Six Nations: as equipes

O Six Nations está chegando, e promete ser a edição mais imprevisível dos últimos anos.

As equipes européias manteram o núcleo que disputou a Copa do Mundo de Rugby no ano passado, mas alguns figurões como Sébastien Chabal ficaram de fora.

Confira as equipes:

Irlanda

Linha: Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster), Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster), Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster), Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O’ODriscoll (UCD/Leinster), Ronan OGara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Eoin Reddan (Wasps), Jonathan Sexton (St Mary’s College/Leinster), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster).

Forwards: Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster), Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster), Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster), Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster), Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster), Donncha OCallaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Johnny OConnor (Galwegians/Connacht), Mick O’ODriscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster), Malcolm O’Kelly (St Mary’s College/Leinster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster).

Fique de olho: Brian O’ODriscoll, Ronan OGara e Gordon D’Arcy
Capitão: Brian O’ODriscoll
Treinador: Eddie O’Sullivan

França

Linha: Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse), Morgan Parra (Bourgoin), Francois Trin-Dhuc (Montpellier), David Skrela (Stade Français), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), Julien Malzieu (Clermont), Cédric Heymans (Toulouse), Aurélien Rougerie (Clermont)

Forwards: Julien Brugnaut (Dax), Lionel Faure (Sale Sharks), Jean-Baptiste Poux (Toulouse), William Servat (Toulouse), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), Loïc Jacquet (Clermont), Lionel Nallet (Castres)(c), Arnaud Mela (Albi), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Elvis Vermeulen (Clermont).

Fique de olho:Francois Trin-Dhuc, Cédric Heymans e Dimitri Szarzewski
Capitão: Lionel Nallet
Treinador:Marc Lièvremont

Inglaterra

Linha: Iain Balshaw (Gloucester), Danny Cipriani (Wasps), Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks), Toby Flood (Newcastle), Andy Gomarsall (Harlequins), Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks), Jamie Noon (Newcastle), Peter Richards (London Irish), Paul Sackey (Wasps), David Strettle (Harlequins), Mathew Tait (Newcastle), Mike Tindall (Gloucester), Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks), Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle), Lesley Vainikolo (Gloucester).

Forwards: Steve Borthwick (Bath), Tom Croft (Leicester), George Chuter (Leicester), Louis Deacon (Leicester), Nick Easter (Harlequins), James Haskell (Wasps), Ben Kay (Leicester), Lee Mears (Bath), Lewis Moody (Leicester), Tim Payne (Wasps), Tom Rees (Wasps), Mark Regan (Bristol), Simon Shaw (Wasps), Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks), Matt Stevens (Bath), Phil Vickery (Wasps, capt), Joe Worsley (Wasps).

Fique de olho: Ben Kay, Mark Regan e Danny Cipriani
Capitão: Phil Vickery
Treinador: Brian Ashton

País de Gales

Backs: Lee Byrne (Ospreys), Jamie Roberts (Blues), Tom James (Blues), Mark Jones (Scarlets), Shane Williams (Ospreys), Tom Shanklin (Blues), Sonny Parker (Ospreys), Gavin Henson (Ospreys), James Hook (Ospreys), Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Dwayne Peel (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Ospreys), Gareth Cooper (Gloucester).

Forwards: Gethin Jenkins (Blues), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Duncan Jones (Ospreys), Rhys Thomas (Dragons), Huw Bennett (Ospreys), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Ian Evans (Ospreys), Ian Gough (Ospreys), Alun-Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Martyn Williams (Blues), Robin Sowden-Taylor (Blues), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Alix Popham (Scarlets), Ryan Jones (Ospreys)(c).

Fique de olho: Martyn Williams, Shane Williams, Tom Shanklin e Shane Williams
Capitão: Ryan Jones
Treinador: Warren Gatland

Itália

Forwards: Robert Barbieri (Benetton Treviso), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Français), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester Tigers), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster), Santiago Dellapè (Biarritz), Carlo Festuccia (Racing Métro Paris), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Cammi Calvisano), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing Métro Paris), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), Sergio Parisse (Stade Français), Antonio Pavanello (Benetton Treviso), Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse), Tommaso Reato (Femi CZ Rovigo), Josh Sole (Montepaschi Viadana), Alessandro Zanni (Cammi Calvisano).

Linha: Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Français), David Bortolussi (Montpellier), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont-Auvergne), Pablo Canavosio (Castres), Denis Dallan (Overmach Cariparma), Ezio Galon (Overmach Cariparma), Andrea Marcato (Benetton Treviso), Andrea Masi (Biarritz), Ludovico Nitoglia (Cammi Calvisano), Enrico Patrizio (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Ramiro Pez (Casinò di Venezia), Simon Picone (Benetton Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Cammi Calvisano), Kaine Paul Robertson (Montepaschi Viadana), Alberto Sgarbi (Benetton Treviso), Pietro Travagli (Overmach Cariparma).

Fique de olho: Mauro e Mirco Bergamasco
Treinador: Nick Mallet

Escócia

Fique de olho: ?
Capitão: ?
Treinador: Frank Hadden