2009 Six Nations Championship Squads - England

England

England announced their 32-man squad for the 2009 Six Nations on 14 January 2009, including both Tom Palmer, who will miss the entire tournament with a shoulder injury, and Tom Rees, who is ruled out of the first three games with knee trouble. Prop Matt Stevens was replaced in the squad by Julian White after Stevens was found to have taken a banned substance. Flanker Lewis Moody broke his ankle while training with his club, Leicester Tigers, and was replaced in the England squad by Steffon Armitage, brother of full back Delon Armitage. Andy Goode, Joe Worsley and Paul Hodgson were all called up to train with the squad and went on to take part in the tournament. While Louis Deacon and Olly Barkley replaced the injured Tom Palmer and Shane Geraghty in the squad.

Head Coach: Martin Johnson

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
George Chuter Hooker 9 July 1976 21 Leicester Tigers
Dylan Hartley Hooker 24 March 1986 4 Northampton Saints
Lee Mears Hooker 5 March 1979 29 Bath
Tim Payne Prop 29 April 1979 10 London Wasps
Andrew Sheridan Prop 1 November 1979 27 Sale Sharks
Phil Vickery Prop 14 March 1976 68 London Wasps
Julian White Prop 14 May 1973 44 Leicester Tigers
Steve Borthwick (c) Lock 12 October 1979 43 Saracens
Louis Deacon Lock 7 October 1980 8 Leicester Tigers
Nick Kennedy Lock 19 August 1981 1 London Irish
Simon Shaw Lock 1 September 1973 50 London Wasps
Steffon Armitage Flanker 20 September 1985 0 London Irish
Tom Croft Flanker 7 November 1985 8 Leicester Tigers
James Haskell Flanker 2 April 1985 12 London Wasps
Tom Rees Flanker 11 September 1984 15 London Wasps
Joe Worsley Flanker 14 June 1977 69 London Wasps
Nick Easter Number 8 15 August 1978 20 Harlequins
Luke Narraway Number 8 7 September 1983 5 Gloucester
Danny Care Scrum-half 2 January 1987 6 Harlequins
Harry Ellis Scrum-half 17 May 1982 22 Leicester Tigers
Ben Foden Scrum-half 22 July 1985 0 Northampton Saints
Paul Hodgson Scrum-half 25 April 1982 1 London Irish
Danny Cipriani Fly-half 2 November 1987 7 London Wasps
Toby Flood Fly-half 8 August 1985 22 Leicester Tigers
Andy Goode Fly-half 3 April 1980 9 Brive
Olly Barkley Centre 28 November 1981 23 Gloucester
Riki Flutey Centre 10 February 1980 4 London Wasps
Shane Geraghty Centre 12 August 1986 2 London Irish
Jamie Noon Centre 9 May 1979 37 Newcastle Falcons
Mathew Tait Centre 6 February 1986 24 Sale Sharks
Mike Tindall Centre 18 October 1978 56 Gloucester
Mark Cueto Wing 26 December 1979 24 Sale Sharks
Ugo Monye Wing 13 April 1983 4 Harlequins
Paul Sackey Wing 8 November 1979 19 London Wasps
Delon Armitage Fullback 15 December 1983 4 London Irish
Olly Morgan Fullback 3 November 1985 2 Gloucester

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