2014 Six Nations Championship squads Evans. 2014 Six Nations Championship squads This is a list of the complete squads for the 2014 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Wales are the defending champions. Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 1 February 2014 – the tournament's opening day. On 9 January, England announced their 35-man Squad for the 2014 Six Nations Championship, including 5 uncapped players. Head Coach: Stuart Lancaster On 2 February, Freddie Burns was added to the squad for the Scotland match in
The Rugby Championship than Italy and Ireland among the Six Nations teams. Australia and New Zealand first played each other in 1903. South Africa toured both nations in 1921 but there was never any formal competition between these teams, unlike the Home Nations (now known as the Six Nations Championship) in the Northern Hemisphere and the three nations only met sporadically. In the 1930s, Australia and New Zealand started contesting the Bledisloe Cup during rugby tours between the two countries. The final acceptance of professionalism in rugby union launched the Tri Nations concept - nearing the completion of the 1995 Rugby World Cup,