2016 Six Nations Championship squads

On 24 January, Semesa Rokoduguni was called up as cover for Chris Ashton, who had been given a 10-week ban.[2]

On 1 February, Kieran Brookes replaced Henry Thomas, who had been covering Brookes in the initial squad, after recovering from a pre-squad announcement injury.[3]

On 22 February, Luther Burrell was added to the squad as an injury replacement for Ollie Devoto.[4]

On 29 February, Dave Ewers and Manu Tuilagi were called up to the squad ahead of the final two rounds of the Championship.[5]

On 6 March, Ed Slater was called up to the squad as injury cover for Courtney Lawes.[6]

On 24 January, Marvin O'Connor was called up to the squad as injury cover for Benjamin Fall.[8]

On 25 January, Baptiste Serin and Bernard Le Roux were added to the squad as injury cover for Morgan Parra and Sébastien Vahaamahina.[9]

On 28 January, Vincent Pelo and Maxime Mermoz were added to the squad, with Mermoz acting as injury cover for Alexandre Dumoulin.[10][11]

On 31 January, Wesley Fofana was ruled out of France's opening test against Italy due to injury, with Teddy Thomas being called up as cover.[12]

On 7 February, Loann Goujon replaced Louis Picamoles haven suffered an injury in France's opening match against Italy.[13]

On 21 February, Djibril Camara, David Smith and François Trinh-Duc were called up to the squad as injury cover for Teddy Thomas and Marvin O'Connor. However, later that day Smith was made ineligible to play for France haven played for the New Zealand sevens team.[14][15]

On 3 March, Xavier Chiocci was called up to the squad ahead of the Scotland game in round 4.[16]

On 25 January, Finlay Bealham joined the squad as an injury replacement for Martin Moore who suffered a ham-string injury.[18]

On 9 February, Fergus McFadden was called up as injury cover for Keith Earls who sustained an injury in the opening round of the championship.[19]

On 22 February, Dave Foley, Craig Gilroy and Jordi Murphy were called up as injury replacements for Dave Kearney, Mike McCarthy and Seán O'Brien. While Cian Healy and Mike Ross were called up to the squad haven recovered from injury.[20]

On 7 March, Jack O'Donoghue was called up for the final two rounds.[21]

On 23 January, Davide Giazzon was a late addition to the original 30-man squad.[23]

On 8 February, Robert Barbieri and Andrea Buondonno were called up to the squad as injury cover for David Odiete and Jacopo Sarto.[24]

On 21 February, Joshua Furno and Luca Morisi were called up to the squad, with Furno joining the squad as injury cover for George Biagi.[25]

On 3 March, Quintin Geldenhuys was drafted into the squad haven recovered from injury pre-championship.[26]

On 6 March, Oliviero Fabiani and Alberto Lucchese added to the squad to face Ireland in Round 4.[27]

On 10 March, Pietro Ceccarelli was named as a travelling replacement, who was later drafted into the match-day squad for Lorenzo Cittadini.

On 17 March, Tommaso Allan returned to the squad haven recovered from injury pre-championship.[28]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Oliviero Fabiani	Hooker	(1990-07-13)13 July 1990 (aged 25)	0	Zebre
Davide Giazzon	Hooker	(1986-01-16)16 January 1986 (aged 30)	24	Benetton Treviso
Pietro Ceccarelli	Prop	(1992-02-16)16 February 1992 (aged 23)	0	Zebre
Joshua Furno	Lock	(1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 26)	35	Newcastle Falcons
Quintin Geldenhuys	Lock	(1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 34)	61	Zebre
Robert Barbieri	Flanker	(1984-06-05)5 June 1984 (aged 31)	39	Benetton Treviso
Alberto Lucchese	Scrum-half	(1986-03-28)28 March 1986 (aged 29)	0	Zebre
Tommaso Allan	Fly-half	(1993-04-26)26 April 1993 (aged 22)	21	Perpignan
Luca Morisi	Centre	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 24)	16	Benetton Treviso
Andrea Buondonno	Wing		0	Mogliano

On 25 January, Alex Allan and Hamish Watson were late additions to the squad ahead of the championship.[30]

On 22 February, Rob Harley, Grayson Hart, George Turner and Ryan Wilson were called up to the squad as injury cover for Alex Allan, Blair Cowan, Chris Fusaro, Pat MacArthur and Sean Maitland.[31]

On 7 March, Fraser Brown and Henry Pyrgos joined the squad ahead of the French fixture in round 4.[32]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Fraser Brown	Hooker	(1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 26)	15	Glasgow Warriors
George Turner	Hooker	(1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (aged 25)	0	Edinburgh
Alex Allan	Prop	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 23)	1	Glasgow Warriors
Rob Harley	Flanker	(1990-05-26) 26 May 1990	17	Glasgow Warriors
Hamish Watson	Flanker	(1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 24)	2	Edinburgh
Ryan Wilson	Number 8	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989	15	Glasgow Warriors
Grayson Hart	Scrum-half	(1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 27)	3	Glasgow Warriors
Henry Pyrgos	Scrum-half	(1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 26)	17	Glasgow Warriors

On 7 March, Rhys Webb returned to the national squad haven recovered from injury sustained pre-championship.[34]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rhys Webb ‡	Scrum-half	(1988-12-09)9 December 1988 (aged 27)	16	Ospreys

‡ – Denotes dual contracted players.