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
Rugby union in Italy first win against a home nation, against Ireland in Treviso, in a Rugby World Cup warm up. In 1999, the domestic competition ran its 100th tournament, with Benetton Treviso winning the championship that year. In 2000, Italy joined the Five Nations Championships, turning the competition into the Six Nations Championship. In both the 2007 Six Nations and the 2013 Six Nations , Italy finished fourth, their best placing yet. The Italian national rugby union side have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and are categorized, by the International Rugby Board, as a tier one nation. They have competed