This is a documentation subpage for Template:Rugby squad player. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used to display a rugby union player squad in a standard format.

Most squads are split into two vertical columns. For these, you can use the ((Rugby squad start)), ((Rugby squad mid)) and ((Rugby squad end)) templates to help with the layouting, and then use this template repeatedly within them:

((Rugby squad start))
<!-- For help using the below template, please see [[Template:Rugby squad player]] -->
((Rugby squad player|name=#PLAYER_NAME|nat=#NATIONALITY|pos=#POS_OR_ROLE))
((Rugby squad player|name=#PLAYER_NAME|nat=#NATIONALITY|pos=#POS_OR_ROLE|other=#OTHER_RELATED_INFO))
...
((Rugby squad mid))
((Rugby squad player|name=#PLAYER_NAME|nat=#NATIONALITY|pos=#POS_OR_ROLE))
...
((Rugby squad end))

Alternatively, if you just want a single column, you can omit the use of ((Rugby squad mid)).

((Rugby squad start))
((Rugby squad player|name=#PLAYER_NAME|nat=#NATIONALITY|pos=#POS_OR_ROLE))
...
((Rugby squad end))

If you just want to add Notes to the table, such as for the teams from which regional players are sourced, you can use the notes parameter.

((Rugby squad start|notes=yes))
((Rugby squad player|name=#PLAYER_NAME|nat=#NATIONALITY|pos=#POS_OR_ROLE|notes=#NOTES))
...
((Rugby squad mid|notes=yes))
((Rugby squad player|name=#PLAYER_NAME|nat=#NATIONALITY|pos=#POS_OR_ROLE|notes=#NOTES))
((Rugby squad end))

For example, the following code:

((Rugby squad start))
((rugby squad player | nat=IRE | natvar=rugby union | pos=HK | name=[[Brian Blaney]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=HK | name=[[James Buckland]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=Zimbabwe| pos=HK | name=[[David Paice]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=HKG| pos=PR | name=[[Alex Corbisiero]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=NZL | pos=PR | name=[[Clarke Dermody]] |other=[[Captain (sports)|c]] )) 
((Rugby squad mid|notes=yes))
((rugby squad player | nat=SAM | pos=WG | name=[[Sailosi Tagicakibau]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=Niger| pos=WG | name=[[Adam Thompstone]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=CVI| pos=FB | name=[[Delon Armitage]] ))
((rugby squad player | nat=CAM| pos=FB | name=[[Jamie Lennard]] |other= on loan))
((Rugby squad end))

Produces this table: Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Brian Blaney Hooker Ireland James Buckland Hooker England David Paice Hooker Zimbabwe Alex Corbisiero Prop Hong Kong Clarke Dermody (c) Prop New Zealand

Player Position Union Sailosi Tagicakibau Wing Samoa Adam Thompstone Wing Niger Delon Armitage Fullback Ivory Coast Jamie Lennard (on loan) Fullback Cambodia

• nat: The player's nationality. Use the name of the country, or its 3-letter IOC country code, rather than an adjective (e.g. "Spain" or "ESP" instead of "Spanish". "Spanish" will not work). Use the country that the player represents in international rugby union.
• pos: The position in which the player plays. You can use any of the options below:
  • PR for Prop;
  • HK for Hooker;
  • LK for Lock;
  • SR for Second row;
  • BR for Back row;
  • FL for Flanker;
  • N8 for Number 8;
  • SH for Scrum-half;
  • FH for Fly-half;
  • OH for Outside-half;
  • CE for Centre;
  • WG for Wing;
  • FB for Fullback.
  • Additional valid position abbreviations can be seen at Template:Rugby squad role
• name: The player's name.
• other: This is an optional parameter. You can add any related info to this parameter, like specifying captain, vice-captain, whether the player is on loan, etc. It will show additional info in the brackets after the player name. You do not have to specify it if neither applies.
• notes: This is an optional parameter. You can add any related info to this parameter, like specifying captain, vice-captain, whether the player is on loan, etc. It will show additional info in a separate column after the union. To use this column, you must also specify its use in the ((Rugby squad mid)) and ((Rugby squad start)) templates like this: ((Rugby squad mid|notes=yes)) and ((Rugby squad start|notes=yes)). You do not have to specify it if neither applies.

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The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's name parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

To include a URL, use ((URL)).

The hCard in this template uses at least some of these HTML classes:

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.