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England. The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on 29 occasions (as well as sharing 10 victories), winning the Grand Slam 14 times and ...
Competition Grand Slam Title Home International Five Nations Six Nations Championship: 1913, 1914, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1957, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2016
The England Team for the first international rugby union match, against Scotland, on 27 March 1871. The game of rugby union developed out of the game of football that was played at Rugby School from the mid-18th century. In the first half of the 19th century, the game began to spread, as ex-pupils of Rugby, and other public schools, introduced ...
References. ^ " 'Le Crunch': Rejuvenated France beat England 24–17 in Six Nations". France 24. 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. ^ Goodwill, Jake (2 February 2020). "France 24 England 17: Hosts hold on to secure Six Nations victory after late comeback from Eddies Jones' side". The Sunday Telegraph.
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...
In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland. The England national team compete annually in the Six Nations Championship , and are former world champions after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup .
The England national men's rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then they have played in 746 matches. [1]The record for most Test points by an England player is held by Owen Farrell, who scored 1237 points between 2012 and 2023.
Lists of England national rugby union team results. 2009–10 in English rugby union. 2010–11 in English rugby union. 2011–12 in English rugby union. 2012–13 in English rugby union. 2013–14 in English rugby union. 2014–15 in English rugby union. 2015–16 in English rugby union. 2016–17 in English rugby union.