2013 Six Nations Championship squads

The 2013 Six Nations Championship was a rugby union tournament played from 2 February to 16 March 2013. It was the 14th annual Six Nations Championship since the addition of Italy to the initial five of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 119th season of the competition overall. Teams were permitted to name squads of unlimited size, but typically named between 30 and 35 players in their initial selections.

Main article: 2013 Six Nations Championship

All ages, caps and clubs accurate as of 2 February 2013, the first day of the tournament. Additions to each squad following the initial announcements are indicated by an asterisk (*).

England

England head coach Stuart Lancaster named an initial 33-man squad for the tournament on 9 January 2013.[1]

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Dylan Hartley Hooker (1986-03-24)24 March 1986 (aged 26) 42 Northampton Saints Tom Youngs Hooker (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 26) 4 Leicester Tigers Dan Cole Prop (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 25) 35 Leicester Tigers Alex Corbisiero Prop (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 (aged 24) 18 London Irish Joe Marler Prop (1990-07-07)7 July 1990 (aged 22) 5 Harlequins Mako Vunipola Prop (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 22) 4 Saracens David Wilson Prop (1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 27) 22 Bath Joe Launchbury Lock (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 21) 4 London Wasps Courtney Lawes Lock (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 23) 15 Northampton Saints Geoff Parling Lock (1983-10-28)28 October 1983 (aged 29) 12 Leicester Tigers Calum Clark Flanker (1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 23) 0 Northampton Saints Tom Croft Flanker (1985-11-07)7 November 1985 (aged 27) 36 Leicester Tigers James Haskell Flanker (1985-04-02)2 April 1985 (aged 27) 45 London Wasps Tom Johnson Flanker (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30) 5 Exeter Chiefs Chris Robshaw (c) Flanker (1986-06-04)4 June 1986 (aged 26) 12 Harlequins Tom Wood Flanker (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 26) 13 Northampton Saints Ben Morgan Number 8 (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 23) 8 Gloucester Thomas Waldrom Number 8 (1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 29) 4 Leicester Tigers Danny Care Scrum-half (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 26) 37 Harlequins Lee Dickson Scrum-half (1985-03-29)29 March 1985 (aged 27) 7 Northampton Saints Ben Youngs Scrum-half (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 23) 28 Leicester Tigers Freddie Burns Fly-half (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 22) 1 Gloucester Owen Farrell Fly-half (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 21) 12 Saracens Toby Flood Fly-half (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 (aged 27) 53 Leicester Tigers Brad Barritt Centre (1986-08-07)7 August 1986 (aged 26) 11 Saracens Jonathan Joseph Centre (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 21) 4 London Irish Manu Tuilagi Centre (1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 21) 17 Leicester Tigers Billy Twelvetrees Centre (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 24) 0 Gloucester Chris Ashton Wing (1987-03-29)29 March 1987 (aged 25) 29 Saracens Mike Brown Wing (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 27) 11 Harlequins David Strettle Wing (1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 29) 12 Saracens Ben Foden Fullback (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27) 30 Northampton Saints Alex Goode Fullback (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 24) 6 Saracens France France head coach Philippe Saint-André named a 33-man squad for the tournament on 11 January 2013.[2] Adrien Planté replaced Gaël Fickou and Hugo Bonneval replaced Vincent Clerc. Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Guilhem Guirado Hooker (1986-06-17)17 June 1986 (aged 26) 15 Perpignan Benjamin Kayser Hooker (1984-07-26)26 July 1984 (aged 28) 12 Clermont Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker (1983-01-26)26 January 1983 (aged 30) 66 Racing Métro David Attoub Prop (1981-06-07)7 June 1981 (aged 31) 4 Stade Français Vincent Debaty Prop (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 31) 11 Clermont Thomas Domingo Prop (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 27) 21 Clermont Luc Ducalcon Prop (1984-01-02)2 January 1984 (aged 29) 10 Racing Métro Yannick Forestier Prop (1982-01-03)3 January 1982 (aged 31) 3 Castres Nicolas Mas Prop (1980-05-23)23 May 1980 (aged 32) 56 Perpignan Yoann Maestri Lock (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 25) 9 Toulouse Pascal Papé (c) Lock (1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 32) 45 Stade Français Jocelino Suta Lock (1982-11-18)18 November 1982 (aged 30) 3 Toulon Romain Taofifénua Lock (1990-09-14)14 September 1990 (aged 22) 1 Perpignan Thierry Dusautoir Flanker (1981-11-18)18 November 1981 (aged 31) 54 Toulouse Wenceslas Lauret Flanker (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 23) 3 Biarritz Yannick Nyanga Flanker (1983-12-19)19 December 1983 (aged 29) 28 Toulouse Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker (1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 26) 30 Montpellier Damien Chouly Number 8 (1985-11-27)27 November 1985 (aged 27) 7 Clermont Louis Picamoles Number 8 (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 26) 31 Toulouse Maxime Machenaud Scrum-half (1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 24) 4 Racing Métro Morgan Parra Scrum-half (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 24) 46 Clermont Frédérick Michalak Fly-half (1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 30) 59 Toulon François Trinh-Duc Fly-half (1986-11-11)11 November 1986 (aged 26) 44 Montpellier Mathieu Bastareaud Centre (1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 24) 9 Toulon Gaël Fickou Centre (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 18) 0 Toulouse Florian Fritz Centre (1984-01-17)17 January 1984 (aged 29) 25 Toulouse Maxime Mermoz Centre (1986-07-28)28 July 1986 (aged 26) 22 Toulon Jean-Marcellin Buttin Wing (1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (aged 21) 2 Clermont Vincent Clerc Wing (1981-05-07)7 May 1981 (aged 31) 64 Toulouse Benjamin Fall Wing (1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 23) 3 Racing Métro Wesley Fofana Wing (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 25) 10 Clermont Adrien Planté* Wing (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 0 Perpignan Hugo Bonneval* Fullback (1990-11-19) 19 November 1990 0 Stade Français Brice Dulin Fullback (1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 22) 5 Castres Yoann Huget Fullback (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 25) 12 Toulouse Ireland Ireland head coach Declan Kidney named an initial 33-man squad for the tournament on 27 January 2013.[3] Flanker Rhys Ruddock, centre Darren Cave, wing Andrew Trimble and fullback Robbie Henshaw were added to the squad on 5 February, following injuries to Peter O'Mahony, Gordon D'Arcy and Keith Earls.[4] Prop Stephen Archer and fly-half Ian Madigan were added to the squad on 7 March, following injuries to Tom Court and Jonathan Sexton.[5] Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Rory Best Hooker (1982-08-15) 15 August 1982 62 Ulster Seán Cronin Hooker (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 23 Leinster Mike Sherry Hooker (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 0 Munster Stephen Archer* Prop (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 0 Munster Michael Bent Prop (1986-04-25) 25 April 1986 2 Leinster Tom Court Prop (1980-11-06) 6 November 1980 29 Ulster Declan Fitzpatrick Prop (1983-07-12) 12 July 1983 2 Ulster Cian Healy Prop (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 35 Leinster Dave Kilcoyne Prop (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 2 Munster Mike Ross Prop (1979-12-21) 21 December 1979 24 Leinster Mike McCarthy Lock (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 6 Connacht Donncha O'Callaghan Lock (1979-03-24) 24 March 1979 90 Munster Donnacha Ryan Lock (1983-12-11) 11 December 1983 23 Munster Devin Toner Lock (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 3 Leinster Iain Henderson Flanker (1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 2 Ulster Chris Henry Flanker (1984-10-17) 17 October 1984 4 Ulster Kevin McLaughlin Flanker (1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 5 Leinster Seán O'Brien Flanker (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 22 Leinster Peter O'Mahony Flanker (1989-09-17) 17 September 1989 9 Munster Rhys Ruddock* Flanker (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 1 Leinster Jamie Heaslip (c) Number 8 (1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 52 Leinster Conor Murray Scrum-half (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 14 Munster Eoin Reddan Scrum-half (1980-11-20) 20 November 1980 47 Leinster Paddy Jackson Fly-half (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 0 Ulster Ian Madigan* Fly-half (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 0 Leinster Ronan O'Gara Fly-half (1977-03-07) 7 March 1977 126 Munster Jonathan Sexton Fly-half (1985-07-11) 11 July 1985 34 Leinster Darren Cave* Centre (1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 3 Ulster Gordon D'Arcy Centre (1980-02-10) 10 February 1980 71 Leinster Keith Earls Centre (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 34 Munster Fergus McFadden Centre (1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 16 Leinster Dave McSharry Centre (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 0 Connacht Brian O'Driscoll Centre (1979-01-21) 21 January 1979 120 Leinster Luke Fitzgerald Wing (1987-09-13) 13 September 1987 23 Leinster Craig Gilroy Wing (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 1 Ulster Andrew Trimble* Wing (1984-10-20) 20 October 1984 49 Ulster Simon Zebo Wing (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 3 Munster Robbie Henshaw* Fullback (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 0 Connacht Rob Kearney Fullback (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 41 Leinster Italy Italy head coach Jacques Brunel named a 30-man squad for the tournament.