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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.
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 ]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... In each box is a list of all the international matches played by the England national rugby union team ...
The first two international sides to play against each other, the England–Scotland fixture is the second most-played international rugby union match as of 2023. Behind the Australia–New Zealand rivalry by some thirty-plus matches (not including XV results), it is one match ahead of the England–Ireland match-up and the Ireland–Scotland ...
List of England national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
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 two teams have played a total of 143 Test matches with England winning 81 of them, Ireland 54, and 8 resulting in a draw. [1] However, since rugby union went professional in 1995, the head-to-head is a lot closer. The teams have met 35 times since then with England winning 19 test matches to Ireland's 16.
The first rugby union match between England and France was held on 22 March 1906 at Parc des Princes in Paris. The traditional name for the annual England versus France rugby union match in the Six Nations Championship as used on both sides of the English Channel is Le Crunch , used since at least 1981 (although it has been named " Eurostar ...