England
Head coach: Peter Colston
Bill Beaumont Neil Bennett Tony Bond Richard Cardus Robin Cowling Paul Dodge Alastair Hignell Nigel Horton Peter Kingston Tony Neary Gary Pearce Mike Rafter John Scott Mike Slemen Colin Smart Peter Squires Roger Uttley (c.) Peter Wheeler Malcolm Young
France
Head coach: Jean Desclaux
Roger Aguerre Jean-Michel Aguirre Christian Bélascain Roland Bertranne Louis Bilbao Alain Caussade Gérard Cholley Frédéric Costes Jérôme Gallion Jean-François Gourdon Alain Guilbert Francis Haget Jean-François Imbernon Jean-Luc Joinel Alain Maleig Yves Malquier Jean-François Marchal Guy Noves Alain Paco Robert Paparemborde Jean-Pierre Rives (c.) Armand Vaquerin
Ireland
Head coach: Noel Murphy
Willie Duggan Ron Elliott Moss Finn Michael Gibson Moss Keane Terry Kennedy Freddie McLennan Ginger McLoughlin Paul McNaughton Alistair McKibbin Phil Orr Colin Patterson Fergus Slattery (c.) Dick Spring Harold Steele Colm Tucker Tony Ward Pa Whelan
Scotland
Head coach: Nairn McEwan
Mike Biggar Bob Cunningham Colin Deans Gordon Dickson David Gray Bruce Hay Andy Irvine Iain Lambie Alan Lawson Ian McLauchlan Ian McGeechan (c.) Alastair McHarg Iain Milne Jim Renwick Keith Robertson John Rutherford Alan Tomes Bill Watson
Wales
Head coach: John Dawes
Barry Clegg Gareth Davies Charlie Faulkner Steve Fenwick Ray Gravell Clive Griffiths Terry Holmes Allan Martin Alan Phillips Graham Price Derek Quinnell Elgan Rees David Richards Paul Ringer Mike Roberts Jeff Squire J. J. Williams J. P. R. Williams (c.) Bobby Windsor
External links 1979 Five Nations Championship at ESPN