2012 Six Nations Championship squads ruled out for 2 months, his place in the squad was taken by clubmate Ed Kalman. On 24 January, Ross Ford was named captain for the Six Nations. Head Coach: Andy Robinson Warren Gatland named a 35-man squad for the 2012 Six Nations on 18 January. Head Coach: Warren Gatland 2012 Six Nations Championship squads This is a list of the complete squads for the 2012 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Each country is entitled to name a squad of 39 players to
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,