List of England national rugby union team matches

In each box is a list of all the international matches played by the England national rugby union team in each decade.

Matches

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A standard points scoring system was only agreed in 1891.

Updated to England's 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture against   Wales, 5 August 2023.

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 3 23 29.73 310 388 –78
1910s 21 16 1 4 76.19 276 118 +158
1920s 42 29 3 10 69.05 477 321 +156
1930s 34 17 4 13 50 293 227 +66
1940s 13 5 1 7 38.46 90 111 –21
1950s 43 22 6 15 51.16 310 230 +80
1960s 48 16 10 22 33.33 387 475 –88
1970s 50 15 3 32 30 553 738 –185
1980s 61 28 5 28 45.90 1,031 966 +65
1990s 91 61 2 28 67.03 2,450 1,536 +914
2000s 104 66 0 38 63.46 3,137 1,887 +1,250
2010s 81 54 2 25 66.67 2,080 1,408 +672
2020s 43 26 1 16 60.47 1164 832 +332
Overall 728 399 51 278 54.81 11,566 9,306 +2,260

Tours

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In 1963 England went on their first tour to the Southern Hemisphere. They played the All Blacks and the Wallabies.

Year To Captain Head coach Result Score
1963 New Zealand
& Australia
Mike Weston J.W.T. Berry Lost
Lost
0-2 (New Zealand)
0-1 (Australia)
1972 South Africa John Pullin A.O. Lewis Won 1-0
1973 Fiji
& New Zealand
John Pullin D.L. Sanders Won
Won
1-0 (Fiji)
1-0 (New Zealand)
1975 Australia Tony Neary
John Pullin
A.O. Lewis Lost 0-2
1981 Argentina Bill Beaumont W.G.D. Morgan Won 1-0 (with 1 draw)
1984 South Africa John Scott W.G.D. Morgan Lost 0-2
1985 New Zealand Paul Dodge W.G.D. Morgan Lost 0-2
1988 Australia
& Fiji
John Orwin
Richard Harding
Geoff Cooke Lost
Won
0-2 (Australia)
1-0 (Fiji)
1989 Romania Rob Andrew Geoff Cooke Won 1-0
1990 Argentina Will Carling Geoff Cooke Draw 1-1
1991 Australia
& Fiji
Will Carling Jack Rowell Won
Lost
1-0 (Fiji)
0-1 (Australia)
1994 South Africa Will Carling Jack Rowell Draw 1-1
1997 Argentina
& Australia
Phil de Glanville Jack Rowell Draw
Lost
1-1 (Argentina)
0-1 (Australia)
1998 Australia,
New Zealand
& South Africa
Matt Dawson Clive Woodward Lost
Lost
Lost
0-1 (Australia)
0-2 (New Zealand)
0-1 (South Africa)
1999 Australia Martin Johnson Clive Woodward Lost 0-1
2000 South Africa Martin Johnson Clive Woodward Draw 1-1
2001 Canada
& United States
Kyran Bracken Clive Woodward Won
Won
2-0 (Canada)
1-0 (USA)
2002 Argentina Phil Vickery Clive Woodward Won 1-0
2003 New Zealand
& Australia
Martin Johnson Clive Woodward Won
Won
1-0 (New Zealand)
1-0 (Australia)
2004 New Zealand
& Australia
Lawrence Dallaglio Clive Woodward Lost
Lost
0-2 (New Zealand)
0-1 (Australia)
2006 Australia Pat Sanderson Andy Robinson Lost 0-2
2007 South Africa Jason Robinson
Jonny Wilkinson
Brian Ashton Lost 0-2
2008 New Zealand Steve Borthwick Rob Andrew Lost 0-2
2010 Australasia Lewis Moody Martin Johnson Draw 1-1
2012 South Africa Chris Robshaw Stuart Lancaster Lost 0-2
2013 Argentina Tom Wood Stuart Lancaster Won 2-0
2014 New Zealand Chris Robshaw Stuart Lancaster Lost 0-3
2016 Australia Dylan Hartley   Eddie Jones Won 3-0
2017 Argentina Dylan Hartley   Eddie Jones Won 2-0
2018 South Africa Owen Farrell   Eddie Jones Lost 2-1
2022 Australia Courtney Lawes   Eddie Jones Won 2-1

Honours

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Competition Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth Place
Rugby World Cup 2003 1991
2007
2019
2023 1995
Competition Grand Slam Title
Home International
Five Nations
Six Nations
Championship
1913, 1914, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1957, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2016 1883, 1884, 1886*, 1890*, 1892, 1910, 1912*, 1913, 1914, 1920*, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1932*, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1954*, 1957, 1958, 1960*, 1963, 1973*, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2020
  • Shared*
Competition Winners Countries
Triple Crown 1883–1884, 1892, 1913–1914, 1921, 1923–1924, 1928, 1934, 1937, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995–1998, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2016, 2020   Scotland
  Wales
  Ireland
Calcutta Cup 1880–1881, 1883–1890, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1906, 1910–1912, 1913–1924, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936–1938, 1939–1947, 1949, 1951–1964, 1967–1969, 1973, 1975, 1977–1983, 1985, 1987–1989, 1991–1999, 2001–2005, 2007, 2009–2017, 2020   Scotland
Millennium Trophy 1988–1992, 1995–2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012–2014, 2016, 2019, 2020   Ireland
Cook Cup 2000–2003, 2005, 2010, 2013-2021   Australia

