These are the 1974 Five Nations Championship squads:

England

Head coach: John Elders

Mike Burton Fran Cotton Peter Dixon David Duckham Geoff Evans Dusty Hare Nigel Horton Tony Jorden Tony Neary Alan Old John Pullin (c.) Chris Ralston Andy Ripley Peter Rossborough David Roughley Peter Squires Keith Smith Steve Smith Stack Stevens Roger Uttley Jan Webster

France

Head coach: Jean Desclaux

Jean-Michel Aguirre Jean-Louis Azarete Max Barrau (c.)* René Benesis Jean-Louis Bérot Roland Bertranne Victor Boffelli Elie Cester (c.) Claude Dourthe Michel Droitecourt André Dubertrand Alain Esteve Jacques Fouroux Jean-François Gourdon Jean Iraçabal Daniel Kaczorowski Jean-Pierre Lux Joël Pécune Jean-Pierre Romeu Olivier Saïsset Jean-Claude Skrela Claude Spanghero Armand Vaquerin

captain in the first game

Ireland

Head coach: Syd Millar

Patrick Agnew Vinny Becker Shay Deering Tony Ensor Mike Gibson Tom Grace Moss Keane Ken Kennedy Patrick Lavery Sean Lynch Willie John McBride (c.) Stewart McKinney Ray McLoughlin Wallace McMaster Richard Milliken John Moloney Terry Moore Michael Quinn Fergus Slattery

Scotland

Head coach: Bill Dickinson

Ian Barnes Gordon Brown Sandy Carmichael Lewis Dick Drew Gill Michael Hunter Andy Irvine Alan Lawson Wilson Lauder Nairn MacEwan Duncan Madsen Ian McGeechan Alastair McHarg Ian McLauchlan (c.) Dougie Morgan Jim Renwick Colin Telfer Bill Watson

Wales

Head coach: Clive Rowlands

Phil Bennett Roy Bergiers Roger Blyth Terry Cobner Gerald Davies Mervyn Davies Gareth Edwards (c.) Alex Finlayson Ian Hall Keith Hughes Phil Llewellyn Allan Martin Dai Morris Derek Quinnell Clive Rees Ian Robinson Glyn Shaw Delme Thomas Geoff Wheel J. J. Williams J. P. R. Williams Walter Williams Bobby Windsor

External links 1974 Five Nations Championship at ESPN