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England national rugby union team

Rugby Team
CountryEngland
GroundTwickenham
CoachMartin Johnson
CaptainMike Tindall (for Lewis Moody)
Most capsJason Leonard (114)
Top scorerJonny Wilkinson (1172)
Most triesRory Underwood (49)
Statistics
First match(also the world's first)
SCO 4 � 1 England
(27 March 1871)
Largest winEngland 134 � 0 Romania
(17 November 2001)
Worst defeatAustralia 76 � 0 England
(6 June 1998)
Appearances6 ( First in 1987 Rugby World Cup)
Best result
in world cup
Champions, 2003

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The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 25 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in the tournament's history. England also compete for the Calcutta Cup with Scotland as part of the Six Nations. They are ranked fourth in the world by the International Rugby Board as of 28th February 2011. England won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 and finished runners-up in 1991 and 2007.

The history of the team extends back to 1872 when the English rugby team played their first official Test match, losing to Scotland by one try. England dominated the early Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) which started in 1883. Following the schism of rugby football in 1895, England did not win the Championship again until 1910. England first played against New Zealand in 1905, South Africa in 1906, and Australia in 1909. England was one of the teams invited to take part in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 and went on to appear in the final in the second cup in 1991 only to be defeated by Australia. Following their 2003 Six Nations Grand Slam, England won that year's World Cup - beating Australia 20 � 17 in extra time. They also contested the final in 2007 but finished as runners up, losing 15 � 6 to South Africa.

England players traditionally wear white shorts, navy socks (although they are now white and red) with white tops, and a white shirt with a red rose embroidered on it, and for the first time in the English rugby team's history, their away shirt is red (up until recently, navy blue has been the traditional colour).

Their home ground is Twickenham Stadium where they first played in 1910. The team is administered by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). Four former players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.

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Preceded by
Brazil Men's Football Team
Laureus World Team of the Year
2004
Succeeded by
Greece Men's National Football Team

Overall :
Against Played Won Lost Drawn For Against % Won
Argentina Argentina
15
10
4
1
361
232
 
Australia Australia
40
16
23
1
601
857
 
Canada Canada
6
6
0
0
273
73
 
Fiji Fiji
4
4
0
0
156
71
 
France France
94
51
36
7
1415
1115
 
Georgia Georgia
1
1
0
0
84
6
 
Ireland Ireland
123
70
45
8
1455
990
 
Italy Italy
16
16
0
0
689
200
 
Japan Japan
1
1
0
0
60
7
 
Netherlands Netherlands
1
1
0
0
110
0
 
New Zealand New Zealand
34
6
27
1
424
810
 
Pacific Islanders
1
1
0
0
39
13
 
Romania Romania
4
4
0
0
268
21
 
Samoa Samoa
6
6
0
0
216
91
 
Scotland Scotland
127
67
42
18
1461
1093
 
South Africa South Africa
32
12
19
1
491
661
 
Tonga Tonga
2
2
0
0
137
30
 
United States United States
5
5
0
0
253
52
 
Uruguay Uruguay
1
1
0
0
111
13
 
Wales Wales
120
55
53
12
1556
1345
 
Total 632 334 249 49 10101 7667  

Overall :
Against Played Won Lost Drawn For Against % Won
Argentina Argentina
1
1
0
0
24
18
 
Australia Australia
5
3
2
0
70
80
 
Fiji Fiji
1
1
0
0
45
24
 
France France
4
3
1
0
66
45
 
Georgia Georgia
1
1
0
0
84
6
 
Italy Italy
3
3
0
0
130
33
 
Japan Japan
1
1
0
0
60
7
 
New Zealand New Zealand
3
0
3
0
57
93
 
Samoa Samoa
3
3
0
0
123
66
 
Scotland Scotland
1
1
0
0
9
6
 
South Africa South Africa
4
1
3
0
52
101
 
Tonga Tonga
2
2
0
0
137
30
 
United States United States
3
3
0
0
99
25
 
Uruguay Uruguay
1
1
0
0
111
13
 
Wales Wales
2
1
1
0
31
33
 
Total 35 25 10 0 1098 580  

Coaches :
Name Tenure Tests Won Drew Lost Win percentage
Don White 20 December 1969 � 17 April 1971 11 3 1 7 27.3%
John Elders 1972 � 16 March 1974 16 6 1 9 37.5%
John Burgess 18 January 1975 � 31 May 1975 6 1 0 5 16.7%
Peter Colston 3 January 1976 � 17 March 1979 18 6 1 11 33.3%
Mike Davis 24 November 1979 � 6 March 1982 16 10 2 4 62.5%
Dick Greenwood 15 January 1983 � 20 April 1985 17 4 2 11 23.5%
Martin Green 1 June 1985 � 8 June 1987 14 5 0 9 35.7%
Geoff Cooke 16 January 1988 � 19 March 1994 50 36 1 13 72.0%
Jack Rowell 4 June 1994 � 12 July 1997 29 21 0 8 72.4%
Sir Clive Woodward 15 November 1997 � 2 September 2004 83 59 2 22 71.1%
Andy Robinson 15 October 2004 � 29 November 2006 22 9 0 13 40.9%
Brian Ashton 20 December 2006 � 1 June 2008 22 12 0 10 54.5%
Rob Andrew 1 June 2008 � 30 June 2008 2 0 0 2 00.0%
Martin Johnson 1 July 2008 � 27 13 1 13  %


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