2015 Rugby World Cup squads

The 2015 Rugby World Cup will be an international rugby union tournament held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. This article lists the official squads for the 2015 Rugby World Cup tournament. Each of the twenty nations will be required to confirm its 31-man squad by 31 August 2015; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. However, a player can be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would not be allowed to return to the squad. There is also a stand-down period of 72 hours before the new player is allowed to take the field. Hence, a replacement player called into a squad on the eve of a game will not be permitted to play in that game.

Players marked (c), were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' ages and club side are indicated as of 18 September 2015 – the tournament's opening day. For European and Super Rugby clubs, as the tournament starts at the beginning of the European season, but in the off-season of the Super Rugby, clubs are listed to who they are signed with after the world cup, or in occasion that a player is off-contract at the end of 2015 in Super Rugby, their club is listed to who they play for pre-world cup. Hence why New Zealand and Australian players have European based players in their squad.

Overview
Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation.

Squads
Below are the list of training squads that will be reduced to the required 31-man squad by the deadline date of 31 August 2015.

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On 20 May, England named a 50-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

On 29 May, Dylan Hartley was withdrawn from the squad and was replaced by Jamie George.

On 22 June, David Strettle withdrew himself from the squad following his signing with French club Clermont. He was replaced with Semesa Rokoduguni.

Head Coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Lancaster

On 17 June 2015, Head Coach John McKee announced a 48-man 2015 Rugby World Cup training squad, that will be reduced ahead of the Māori All Blacks test on 11 July at a later date.

Players with, *, denoted player listed in the squad but will not make the initial training camp, but can still be selected for the final squad.

Head Coach: 🇳🇿 John McKee

Uruguay's 41-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: Pablo Lemoine

On 1 June, Wales named a 47-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: 🇳🇿 Warren Gatland

TBA

On 8 June, Samoa named a revised 45-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the test against New Zealand and the 2015 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.

Head Coach: Stephen Betham

On 2 June, Scotland named a 46-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

On 29 June, Dougie Fife and Ben Toolis were added to the squad to replace the injured Duncan Taylor and Tim Swinson.

Head Coach: 🇳🇿 Vern Cotter

On 27 June 2015, South Africa named a 36-man squad for the 2015 Rugby Championship and an injury / conditioning squad, with both squads acting as a training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: Heyneke Meyer

The following players were named in an injury / conditioning squad:

On 16 June, America named a 50-man training roster for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: 🇺🇸 Mike Tolkin

TBA

On 29 June, Georgia named a 41-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: Milton Haig

On 18 June, Namibia named a 50-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Phil Davies

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On 19 May, France named a 36-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head coach: 🇫🇷 Philippe Saint-André

On 24 June, Ireland named a 45-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: 🇳🇿 Joe Schmidt

On 4 June, Italy named a 40-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

On 5 July, the squad was reduced to 37, with Marco Barbini, George Biagi, Simone Favaro, Simone Ragusi being with drawn from the squad, and with Paul Derbyshire being added to the squad.

Head Coach: 🇫🇷 Jacques Brunel

On 25 June, Romania named a 36-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Head Coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lynn Howells