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Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) [1] is an English retired rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester in a career spanning 16 seasons. . He captained England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and is regarded as one of the greatest locks ever to have played, [2] [3] [4] and one of England's greatest ever playe
England's first international match was against Scotland on 27 March 1871; not only was this England's first match, but it is also noted as being the first rugby union international. [7] Scotland won the match by one goal and a try to England's one unconverted try, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] in front of a crowd of 4,000 people at Raeburn Place , Edinburgh. [ 10 ]
In June 2002 England, captained by Phil Vickery and with five new caps, defeated a full-strength Argentina team in Buenos Aires. [35] Then in November that year under captain Martin Johnson, England defeated the three Southern Hemisphere giants at Twickenham.
Rugby league footballers who have captained the English national team. Pages in category "England national rugby league team captains" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
William David Charles Carling OBE (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. [1] He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times.
Head coach John Mitchell names Zoe Aldcroft as England's captain for 2025, taking over from Marlie Packer with the World Cup looming.
England: 12 (Pts:0; Tries:0; ... His father, Ivor Preece, was also a rugby union international who captained England and represented the British Lions in the 1950s. [2]
England finished on top of Pool C and, like Australia, went undefeated with four victories and no draws before beating Wales in the quarter-final and France in the semi-final. The final was played in front of a Rugby World Cup record crowd of 82,957, with 22 to 30 million television viewers, and was refereed by André Watson of South Africa.