1972 Five Nations Championship squads

These are the 1972 Five Nations Championship squads:

England
Head coach: John Elders


 * 1) John Barton
 * 2) Mike Beese
 * 3) Alan Brinn
 * 4) Mike Burton
 * 5) Peter Dixon (c.)
 * 6) David Duckham
 * 7) Geoff Evans
 * 8) Keith Fielding
 * 9) Bob Hiller (c.)*
 * 10) Jeremy Janion
 * 11) Peter Knight
 * 12) Nick Martin
 * 13) Tony Neary
 * 14) Alan Old
 * 15) John Pullin
 * 16) Chris Ralston
 * 17) Andy Ripley
 * 18) Stack Stevens
 * 19) Rodney Webb
 * 20) Jan Webster
 * 21) Lionel Weston


 * captain in the first two games

France
Head coach: Fernand Cazenave


 * 1) Jean-Michel Aguirre
 * 2) Jean-Louis Azarete
 * 3) Richard Astre
 * 4) Max Barrau
 * 5) Jean-Pierre Bastiat
 * 6) René Benesis
 * 7) Jean-Louis Bérot
 * 8) Roland Bertranne
 * 9) Pierre Biemouret
 * 10) Victor Boffelli
 * 11) Yvan Buonomo
 * 12) Jack Cantoni
 * 13) Benoît Dauga (c.)*
 * 14) Claude Dourthe
 * 15) Bernard Duprat
 * 16) Alain Esteve
 * 17) Jean Iracabal
 * 18) Jean-Pierre Lux
 * 19) Jean-Louis Martin
 * 20) Jo Maso
 * 21) Olivier Saïsset
 * 22) Jean Sillières
 * 23) Jean-Claude Skrela
 * 24) Claude Spanghero
 * 25) Walter Spanghero (c.)**
 * 26) Jean Trillo
 * 27) Armand Vaquerin
 * 28) Pierre Villepreux (c.)***


 * captain in the first game
 * captain in the second and third game
 * captain in the fourth game

Ireland
Head coach: Syd Millar


 * 1) Con Feighery
 * 2) Kevin Flynn
 * 3) Mike Gibson
 * 4) Tom Grace
 * 5) Denis Hickie
 * 6) Ken Kennedy
 * 7) Tom Kiernan (c.)
 * 8) Sean Lynch
 * 9) Willie John McBride
 * 10) Barry McGann
 * 11) Stewart McKinney
 * 12) Ray McLoughlin
 * 13) Wallace McMaster
 * 14) John Moloney
 * 15) Fergus Slattery


 * Ireland used 15 players in two games

Scotland
Head coach: Bill Dickinson


 * 1) Rodger Arneil
 * 2) Ian Barnes
 * 3) Alastair Biggar
 * 4) Arthur Brown
 * 5) Gordon Brown
 * 6) Peter Brown (c.)
 * 7) Sandy Carmichael
 * 8) Bobby Clark
 * 9) Lewis Dick
 * 10) John Frame
 * 11) Alan Lawson
 * 12) Nairn MacEwan
 * 13) Ian McCrae
 * 14) Alastair McHarg
 * 15) Ian McLauchlan
 * 16) Duncan Paterson
 * 17) Jim Renwick
 * 18) Billy Steele
 * 19) Colin Telfer


 * Scotland played three games

Wales
Head coach: Clive Rowlands


 * 1) Phil Bennett
 * 2) Roy Bergiers
 * 3) John Bevan
 * 4) Gerald Davies
 * 5) Mervyn Davies
 * 6) Gareth Edwards
 * 7) Geoff Evans
 * 8) Barry John
 * 9) Arthur Lewis
 * 10) Barry Llewelyn
 * 11) John Lloyd (c.)
 * 12) Dai Morris
 * 13) Derek Quinnell
 * 14) John Taylor
 * 15) Delme Thomas
 * 16) J.P.R. Williams
 * 17) Jeff Young


 * Wales played three games