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The Great Britain national rugby league team represents Great Britain in rugby league.Administered by the Rugby Football League (RFL), the team is nicknamed The Lions.. For most of the 20th century, the Great Britain team toured overseas, played against foreign touring teams and competed in the Rugby League World Cup, which they won three times: in 1954, 1960 and 1972.
The team entered the 2015 Rugby World Cup ranked 4th, but after failing to progress beyond the pool stage, England again sank to 8th in the world in November 2015. In March 2016, after securing the Grand Slam in the 2016 Six Nations , England rose to second place, where they remained the following year after winning the 2017 Six Nations .
The Great Britain men's national rugby sevens team is the men's international rugby 7s team that is the representative team of Great Britain. The team competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series as well as the Olympic Games and European Games.
England will name their team to take on minnows Chile this afternoon, ahead of their third match at the Rugby World Cup this weekend.. England have produced a mixed bag at the tournament so far ...
Scotland rugby legend Stuart Hogg will be part of The Independent’s team covering the 2023 Rugby World Cup, ... He’s a great cornerstone within this team. “He’s a quiet man, goes about his ...
1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain: 6,000 3 November 1926 New Zealand: 21 – 11 The Boulevard, Hull: 1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain: 7,000 2 October 1926 New Zealand: 28 – 20 Central Park, Wigan: 1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain: 14,500 9 August 1924 New Zealand: 31 – 18
The Great Britain national rugby sevens team is the women's Olympic representative team of Great Britain at the rugby sevens tournament at the Summer Olympic Games.The team played their first competitive match at the 2016 Summer Olympics after England finished in an Olympic qualifying place at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
Unlike in rugby league, no combined British and Irish national rugby union team has ever competed in a major tournament such as the Rugby World Cup.Instead, the British & Irish Lions go on tours to the traditional Southern Hemisphere nations of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, currently occurring on a four-year cycle; the first was an 1888 tour to New Zealand and Australia.