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The game went into extra time with the score tied at 14–14; after one penalty apiece and with just seconds to spare, a match-winning drop goal by fly-half Jonny Wilkinson brought the final score to 20–17, making England rugby world champions for the first time. Not only was this England's first Rugby World Cup victory, but it was the nation ...
Decade Matches Points P W D L % PF PA Diff. 1870s: 14 8 4 2 57.14 — — — 1880s: 22 15 5 2 68.18 — — — 1890s: 30 14 1 15 46.67: 191 167 +24 1900s: 37 11
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 ...
England rugby union try record progression. Cyril Lowe, England's record try scorer from 1920 to 1989, tackled by Dedet in 1913 vs France. The England rugby union try record progression charts the record number of tries scored for the England national rugby union team by individual players, or rugby footballers as they are still sometimes ...
It was also the game which earned New Zealand the nickname "All Blacks". The National Rugby Union teams of England and New Zealand have been playing each other in Test Match Rugby since 1905, with the first meeting between the two nations being on 2 December 1905, when the All Blacks were in England as part of their European and North America Tour.
This was the first time an international rugby league game was held in Western Australia. In the 2016 Four Nations, New Zealand beat England for the first time on English soil since the tournament was introduced in 2009. In New Zealand's last round-robin fixture, they drew with Scotland and, in the process, gave the 'fourth nation' their first ...
England and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1881. A total of 142 matches have been played, with England having won 69 times, Wales having won 61 times and 12 matches having been drawn. There is a considerable rivalry between the sides due to the proximity of the two nations and the history between them.
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. The record for most Test points by an England player is held by Owen Farrell, who scored 1237 points between 2012 and 2023.