This article lists the official squads for the 1991 Rugby World Cup that took place in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France between 3 October and 2 November 1991.
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number of international caps and player age, are current as of the opening day of the tournament on 3 October 1991.
Pool A
England
Head coach:
Geoff Cooke
Italy
Head coach:
Bertrand Fourcade
New Zealand
Head coaches:
John Hart and
Alex Wyllie
Alexander John "Grizz" Wyllie (born 30 August 1944) is a New Zealand rugby union former player and coach.
Playing career
Wyllie began his rugby career playing for Glenmark Rugby Club, in North Canterbury. During his first-class career he playe ...
United States
Head coach:
Jim Perkins
Pool B
Ireland
Head coach:
Ciaran Fitzgerald
Ciaran Fitzgerald (born 4 June 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player. He captained Ireland to the Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985, and the Five Nations Championship in 1983. Fitzgerald also captained the Lions on their 1983 tour. After t ...
Japan
Head coach:
Hiroaki Shukuzawa
was a Japanese rugby union player and coach, who coached the Japan national rugby union team between 1989 and 1991. As a player, he was capped three times by Japan as a scrum-half, and he also advised the Japan Rugby Football Union. He also h ...
Scotland
Head coach:
Ian McGeechan
Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE (born 30 October 1946) is a retired Scottish rugby union player, coach and teacher. Born in Leeds, McGeechan represented Headingley as his only club during a 15-year club career, qualifying for Scotland through h ...
Zimbabwe
Trainer:
Iain Buchanan
Pool C
Argentina
Head coaches:
Luis Gradín Luis ''Lucho'' Mariano Gradín is a former Argentine rugby union player and coach, and a current sports executive. He played as a scrum-half.
Gradín is one of the most mythical names of Argentine rugby history. He first played for San Isidro Club, ...
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Guillermo Lamarca
Australia
Head coach:
Bob Dwyer
Wales
Head coach:
Alan Davies
Alan Roger Davies (; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He is best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series ''Jonathan Creek'' (1997–2016) and as the only per ...
Western Samoa
Head coach:
Peter Schuster
Peter K. Schuster (born 7 March 1941) is a theoretical chemist known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. His work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replica ...
Pool D
Canada
Head coach:
Ian Birtwell
Ian Birtwell (born ) is an English rugby union coach and a former player. He played as a scrum-half for Sedgley Park RUFC. Professionally, he was a research scientist heading the pollution and Toxicology Unit at the Department of Fisheries and O ...
Fiji
Head coaches:
Samisoni Viriviri and
George Simpkin
France
Head coach:
Daniel Dubroca
Romania
Head coach:
Peter Ianusevici
Peter Ianusevici ( ro, Petre Ianusevici; born 17 May 1950 in Sibiu) is a retired Romanian rugby union international
References
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1991
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Squads