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A painting of the England versus Wales rugby match in 1931. Note letters, which are not used any more. Traditionally, some clubs (notably Leicester Tigers and Bristol) have used alternative schemes consisting of letters, Bath and Richmond have used a scheme without a number 13. Other common variations in the numbering are the interchange of 6 ...
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.
A normal rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16–23.
Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fiftieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 16 January and 3 April. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The 2013 Six Nations Championship was a rugby union tournament played from 2 February to 16 March 2013. It was the 14th annual Six Nations Championship since the addition of Italy to the initial five of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 119th season of the competition overall. Teams were permitted to name squads of unlimited ...
Marcus Smith slotted a last-minute drop goal as England ended Ireland’s double grand slam dream with an exhilarating 23-22 win in a display of their best attacking rugby for years to take the ...
England defeated Italy (31–14) and Wales (20–10) but was beaten by Scotland (23–29), France (10–53) and Ireland (16–29). At the 2023 Rugby World Cup, England beat Argentina (27–10), Japan (34–12), Chile (71–0), and Samoa (18–17) to go undefeated in the pool stages. In the quarter-final, they defeated Fiji (30–24) before ...
England won the first Triple Crown – although the phrase was not in use at the time – in the inaugural 1883 series of the original rugby union Home Nations Championship. The latest winners of the Triple Crown are Ireland, who won it by beating Wales at the Principality Stadium in the 2025 Six Nations Championship.