Nations Championship: Full Squads for Every Team 2026

Nations Championship: Full Squads for Every Team Ahead of the Northern Hemisphere Series

The Nations Championship 2026 Northern Hemisphere Series commences this month across Europe and from the 6th to the 21st of November, 12 of rugby union’s finest international sides will face off for pride and points in the discipline’s newest tournament.

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A whole host of the sport’s biggest stars and best players will represent their countries at some iconic venues over the next few weeks, with the first ever Nations Championship winner’s title the ultimate prize. Below, we take a look at the names that will be involved in our rundown of Nations Championship squads.

England Squad

Steve Borthwick’s 36-man panel has been shaped by some injury absences at half-back. Maro Itoje will captain the Red Rose. England have a solid platform to build on having won two of their three Nations Championship fixture in July’s Southern Hemisphere Series.

Key absentees: Alex Mitchell, Archie McParland (injury).

Notable inclusions: Returning experience in Theo Dan, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Seb Atkinson. Fin Smith is included despite missing the recent camp.

Forwards: Fin Baxter, Ollie Chessum, Arthur Clark, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ben Curry, Tom Curry, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Greg Fisilau, Jamie George, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje (c), Emmanuel Iyogun, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Pearson, Henry Pollock, Will Stuart.

Backs: Seb Atkinson, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Will Joseph, Joe Marchant, Cadan Murley, Harry Randall, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet.

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Ireland Squad

Andy Farrell has named a 36-man squad for Ireland’s home games against Argentina, Fiji and South Africa at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Dan Sheehan captains the side in the absence of regular skippers.

Key absentees: Jack Boyle, Harry Byrne, Jack Conan, Jack Crowley, Caelan Doris, Iain Henderson, Paddy McCarthy, Calvin Nash and Bryn Ward (injury).

Notable inclusions: Two uncapped players feature in Ulster’s Jamie Benson and James McNabney. Tadhg Furlong makes a welcome return. Billy Bohan, Sam Illo, Sean Jansen, Darragh Murray and Nathan Doak have earned recalls.

Forwards: Ryan Baird, Tadhg Beirne, Billy Bohan, Thomas Clarkson, Tadhg Furlong, Sam Illo, Sean Jansen, Rónan Kelleher, Joe McCarthy, James McNabney*, Darragh Murray, Tom O’Toole, Andrew Porter, Cian Prendergast, James Ryan, Dan Sheehan (c), Tom Stewart, Nick Timoney, Josh van der Flier.

Backs: Bundee Aki, Rob Baloucoune, Jamie Benson*, Craig Casey, Nathan Doak, Ciaran Frawley, Jamison Gibson-Park, Mack Hansen, Robbie Henshaw, Hugo Keenan, Stuart McCloskey, Jimmy O’Brien, Tommy O’Brien, Jamie Osborne, Sam Prendergast, Garry Ringrose, Jacob Stockdale.

*Uncapped.

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Scotland Squad

Gregor Townsend has named a 37-man squad for home Nations Championship fixtures against New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Sione Tuipulotu captains the side.

Key absentees: Flanker Jamie Ritchie (Glasgow Warriors) and prop Elliot Millar Mills (Newcastle Red Bulls) have dropped out of Scotland's Nations Championship squad after picking up injuries for their clubs over the weekend.

Notable inclusions: Ollie Leatherbarrow (Newcastle Red Bulls) is uncapped, as is Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, who has been drafted in last minute to replace injured teammates, alongside fellow Edinburgh prop D'arcy Rae and back-row clubmate Freddy Douglas.

Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings, Alex Craig, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey, Freddy Douglas, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Jonny Gray, Gregor Hiddleston, Will Hurd, Ollie Leatherbarrow*, Nathan McBeth, Liam McConnell, D'arcy Rae, Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Pierre Schoeman, Rory Sutherland, Seb Stephen, Max Williamson.

Backs: Fergus Burke, Jamie Dobie, Darcy Graham, George Horne, Rory Hutchinson, Huw Jones, Tom Jordan, Blair Kinghorn, Stafford McDowall, Kyle Rowe, Finn Russell, Ollie Smith, Kyle Steyn, Sione Tuipulotu (c), Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White.

