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The England national rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then, they have played in 746 matches. [1] The record for most test points by an England player is held by Owen Farrell, who scored 1237 points between 2012 and 2023.
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.
Although the England team is governed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), players have been contracted to their clubs since the advent of professionalism in late 1995. Since then, players have often been caught in a "power struggle" between their clubs and the RFU; this is commonly referred to as a "club versus country" conflict. [ 175 ]
The following Saracens players were named in the Premiership Rugby Team of the Decade for the 2010s. The starting XV is made up of the players who recorded the most appearances in their respective positions, across all teams in the league, between January 2010 and December 2019, with the bench consisting of the players with the second most caps ...
Christian Wade (born 15 May 1991) is an English professional rugby union player, and former American football player, currently playing as a wing for Gloucester.. Wade played for Wasps for seven seasons and scored 82 tries in Premiership Rugby, English elite rugby union division, which places him fifth in the best try scorers list. [1]
Alexander "Alex" Gray (born 1 May 1991) is an English former rugby union and American football player. He has played for the England Sevens, Newcastle Falcons, London Irish, Yorkshire Carnegie, and Bath Rugby, and played tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
Kevin Sinfield CBE (born 12 September 1980) is an English rugby union coach, currently the skills and kicking coach for the England national team. He is a former professional rugby league player for Leeds Rhinos, England and Great Britain. His usual position was loose forward, although he played stand-off and hooker on occasion.
He won a then-record 114 caps for England men’s rugby team during a 14-year international career. A prop, Leonard played club rugby for Barking RFC , Saracens and Harlequins . He played in England teams which won four Grand Slams (1991, 1992, 1995 and 2003) and the 2003 Rugby World Cup , and played for the British & Irish Lions on three tours ...