad Weber (2)
Ireland	1142	Rory Best (120)	Jean Kleyn (3)
Argentina	1120	Juan Manuel Leguizamón (86)	Santiago Carreras (1) Lucas Mensa (1)
Uruguay	1118	Diego Magno (90)	Joaquín Jaunsolo (1)
Wales	1089	Alun Wyn Jones (128)	Rhys Carré (1)
England	1074	Dan Cole (89) Ben Youngs (89)	Ruaridh McConnochie (1)
South Africa	1054	Tendai Mtawarira (111)	Herschel Jantjies (4) Kwagga Smith (4)
Russia	1032	Yuri Kushnarev (109)	Kirill Gotovtsev (4)
Italy	1002	Sergio Parisse (140)	Callum Braley (3)
Scotland	923	John Barclay (74)	Blade Thomson (2)
Canada	889	Ciaran Hearn (80)	Andrew Quattrin (3)
France	807	Louis Picamoles (79)	Peato Mauvaka (1)
Japan	705	Fumiaki Tanaka (70)	Takuya Kitade (1)
United States	678	Blaine Scully (50)	Ben Pinkelman (2)
Fiji	651	Campese Ma'afu (58)	Filipo Nakosi (1)
Namibia	614	Eugene Jantjies (67)	PJ Walters (0)
Tonga	439	Siale Piutau (39)	Siua Maile (1)
Samoa	434	Tusi Pisi (38)	Michael Alaalatoa (1)

Previous World Cup experience

By matches

Player	RWC Matches
Adam Ashley-Cooper	17
Alun Wyn Jones	15
Juan Manuel Leguizamón	14
Sam Whitelock
Sonny Bill Williams
Sekope Kepu	13
Sergio Parisse
Rob Simmons
James Slipper
Kurtley Beale	12
Will Genia
DTH van der Merwe
Rory Best	11
Agustin Creevy
Mamuka Gorgodze
Eugene Jantjies
Tendai Mtawarira
George North
Kieran Read
François Steyn
Keith Earls	10
Davit Kacharava
Francois Louw
David Pocock
Luke Thompson

By tournaments

Player	World Cups
Sergio Parisse	4
Adam Ashley-Cooper	3
Rory Best
Leonardo Ghiraldini
Mamuka Gorgodze
Eugene Jantjies
Alun Wyn Jones
Davit Kacharava
Juan Manuel Leguizamón
Luke Thompson
DTH van der Merwe
Alessandro Zanni

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