*Uncapped.

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Wales Squad

Steve Tandy has named a bumper 39-player squad for home Nations Championship fixtures against Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Dewi Lake takes the captain’s armband.

Key absentees: Taulupe Faletau and Tommy Reffell (omissions); Rio Dyer (injury, replaced by Macs Page).

Notable inclusions: Three uncapped players are involved in Cardiff’s Rhys Barratt, and Dragons’ Che Hope and Aneurin Owen. Taine Basham, Seb Davies and (originally) Rio Dyer all returned to the fold.

Forwards: Adam Beard, Rhys Barratt*, Taine Basham, Liam Belcher, James Botham, Rhys Carre, Ben Carter, Seb Davies, Ryan Elias, Tomas Francis, Archie Griffin, Kane James, Dafydd Jenkins, Dewi Lake (c), Dillon Lewis, Alex Mann, Jac Morgan, Taine Plumtree, Nicky Smith, Gareth Thomas, Aaron Wainwright, Teddy Williams.

Backs: Josh Adams, Sam Costelow, Dan Edwards, Gabriel Hamer-Webb, Joe Hawkins, Louie Hennessey, Che Hope*, Eddie James, Max Llewellyn, Ellis Mee, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Blair Murray, Aneurin Owen*, Macs Page, Louis Rees-Zammit, Tom Rogers, Tomos Williams.

*Uncapped.

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France Squad

Fabien Galthié has named a 42-player preparation squad for home Nations Championship fixtures against Fiji, South Africa and Argentina, with Antoine Dupont the established captain of the group. Les Bleus are dealing with a huge number of injuries, however.

Several uncapped players feature, including Esteban Capilla, Axel Desperes, Mathis Ferté, Théo Forner and Tani Vili (Jeremy Ward is included only as an ineligible training partner).

Key absentees: Matthieu Jalibert, Thomas Ramos, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Julien Marchand and Demba Bamba (injuries/absences) were absent initially. Marko Gazzotti, Karl Sorin, Antoine Hastoy and Fabien Brau-Boirie have all been injured since.

Notable inclusions: Several uncapped players feature, including Esteban Capilla, Axel Desperes, Mathis Ferté, Théo Forner and Tani Vili. Grégory Alldritt is back having missed the 2026 Six Nations. Anthony Jelonch, Thomas Laclayat, Louis Le Brun and Nicolas Depoortere were called up to replace injured teammates.

Forwards: Grégory Alldritt, Hugo Auradou, Paul Boudehent, Joshua Brennan, Esteban Capilla*, Guillaume Cramont, François Cros, Tyler Duguid, Sipili Falatea, Alexandre Fischer, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Mickaël Guillard, Oscar Jégou, Anthony Jelonch, Thomas Laclayat, Maxime Lamothe, Peato Mauvaka, Charles Ollivon, Jefferson Poirot, Tom Staniforth, Tevita Tatafu, Reda Wardi, Cameron Woki.

Backs: Théo Attissogbe, Léo Barré, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Nicolas Depoortere, Axel Desperes*, Antoine Dupont (c), Mathis Ferté*, Théo Forner*, Émilien Gailleton, Kalvin Gourgues, Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang, Nolann Le Garrec, Louis Le Brun, Maxime Lucu, Yoram Moefana, Romain Ntamack, Damian Penaud, Tani Vili*, Jeremy Ward†.

*Uncapped.
†Training partner only (not eligible for November selection).

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Italy Squad

Gonzalo Quesada has named a 34-player squad for Nations Championship fixtures against South Africa, Argentina and Fiji. The Gli Azzurri lost all three games in the Southern Hemisphere Series so have plenty of ground to make up.

Key absentees: Tommaso Menoncello, Martin Page-Relo, Sebastian Negri and Lorenzo Pani, Juan Ignacio Brex, Marco Riccioni, Andrea Zambonin Malik Faissal, Edoardo Todaro and captain Michele Lamaro are among a large continent of injured Italian players

Notable inclusions: Mattia Medina received his first call up, while Samuele Locatelli, Damiano Mazza and Giovanni Montemauri earn opportunities to combat the lengthy injury list.

