1972 Five Nations Championship squads
Appearance
These are the 1972 Five Nations Championship squads:
Head coach: John Elders
- John Barton
- Mike Beese
- Alan Brinn
- Mike Burton
- Peter Dixon (c.)
- David Duckham
- Geoff Evans
- Keith Fielding
- Bob Hiller (c.)*
- Jeremy Janion
- Peter Knight
- Nick Martin
- Tony Neary
- Alan Old
- John Pullin
- Chris Ralston
- Andy Ripley
- Stack Stevens
- Rodney Webb
- Jan Webster
- Lionel Weston
- captain in the first two games
Head coach: Fernand Cazenave
- Jean-Michel Aguirre
- Jean-Louis Azarete
- Richard Astre
- Max Barrau
- Jean-Pierre Bastiat
- René Benesis
- Jean-Louis Berot
- Roland Bertranne
- Pierre Biemouret
- Victor Boffelli
- Yvan Buonomo
- Jack Cantoni
- Benoît Dauga (c.)*
- Claude Dourthe
- Bernard Duprat
- Alain Esteve
- Jean Iracabal
- Jean-Pierre Lux
- Jean-Louis Martin
- Jo Maso
- Olivier Saisset
- Jean Sillieres
- Jean-Claude Skrela
- Claude Spanghero
- Walter Spanghero (c.)**
- Jean Trillo
- Armand Vaquerin
- Pierre Villepreux (c.)***
- captain in the first game
- captain in the second and third game
- captain in the fourth game
- captain in the second and third game
Head coach: Syd Millar
- Con Feighery
- Kevin Flynn
- Mike Gibson
- Tom Grace
- Denis Hickie
- Ken Kennedy
- Tom Kiernan (c.)
- Sean Lynch
- Willie John McBride
- Barry McGann
- Stewart McKinney
- Ray McLoughlin
- Arthur McMaster
- John Moloney
- Fergus Slattery
- Ireland used 15 players in two games
Head coach: Bill Dickinson
- Rodger Arneil
- Ian Barnes
- Alastair Biggar
- Arthur Brown
- Gordon Brown
- Peter Brown (c.)
- Sandy Carmichael
- Bobby Clark
- Lewis Dick
- John Frame
- Alan Lawson
- Nairn MacEwan
- Ian McCrae
- Alastair McHarg
- Ian McLauchlan
- Duncan Paterson
- Jim Renwick
- Billy Steele
- Colin Telfer
- Scotland played three games
Head coach: Clive Rowlands
- Phil Bennett
- Roy Bergiers
- John Bevan
- Gerald Davies
- Mervyn Davies
- Gareth Edwards
- Geoff Evans
- Barry John
- Arthur Lewis
- Barry Llewelyn
- John Lloyd (c.)
- Dai Morris
- Derek Quinnell
- John Taylor
- Delme Thomas
- J.P.R. Williams
- Jeff Young
- Wales played three games