SHAUN WANE APPOINTED ENGLAND HEAD COACH". www.rugby-league.com. 3 February 2020 . Retrieved 4 February 2021. Following the 2007 All Golds Tour, Great Britain splits into separate home nations teams meaning England would represent itself in all international rugby league competitions. International Rugby Union Team Records: Youngest appearance as England captain". ESPNscrum. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 . Retrieved 28 November 2019.

Rugby World Cup: England wing Anthony Watson ruled out of tournament with calf injury". www.skysports.com/rugby-union. Sky Sports. 24 August 2023 . Retrieved 24 August 2023. The following year, England co-hosted the 2011 Four Nations with Wales. Their opening game was a win against Wales where Sam Tomkins scored a record-equalling four tries in one game. The win meant England kept their impressive record of not losing on home soil against Wales since 1977. A loss the following week to Australia at Wembley meant that they had to beat New Zealand to make the final, which they did. In the final, England at one point were tied at 8–8, but they would be outclassed again. England were held 'try-less' in the second half as Australia won by 22 points. England demolish France 84-4 in record win". skysports.com. 24 October 2015 . Retrieved 24 July 2016. The following table outlines the current England senior coaching team, as of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [132] [133] NationalityAlthough 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. [123] The first major dispute between England's top clubs (who play in the English Premiership) and the RFU occurred in 1998, when some of the clubs refused to release players to tour Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. [124] The tour became known as the "Tour from hell" after an England squad of second-string players were defeated in all four Tests, including a 76–0 defeat by Australia. [125] The clubs also withdrew from the 1998–99 Heineken Cup. [126] The story behind "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and how it became a rugby anthem". everyhit.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013 . Retrieved 8 October 2007. a b "Historical Rugby Milestones – 1880s". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012 . Retrieved 19 February 2007. France 12-66 England: Richie Myler stars as Lions romp to victory". mirror.co.uk. 14 June 2009 . Retrieved 24 July 2016. Eddie Jones: Australian appointed England head coach". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 November 2015 . Retrieved 28 October 2023.

Ashton set to name side for Croker". rte.ie. 14 June 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012 . Retrieved 31 August 2007. In October and November of 2023, England played in the 2023 Tonga rugby league tour of England. The Three Lions would win the series 3-0. [37] Identity [ edit ] Kits and colours [ edit ] As hosts of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, and as a team who reached the quarter finals in the previous world cup, England automatically qualified. They again reached the semi-final, but lost 27-26, on a golden point after extra time, to Samoa. Stuart Lancaster delight at England showing". BBC Sport. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013 . Retrieved 2 February 2014.The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on 29 occasions (as well as sharing 10 victories), winning the Grand Slam 14 times and the Triple Crown 26 times, making them the most successful outright winners in the tournament's history. They are currently the only team from the Northern Hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, having won the tournament in 2003, and have been runners-up on three further occasions. England vs Scotland > Games Played". rugbydata.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012 . Retrieved 16 February 2006. Lion Legends: Martin Johnson". British and Irish Lions. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007 . Retrieved 15 February 2008. Their ranking slipped again in 2008 and during the 2009 Six Nations Championship they dropped to their lowest ranking of 8th, where they remained for the duration of the 2009 Autumn internationals. After a brief resurgence that saw them rise to a ranking of 4th in the world, England again slipped following a poor showing at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and were ranked 6th in February 2012. 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 Championship, England rose to second place, where they remained the following year after winning the 2017 Six Nations Championship. A poor fifth-place performance in the 2018 Six Nations Championship saw them fall to sixth place.

Historical Rugby Milestones 1900s". rugbyfootballhistory.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013 . Retrieved 1 August 2007. The team dates to 1904, when they played against a mixture of Welsh and Scottish players in Wigan. [2] Until the 1950s, they regularly toured Australia and New Zealand and played both home and away matches against neighbours Wales and France, but when it was decided that Great Britain would tour the Southern Hemisphere instead of England, France and Wales became the only regular opponents. England's 18 in a row: How the record-equalling run unfolded". www.espn.co.uk/rugby. ESPN. 13 March 2017 . Retrieved 17 July 2023.Note: England are the only team to have won more than two successive grand slams, on more than one occasion, doing so in 1913–1914, 1923–1924 and 1991–1992; while Wales and France the only other teams to have done so twice, in 1908–1909 for Wales and 1997–1998 for France.