[6] Mauro Bergamasco was added to the squad on 18 February after captain Sergio Parisse was given a 30-day ban for the red card he received playing for his club side Stade Français in a Top 14 match against Union Bordeaux Bègles on 16 February.[7] Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Leonardo Ghiraldini Hooker (1984-12-26)26 December 1984 (aged 28) 48 Benetton Treviso Davide Giazzon Hooker (1986-01-16)16 January 1986 (aged 27) 5 Zebre Martin Castrogiovanni Prop (1981-10-21)21 October 1981 (aged 31) 91 Leicester Tigers Lorenzo Cittadini Prop (1982-12-17)17 December 1982 (aged 30) 16 Benetton Treviso Alberto de Marchi Prop (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 26) 4 Benetton Treviso Andrea Lo Cicero Prop (1976-05-07)7 May 1976 (aged 36) 98 Racing Métro Michele Rizzo Prop (1982-09-16)16 September 1982 (aged 30) 5 Benetton Treviso Joshua Furno Lock (1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 23) 6 Narbonne Quintin Geldenhuys Lock (1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 31) 33 Zebre Francesco Minto Lock (1987-05-20)20 May 1987 (aged 25) 2 Benetton Treviso Antonio Pavanello Lock (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 30) 13 Benetton Treviso Robert Barbieri Flanker (1984-06-05)5 June 1984 (aged 28) 27 Benetton Treviso Mauro Bergamasco* Flanker (1979-05-01) 1 May 1979 93 Zebre Paul Derbyshire Flanker (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 26) 16 Benetton Treviso Simone Favaro Flanker (1988-11-07)7 November 1988 (aged 24) 16 Benetton Treviso Alessandro Zanni Flanker (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 29) 69 Benetton Treviso Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8 (1983-09-12)12 September 1983 (aged 29) 91 Stade Francais Manoa Vosawai Number 8 (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 29) 10 Benetton Treviso Tobias Botes Scrum-half (1984-04-26)26 April 1984 (aged 28) 8 Benetton Treviso Edoardo Gori Scrum-half (1990-03-05)5 March 1990 (aged 22) 19 Benetton Treviso Kristopher Burton Fly-half (1980-08-04)4 August 1980 (aged 32) 18 Benetton Treviso Luciano Orquera Fly-half (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 (aged 31) 29 Zebre Gonzalo Canale Centre (1982-11-11)11 November 1982 (aged 30) 77 La Rochelle Gonzalo Garcia Centre (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 28) 25 Zebre Andrea Masi Centre (1981-03-30)30 March 1981 (aged 31) 72 London Wasps Alberto Sgarbi Centre (1986-11-26)26 November 1986 (aged 26) 23 Benetton Treviso Tommaso Benvenuti Wing (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 22) 23 Benetton Treviso Tommaso Iannone Wing (1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 22) 1 Benetton Treviso Giovanbattista Venditti Wing (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 22) 9 Zebre Paolo Buso Fullback (1986-07-28)28 July 1986 (aged 26) 1 Zebre Luke McLean Fullback (1987-06-29)29 June 1987 (aged 25) 41 Benetton Treviso Scotland Scotland interim head coach Scott Johnson named a 35-man squad for the tournament on 14 January 2013.[8] Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Ross Ford Hooker (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 64 Edinburgh Dougie Hall Hooker (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 39 Glasgow Warriors Pat MacArthur Hooker (1987-04-27) 27 April 1987 0 Glasgow Warriors Geoff Cross Prop (1982-12-11) 11 December 1982 17 Edinburgh Alasdair Dickinson Prop (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 24 Sale Sharks Ryan Grant Prop (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 5 Glasgow Warriors Moray Low Prop (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 15 Glasgow Warriors Euan Murray Prop (1980-08-07) 7 August 1980 49 Worcester Warriors Grant Gilchrist Lock (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 0 Edinburgh Richie Gray Lock (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 27 Sale Sharks Jim Hamilton Lock (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982 41 Gloucester Alastair Kellock Lock (1981-06-14) 14 June 1981 47 Glasgow Warriors Kelly Brown (c) Flanker (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982 52 Saracens David Denton Flanker (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 9 Edinburgh Chris Fusaro Flanker (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 10 Glasgow Warriors Rob Harley Flanker (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 