This is a list of the complete squads for the 2016 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland are the defending champions.
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 6 February 2016 – the tournament's opening day.
On 13 January, Eddie Jones named a 33-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.Seven uncapped players in England squad
Head coach: Eddie Jones
Call-ups On 24 January, Semesa Rokoduguni was called up as cover for Chris Ashton, who had been given a 10-week ban.Chris Ashton: England bring in Bath's Semesa Rokoduguni as cover
On 1 February, Kieran Brookes replaced Henry Thomas, who had been covering Brookes in the initial squad, after recovering from a pre-squad announcement injury.Prop Kieran Brookes joins England squad
On 22 February, Luther Burrell was added to the squad as an injury replacement for Ollie Devoto.RBS 6 Nations Social: Burrell returns to England squad
On 29 February, Dave Ewers and Manu Tuilagi were called up to the squad ahead of the final two rounds of the Championship.
On 6 March, Ed Slater was called up to the squad as injury cover for Courtney Lawes.Slater replaces injured Lawes
On 19 January, head coach Guy Novès named a 31-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.XV de France : La liste pour le stage préparatoire
Head coach: Guy Novès
Call-ups On 24 January, Marvin O'Connor was called up to the squad as injury cover for Benjamin Fall.XV de France : M. O'Connor remplace B. Fall
On 25 January, Baptiste Serin and Bernard Le Roux were added to the squad as injury cover for Morgan Parra and Sébastien Vahaamahina.XV de France : Arrivées de Serin et Le Roux
On 28 January, Vincent Pelo and Maxime Mermoz were added to the squad, with Mermoz acting as injury cover for Alexandre Dumoulin.XV de France : Le groupe pour l’ItalieMermoz drafted into French squad
On 31 January, Wesley Fofana was ruled out of France's opening test against Italy due to injury, with Teddy Thomas being called up as cover.Fofana out of Italy opener
On 7 February, Loann Goujon replaced Louis Picamoles haven suffered an injury in France's opening match against Italy.Goujon remplace Picamoles
On 21 February, Djibril Camara, David Smith and François Trinh-Duc were called up to the squad as injury cover for Teddy Thomas and Marvin O'Connor. However, later that day Smith was made ineligible to play for France haven played for the New Zealand sevens team.XV de France : Camara intègre le groupeFrance forced to drop David Smith from Six Nations squad
On 3 March, Xavier Chiocci was called up to the squad ahead of the Scotland game in round 4.Le groupe pour l’Ecosse
On 20 January, Joe Schmidt announced his 35-man squad for Ireland.Ireland Squad Named For Opening Rounds Of RBS 6 Nations
Head Coach: Joe Schmidt
Call-ups On 25 January, Finlay Bealham joined the squad as an injury replacement for Martin Moore who suffered a ham-string injury.Ireland Squad Update
On 9 February, Fergus McFadden was called up as injury cover for Keith Earls who sustained an injury in the opening round of the championship.Ireland add Fergus McFadden to squad ahead of France clash
On 22 February, Dave Foley, Craig Gilroy and Jordi Murphy were called up as injury replacements for Dave Kearney, Mike McCarthy and Seán O'Brien. While Cian Healy and Mike Ross were called up to the squad haven recovered from injury.Ireland Squad Named For Round 3 Of RBS 6 Nations Championship
On 7 March, Jack O'Donoghue was called up for the final two rounds.Ireland Squad Confirmed For Final Rounds Of RBS 6 Nations
On 20 January, Brunel named a 30-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.
Head coach: Jacques Brunel
Call-ups On 23 January, Davide Giazzon was a late addition to the original 30-man squad.NAZIONALE, DIVENTANO 31 GLI AZZURRI PER RBS 6 NAZIONI: CONVOCATO DAVIDE GIAZZON
On 8 February, Robert Barbieri and Andrea Buondonno were called up to the squad as injury cover for David Odiete and Jacopo Sarto.NAZIONALE, CONVOCATI BUONDONNO E BARBIERI PER ODIETE E JACOPO SARTO
On 21 February, Joshua Furno and Luca Morisi were called up to the squad, with Furno joining the squad as injury cover for George Biagi.RBS 6 NAZIONI, L’ITALIA IN RADUNO PREPARA LA SCOZIA
On 3 March, Quintin Geldenhuys was drafted into the squad haven recovered from injury pre-championship.ITALIA, TORNANO BIAGI E GELDENHUYS PER LE ULTIME DUE GIORNATE DEL TORNEO
On 6 March, Oliviero Fabiani and Alberto Lucchese added to the squad to face Ireland in Round 4.
On 10 March, Pietro Ceccarelli was named as a travelling replacement, who was later drafted into the match-day squad for Lorenzo Cittadini.
On 17 March, Tommaso Allan returned to the squad haven recovered from injury pre-championship.ITALIA, MEDIANA ALLAN-PALAZZANI PER FARE VISITA AL GALLES
On 19 January, head coach Vern Cotter named a 35-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.UNCAPPED PROPS NAMED IN SCOTLAND SQUAD FOR 2016 RBS 6 NATIONS In addition to the 35-man squad, injured players Grant Gilchrist and Henry Pyrgos will train with the squad.
Head Coach: Vern Cotter
Call-ups On 25 January, Alex Allan and Hamish Watson were late additions to the squad ahead of the championship.ALLAN AND WATSON JOIN SCOTLAND CAMP
On 22 February, Rob Harley, Grayson Hart, George Turner and Ryan Wilson were called up to the squad as injury cover for Alex Allan, Blair Cowan, Chris Fusaro, Pat MacArthur and Sean Maitland.SCOTLAND RBS 6 NATIONS SQUAD UPDATE
On 7 March, Fraser Brown and Henry Pyrgos joined the squad ahead of the French fixture in round 4.WARRIORS TRIO JOIN SCOTLAND SQUAD
On 19 January, Warren Gatland named a 37-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.
Head Coach: Warren Gatland
‡ – Denotes dual contracted players.
Call-ups On 7 March, Rhys Webb returned to the national squad haven recovered from injury sustained pre-championship.WEBB CALLED UP BY WALES
‡ – Denotes dual contracted players.
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