2008 Six Nations Championship Squads
Squad announced on 9 January 2008, accessed from BBC. Caps updated 10 January 2008 from RFU. On 19 January 2008, Peter Richards was injured playing in a match for London Irish and ruled out of the Six Nations. Due to more injuries in the squad London Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson, Bath flanker Michael Lipman and Gloucester number eight Luke Narraway were all called up to the squad. On 2 February 2008, in England's opening match, Mike Tindall and Tom Rees were injured and ruled out of the rest of the tournament, while David Strettle is out for four to eight weeks. Because of this Newcastle scrum-half Lee Dickson, London Irish fly-half Shane Geraghty and Sale flanker Magnus Lund were added to the squad. Andrew Sheridan and Phil Vickery were forced to withraw from England's game against Italy, Bristol's Jason Hobson was called up to the bench as a reserve.
Head Coach: Brian Ashton
| Player |
Position |
Date of Birth (Age) |
Caps |
Club/province |
| George Chuter |
Hooker |
9 July 1976 |
19 |
Leicester |
| Lee Mears |
Hooker |
5 March 1979 |
18 |
Bath |
| Mark Regan |
Hooker |
28 January 1972 |
43 |
Bristol |
| Jason Hobson |
Prop |
10 February 1983 |
0 |
Bristol |
| Tim Payne |
Prop |
29 April 1979 |
5 |
Wasps |
| Andrew Sheridan |
Prop |
1 November 1979 |
20 |
Sale |
| Matt Stevens |
Prop |
1 October 1982 |
20 |
Bath |
| Phil Vickery (c) |
Prop |
14 March 1976 |
60 |
Wasps |
| Steve Borthwick |
Lock |
12 October 1979 |
32 |
Bath |
| Louis Deacon |
Lock |
7 October 1980 |
6 |
Leicester |
| Ben Kay |
Lock |
14 December 1975 |
53 |
Leicester |
| Simon Shaw |
Lock |
1 September 1973 |
43 |
Wasps |
| Tom Croft |
Flanker |
7 November 1985 |
0 |
Leicester |
| James Haskell |
Flanker |
2 April 1985 |
2 |
Wasps |
| Michael Lipman |
Flanker |
16 January 1980 |
0 |
Bath |
| Magnus Lund |
Flanker |
25 June 1983 |
10 |
Sale |
| Lewis Moody |
Flanker |
12 June 1978 |
52 |
Leicester |
| Tom Rees |
Flanker |
11 September 1984 |
8 |
Wasps |
| Joe Worsley |
Flanker |
14 June 1977 |
65 |
Wasps |
| Nick Easter |
Number 8 |
15 August 1978 |
12 |
Harlequins |
| Luke Narraway |
Number 8 |
7 September 1983 |
0 |
Gloucester |
| Danny Care |
Scrum-half |
2 January 1987 |
0 |
Harlequins |
| Lee Dickson |
Scrum-half |
29 March 1985 |
0 |
Newcastle |
| Andy Gomarsall |
Scrum-half |
24 July 1974 |
33 |
Harlequins |
| Paul Hodgson |
Scrum-half |
25 April 1982 |
0 |
London Irish |
| Peter Richards |
Scrum-half |
10 March 1978 |
12 |
London Irish |
| Richard Wigglesworth |
Scrum-half |
9 June 1983 |
0 |
Sale |
| Danny Cipriani |
Fly-half |
2 November 1987 |
0 |
Wasps |
| Shane Geraghty |
Fly-half |
12 August 1986 |
2 |
London Irish |
| Charlie Hodgson |
Fly-half |
12 November 1980 |
29 |
Sale |
| Jonny Wilkinson |
Fly-half |
25 May 1979 |
65 |
Newcastle |
| Toby Flood |
Centre |
8 August 1985 |
12 |
Newcastle |
| Jamie Noon |
Centre |
9 May 1979 |
27 |
Newcastle |
| Mathew Tait |
Centre |
6 February 1986 |
19 |
Newcastle |
| Mike Tindall |
Centre |
18 October 1978 |
54 |
Gloucester |
| Paul Sackey |
Wing |
8 November 1979 |
10 |
Wasps |
| James Simpson-Daniel |
Wing |
30 May 1982 |
10 |
Gloucester |
| David Strettle |
Wing |
23 July 1983 |
3 |
Harlequins |
| Lesley Vainikolo |
Wing |
4 May 1979 |
5 |
Gloucester |
| Iain Balshaw |
Fullback |
14 April 1979 |
30 |
Gloucester |
| Mark Cueto |
Fullback |
26 December 1979 |
24 |
Sale |
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