1 Glasgow Warriors Alasdair Strokosch Flanker (1983-02-21) 21 February 1983 30 USA Perpignan Richie Vernon Flanker (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 15 Sale Sharks Johnnie Beattie Number 8 (1985-11-21) 21 November 1985 16 Montpellier Ryan Wilson Number 8 (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 0 Glasgow Warriors Sean Kennedy Scrum-half (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 0 Glasgow Warriors Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half (1985-10-12) 12 October 1985 13 Edinburgh Henry Pyrgos Scrum-half (1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 3 Glasgow Warriors Tom Heathcote Fly-half (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 1 Bath Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 15 Glasgow Warriors Duncan Weir Fly-half (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991 2 Glasgow Warriors Alex Dunbar Centre (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 0 Glasgow Warriors Max Evans Centre (1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 32 Castres Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 0 Glasgow Warriors Matt Scott Centre (1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 7 Edinburgh Sean Lamont Wing (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 71 Glasgow Warriors Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 0 Glasgow Warriors Tommy Seymour Wing (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 0 Glasgow Warriors Tim Visser Wing (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987 5 Edinburgh Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 10 Glasgow Warriors Peter Murchie Fullback (1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 0 Glasgow Warriors Wales Wales interim head coach Rob Howley named a 36-man squad for the tournament on 15 January 2013, including five uncapped players.[9] Lock Alun Wyn Jones was called into the squad on 12 February 2013 after recovering from injury.[10] Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Richard Hibbard Hooker (1983-12-13) 13 December 1983 19 Ospreys Ken Owens Hooker (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 10 Scarlets Matthew Rees Hooker (1980-12-09) 9 December 1980 57 Scarlets Scott Andrews Prop (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 5 Cardiff Blues Ryan Bevington Prop (1988-12-09) 9 December 1988 8 Ospreys Paul James Prop (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 40 Bath Gethin Jenkins Prop (1980-11-17) 17 November 1980 94 Toulon Adam Jones Prop (1981-03-08) 8 March 1981 83 Ospreys Craig Mitchell Prop (1986-05-03) 3 May 1986 11 Exeter Chiefs Andrew Coombs Lock (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 0 Dragons Ian Evans Lock (1984-10-04) 4 October 1984 25 Ospreys Alun Wyn Jones* Lock (1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 67 Ospreys James King Lock (1990-07-24) 24 July 1990 0 Ospreys Ollie Kohn Lock (1981-05-19) 19 May 1981 0 Harlequins Lou Reed Lock (1987-09-10) 10 September 1987 2 Cardiff Blues Ryan Jones Flanker (1981-03-13) 13 March 1981 70 Ospreys Josh Navidi Flanker (1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 0 Cardiff Blues Aaron Shingler Flanker (1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 4 Scarlets Justin Tipuric Flanker (1989-08-06) 6 August 1989 10 Ospreys Josh Turnbull Flanker (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 5 Scarlets Sam Warburton (c) Flanker (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 34 Cardiff Blues Taulupe Faletau Number 8 (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 21 Dragons Andries Pretorius Number 8 (1985-09-26) 26 September 1985 0 Cardiff Blues Tavis Knoyle Scrum-half (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 9 Scarlets Mike Phillips Scrum-half (1982-08-29) 29 August 1982 72 Bayonne Lloyd Williams Scrum-half (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 2 Cardiff Blues Dan Biggar Fly-half (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 11 Ospreys James Hook Fly-half (1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 67 Perpignan Jonathan Davies Centre (1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 31 Scarlets Jamie Roberts Centre (1986-11-08) 8 November 1986 48 Cardiff Blues Scott Williams Centre (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 16 Scarlets Alex Cuthbert Wing (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990 13 Cardiff Blues George North Wing (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 26 Scarlets Eli Walker Wing (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 0 Ospreys Lee Byrne Fullback (1980-06-01) 1 June 1980 46 Clermont Leigh Halfpenny Fullback (1988-12-22) 22 December 1988 39 Cardiff Blues Liam Williams Fullback (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 2 Scarlets References "Six Nations 2013: England include Billy Twelvetrees and Calum Clark". 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