2016 Six Nations Championship squads 2016 Six Nations Championship squads 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. Head coach: Eddie Jones On 24 January, Semesa Rokoduguni was called up as cover for Chris Ashton, who had been given a 10-week
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,