Rugby World Cup Pool D squads and fixtures

Squads and fixtures for the five teams of Pool D for the Rugby World Cup being hosted by England and which runs from September 18 to October 31 (position,
age):

Canada

Coach: Kieran Crowley (NZL)

Backs:

Conor Trainor – centre, 25

Liam Underwood – fly-half, 24

DTH van der Merwe – wing, 29

Jeff Hassler – wing, 24

Ciaran Hearn – centre, 29

Nathan Hirayama – fly-half, 27

Harry Jones – fly-half, 26

Phil Mack – scrum-half, 29

Jamie Mackenzie – scrum-half, 26

Phil Mackenzie – wing, 28

Matt Evans – fullback, 27

Nick Blevins – centre, 26

Connor Braid – fly-half, 25

Gordon McRorie – scrum-half, 27

Forwards:

Tyler Ardron (Capt) – Back row, 24

Ray Barkwill – hooker, 35

Brett Beukeboom – lock, 25

Hubert Buydens – prop, 33

Aaron Carpenter – hooker, 32

Jamie Cudmore – lock, 37

Nanyak Dala – back row, 31

Kyle Gilmour – back row, 27

Jason Marshall – prop, 30

John Moonlight – back row, 28

Evan Olmstead – lock, 24

Benoit Piffero – hooker, 28

Djustice Sears-Duru – prop, 21

Jebb Sinclair – back row, 29

Richard Thorpe – back row, 30

Andrew Tiedemann – prop, 27

Doug Wooldridge – prop, 29

France

Coach: Philippe Saint-Andre (FRA)

Backs:

Rory Kockott – scrum-half, 29

Morgan Parra – scrum-half, 26

Sebastien Tillous-Borde – scrum-half, 30

Frederic Michalak – fly-half, 33

Remi Tales – fly-half, 31

Mathieu Bastareaud – centre, 26

Alexandre Dumoulin – centre, 26

Gael Fickou – centre, 21

Wesley Fofana – centre, 27

Brice Dulin – fullback, 25

Sofiane Guitoune – wing, 26

Yoann Huget – wing,

Noa Nakaitaci – wing,

Scott Spedding – fullback

Forwards:

Uini Atonio – prop, 25

Eddy Ben Arous – prop, 25

Vincent Debaty – prop, 33

Nicolas Mas – prop, 35

Rabah Slimani – prop,

Guilhem Guirado – prop,

Benjamin Kayser – hooker,

Dimitri Szarzewski – hooker,

Alexandre Flanquart – lock, 25

Yoann Maestri – lock, 27

Pascal Pape – lock, 34

Thierry Dusautoir (capt)- back row, 33

Bernard Le Roux – back row, 26

Yannick Nyanga – back row, 31

Fulgence Ouedraogo – back row, 29

Damien Chouly – back row, 29

Louis Picamoles – back row, 29

Ireland

Coach: Joe Schmidt (NZL)

Backs:

Rob Kearney – fullback, 29

Tommy Bowe – wing, 31

Luke Fitzgerald – wing, 27

David Kearney – wing, 26

Simon Zebo – wing, 25

Darren Cave – centre, 28

Keith Earls – centre, 27

Robbie Henshaw – centre

Jared Payne – centre, 29

Paddy Jackson – fly-half, 23

Ian Madigan – fly-half, 26

Jonathan Sexton – fly-half

Conor Murray – scrum-half, 26

Eoin Reddan – scrum-half

Forwards

Jamie Heaslip – back row, 31

Chris Henry – back row, 30

Jordi Murphy – back row, 24

Sean O’Brien – back row, 28

Peter O’Mahony – back row, 25

Iain Henderson – lock, 23

Paul O’Connell (capt) – lock, 35

Donnacha Ryan – lock, 31

Devin Toner – lock, 29

Rory Best – hooker, 33

Sean Cronin – hooker, 29

Richardt Strauss – hooker, 29

Tadhg Furlong – prop, 22

Cian Healy – prop, 27

Jack McGrath – prop, 25

Mike Ross – prop, 35

Nathan White – prop, 34

Italy

Coach: Jacques Brunel (FRA)

Backs

Carlo Canna – fly-half, 23

Edoardo Gori – scrum-half, 25

Guglielmo Palazzani – scrum-half, 24

Marcello Violi – scrum-half, 21

Tommaso Allan – fly-half, 22

Tommaso Benvenuti – centre, 24

Michele Campagnaro – centre, 22

Simone Favaro – wing, 26

Gonzalo Garcia – centre, 31

Andrea Masi – fullback, 34

Luke McLean – fullback, 28

Enrico Bacchin – centre, 22

Leonardo Sarto – wing, 23

Giovanbattista Venditti – wing, 25

Forwards

Matias Aguero – prop, 34

Martin Castrogiovanni – prop, 33

Dario Chistolini – prop, 26

Lorenzo Cittadini – prop, 32

Michele Rizzo – prop, 32

Leonardo Ghiraldini – hooker, 30

Davide Giazzon – hooker, 29

Andrea Manici – hooker, 25

Valerio Bernabo – lock, 31

Joshua Furno – lock, 25

Marco Fuser – lock, 24

Quintin Geldenhuys – lock, 34

Mauro Bergamasco – back row, 36

Francesco Minto – back row, 28

Sergio Parisse (capt) – back row, 31

Samuela Vunisa – back row, 27

Alessandro Zanni – back row, 31

Romania

Lynn Howells (WAL)

Backs:

Florin Surugiu – scrum-half, 30

Valentin Calafeteanu – scrum-half, 30

Tudorel Bratu – scrum-half, 24

Danut Dumbrava – fly-half, 34

Michael Wiringi – fly-half, 30

Paula Kinikinilau – centre, 29

Florin Vlaicu – centre, 29

Csaba Gal – centre, 30

Adrian Apostol – wing, 25

Ionut Botezatu – wing, 27

Florin Ionita – wing, 25

Madalin Lemnaru – wing, 26

Catalin Fercu – fullback, 29

Sabin Stratila – fullback, 20

Forwards:

Paulica Ion – prop, 32

Mihaita Lazar – prop, 28

Andrei Ursache – prop, 31

Alexandru Tarus – prop, 26

Horatiu Pungea – prop, 29

Andrei Radoi – hooker, 28

Otar Turashvili – hooker, 29

Eugen Capatana – hooker, 29

Valentin Popirlan – lock, 28

Johannes Van Heerden – lock, 28

Marius Antonescu – lock, 23

Valentin Ursache – back row, 29

Mihai Macovei (capt) – back row, 28

Viorel Lucaci – back row, 29

Stelian Burcea – back row, 31

Ovidiu Tonita – back row, 35

Daniel Carpo – back row, 30

Pool D Fixtures

Sept 19: Ireland v Canada (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)

Sept: France v Italy (Twickenham)

Sept 23: France v Romania (Olympic Stadium, London)

Sept 26: Italy v Canada (Elland Road, Leeds)

Sept 27: Ireland v Romania (Wembley)

Oct 1: France v Canada (Stadium MK, Milton Keynes)

Oct 4: Ireland v Italy (Olympic Stadium)

Oct 6: Canada v Romania (Leicester City Stadium, Leicester)

Oct 11: Italy v Romania (Sandy Park, Exeter)

Oct 11: France v Ireland, (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)