Forwards: Lorenzo Cannone, Niccolò Cannone, Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Simone Ferrari, Danilo Fischetti, Muhamed Hasa, Michele Lamaro, Samuele Locatelli*, Gianmarco Lucchesi, Mattia Midena*, Giacomo Nicotera, Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi, Alessandro Ortombina, Marco Riccioni, Federico Ruzza, Mirco Spagnolo, Ross Vintcent, Manuel Zuliani.

Backs: Tommaso Allan, Mirko Belloni, Juan Ignacio Brex, Ange Capuozzo, Alessandro Fusco, Alessandro Garbisi, Paolo Garbisi, Matt Gallagher, Monty Ioane, Louis Lynagh, Leonardo Marin, Damiano Mazza*, Federico Mori, Giovanni Montemauri*, Paolo Odogwu, Stephen Varney.

*Uncapped / first senior call-up or notable newcomer.

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South Africa (Springboks) Squad

Rassie Erasmus has named a 37-man squad for the Nations Championship fixtures against Italy, France and Ireland. The current world champions and favourites to win the Nations Championship will be captained by Siya Kolisi.

Key absentees: Cheslin Kolbe, Eben Etzebeth, Andre Esterhuizen and Handre Pollard all miss out through injury.

Notable inclusions: Six uncapped players feature: Yaqeen Ahmed, Sebastian de Klerk, Luan Giliomee, Markus Muller, Riley Norton and Emmanuel Tshituka. Salmaan Moerat returns from injury.

Forwards: Lood de Jager, Paul de Villiers, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Thomas du Toit, Cameron Hanekom, Siya Kolisi (c), Wilco Louw, Malcolm Marx, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Salmaan Moerat, Franco Mostert, Ox Nche, Ruan Nortje, Riley Norton*, Zachary Porthen, Gerhard Steenekamp, Emmanuel Tshituka*, Marco van Staden, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Jasper Wiese.

Backs: Yaqeen Ahmed*, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian de Allende, Sebastian de Klerk*, Aphelele Fassi, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Luan Giliomee*, Ethan Hooker, Jesse Kriel, Manie Libbok, Canan Moodie, Markus Muller*, Cobus Reinach, Edwill van der Merwe, Morne van den Berg, Damian Willemse, Grant Williams.

*Uncapped.

New Zealand (All Blacks) Squad

Dave Rennie brings a 36-man squad on the All-Blacks’ Nations Championship Northern Tour to play Scotland, Wales and England. Experienced hooker Codie Taylor captains the side.

Two uncapped players feature: Highlanders prop Saula Ma’u and Chiefs first five-eighth Josh Jacomb.

Key absentees: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Shannon Frizell, Tyrel Lomax, Leroy Carter, Ruben Love, Ardie Savea, Luke Jacobson, Caleb Clarke, Ollie Norris (injury) and Simon Parker (personal reasons).

Notable inclusions: Two uncapped players travelled in Highlanders prop Saula Ma’u and Chiefs first five-eighth Josh Jacomb. Jordie Barrett, Richie Mo’unga, Anton Lienert-Brown, Quinn Tupaea, Ethan Blackadder, Anton Segner, Asafo Aumua and Fehi Fineanganofo are back from injury.

Forwards: Asafo Aumua, Scott Barrett, George Bell, Ethan Blackadder, George Bower, Ethan de Groot, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Jamie Hannah, Fabian Holland, Peter Lakai, Christian Lio-Willie, Josh Lord, Saula Ma’u*, Fletcher Newell, Xavier Numia, Anton Segner, Wallace Sititi, Codie Taylor (c), Pasilio Tosi, Tupou Vaa’i.

Backs: Beauden Barrett, Jordie Barrett, Chay Fihaki, Fehi Fineanganofo, Rieko Ioane, Josh Jacomb*, Will Jordan, Anton Lienert-Brown, Damian McKenzie, Josh Moorby, Richie Mo’unga, Kyle Preston, Cortez Ratima, Cam Roigard, Timoci Tavatavanawai, Quinn Tupaea.

Australia (Wallabies) Squad

Head Coach Les Kiss has named a 35-man squad for Nations Championship fixtures against England, Scotland and Wales, with Harry Wilson captaining. The Wallabies lost two out of three matches in the summer and need a miraculous turnaround in the autumn to make the Nations Championship Final.

Uncapped players feature: Queensland Reds prop Tom Lambert, and NSW Waratahs outside back Teddy Wilson and James Ramm.

Key absentees: Hunter Paisami is out for personal reasons), while Charlie Cale, Pete Samu, Will Skelton, Langi Gleeson, Jake Gordon and Josh Flook are sidelined through injury.

Notable inclusions: Look out for uncapped trio Queensland Reds prop Tom Lambert, and NSW Waratahs outside back Teddy Wilson and James Ramm. Veteran Kurtley Beale returns for the first time since 2021.

Forwards: Allan Alaalatoa, Miles Amatosero, Angus Bell, Josh Canham, Massimo De Lutiis, Tom Hooper, Isaac Kailea, Tom Lambert*, Fraser McReight, Josh Nasser, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Billy Pollard, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Lachlan Shaw, Carlo Tizzano, Taniela Tupou, Rob Valetini, Jeremy Williams, Harry Wilson (c).

Backs: Kurtley Beale, Filipo Daugunu, Ben Donaldson, Carter Gordon, Isaac Henry, Len Ikitau, Max Jorgensen, Ryan Lonergan, Tate McDermott, Declan Meredith, Harry Potter, James Ramm*, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, Kalani Thomas, Teddy Wilson*, Tom Wright.

*Uncapped.

Argentina Squad

Felipe Contepomi has named a 33-man squad for the Nations Championship fixtures against Ireland, Italy and France. Julián Montoya captains Los Pumas, who begin their northern tour in Dublin on November 6.

Key absentees: Santiago Carreras, Thomas Gallo and Santiago Grondona have all been ruled out through injury.

Notable inclusions: Facundo Isa is back. For the Ireland match, only Pablo Matera and Boris Wenger were retained from the previous starting XV in September, with a fully changed backline likely at the Aviva Stadium.

Forwards: Efraín Elías, Juan Martín González, Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Tomás Lavanini, Rodrigo Martínez, Pablo Matera, Julián Montoya (c), Francisco Moreno, Joaquín Moro, Leonel Oviedo, Guido Petti, Tomás Rapetti, Pedro Rubiolo, Juan Martín Scelzo, Joel Sclavi, Mayco Vivas, Boris Wenger.

Backs: Tomás Albornoz, Simón Benítez Cruz, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Chocobares, Lucio Cinti, Bautista Delguy, Gonzalo García, Rodrigo Isgró, Juan Cruz Mallía, Ignacio Mendy, Agustín Moyano, Justo Piccardo, Gerónimo Prisciantelli, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, Mateo Soler.

Japan Squad

Eddie Jones has named his Brave Blossoms squad for the Nations Championship fixtures against Wales, England and Scotland.

Key absentees: Long-time skipper Michael Leitch has been left out in a surprise move. Ryunosuke Ito and Faulua Makisi are also missing.

Notable inclusions: This is still a very fresh-looking Japan squad. In the summer, 13 uncapped players were named while another 13 held ten or fewer caps. Their autumn roster is just as inexperienced.

Forwards: Sojiro Otsuka, Yota Kamimori, Sena Kimura, Kenji Sato, Mamoru Harada, Kanato Hirano, Ryosuke Iwaihara, Shuhei Takeuchi, Keijiro Tamefusa, Opeti Helu, Jack Cornelsen, Michael Stolberg, Warner Dearns, Ruan Botha, Harry Hockings, Ben Gunter, Tiennan Costley, Kanji Shimokawa, Esei Haangana, Miu Austin Moriyama.

Backs: Naoto Saito, Kenta Fukuda, Shinobu Fujiwara, Shinya Komura, Riku Kitahara, Yuki Ikeda, Samisoni Tua, Dylan Riley, Chisu Lee, Charlie Lawrence, Kippei Ishida, Kazuma Ueda, Riku Tokito, Koga Nezuka, Inoke Burua, Takuro Matsunaga.

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