Head coaches

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Name Tenure Tests Won Drew Lost Win percentage
Don White 20 December 1969 – 17 April 1971 11 3 1 7 27.3%
John Elders 15 January 1972 – 16 March 1974 16 6 1 9 37.5%
John Burgess 18 January 1975 – 31 May 1975 6 1 0 5 16.7%
Peter Colston 3 January 1976 – 17 March 1979 18 6 1 11 33.3%
Mike Davis 24 November 1979 – 6 March 1982 16 10 2 4 62.5%
Dick Greenwood 15 January 1983 – 20 April 1985 17 4 2 11 23.5%
Martin Green 1 June 1985 – 8 June 1987 14 5 0 9 35.7%
Geoff Cooke 16 January 1988 – 19 March 1994 49 35 1 13 71.4%
Jack Rowell 4 June 1994 – 12 July 1997 29 21 0 8 72.4%
Sir Clive Woodward 15 November 1997 – 2 June 2004 83 59 2 22 71.1%
Andy Robinson 15 November 2004 – 25 November 2006 22 9 0 13 40.9%
Brian Ashton 3 February 2007 – April 2008 21 11 0 10 52.4%
Martin Johnson 1 July 2008 – 16 November 2011 38 21 1 17 55.3%
Stuart Lancaster 8 December 2011 – 11 November 2015 46 28 1 17 60.9%
Eddie Jones 20 November 2015 – 6 December 2022 78 59 1 18 75.3%
Steve Borthwick 19 December 2022 – present 27 13 0 14 48.1%

Stats

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Flag Nation or Nations From To Test Matches Tour Matches Total Record
P W D L P W D L P W D L % PF PA PD
 
 
1963 Tour of Oceania
Test Series
England 0–2 New Zealand
England 0–1 Australia
18 May 4 June 3 - - 3 3 1 - 2 6 1 - 5 16.67% 54 91 -37
  1972 Tour of South Africa
Test Series
England 1–0 South Africa
17 May 3 June 1 1 - - 6 5 1 - 7 6 1 - 85.71% 166 58 +108
 
 
1973 Tour of Oceania
Test Series
England 1–0 Fiji (Tour Match)
England 1–0 New Zealand
28 August 15 September 1 1 - - 4 1 - 3 5 2 - 3 40% 60 72 -12
  1975 Tour of Australia
Test Series
England 0–2 Australia
10 May 3 June 2 - - 2 6 4 - 2 8 4 - 4 50% 217 119 +98
  1981 Tour of Argentina
Test Series
England 1–0 Argentina (1 Draw)
16 May 6 June 2 1 1 - 5 5 - - 7 6 1 - 85.71% 193 100 +93
  1984 Tour of South Africa
Test Series
England 0–2 South Africa
19 May 9 June 2 - - 2 5 4 1 - 7 4 1 2 57.14% 156 145 +11
  1985 Tour of New Zealand
Test Series
England 0–2 New Zealand
18 May 8 June 2 - - 2 5 4 - 1 7 4 1 2 57.14% 146 123 +23
 
 
1988 Tour of Oceania
Test Series
England 0–2 Australia
England 1–0 Fiji
17 May 17 June 3 1 - 2 6 5 - 1 9 6 - 3 66.67% 203 137 +66
  1989 Tour of Romania
Test Series
England 1–0 Romania
1 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
  1990 Tour of Argentina
Test Series (England)
England 1–1 Argentina
14 July 4 August 2 1 - 1 5 2 - 3 7 3 - 4 42.86% 137 129 +8
 
 
1991 Tour of Oceania
Test Series
England 1–0 Fiji
England 0–1 Australia
2 1 - 1 5 2 - 3 7 3 - 4 42.86%
  1994 Tour of South Africa
Test Series (South Africa)
England 1–1 South Africa
2 1 - 1 6 2 - 4 8 3 - 5 37.5%
  1997 Tour of Argentina
Test Series (England)
England 1–1 Argentina
2 1 - 1 4 3 - 1 6 4 - 2 66.67%
  1997 Tour of Australia
Test Series
England 0–1 Australia
12 June 12 June 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - - 1 0% 6 25 -19
 
 
 
1998 Tour of The Tri Nations
Test Series
England 0–1 Australia
England 0–2 New Zealand
England 0–1 South Africa
6 June 4 July 4 - - 4 3 - - 3 7 - - 7 0% 88 328 -240
  1999 Tour of Australia
Test Series
England 0–1 Australia
19 June 26 June 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 2 1 - 1 50% 54 36 +18
  2000 Tour of South Africa
Test Series (Shared)
England 1–1 South Africa
13 June 28 June 2 1 - 1 3 3 - - 5 4 - 1 80% 183 105 +78
 
 
2001 Tour of North America
Test Series
England 2–0 Canada
England 1–0 United States
2 June 16 June 3 3 - - 2 2 - - 5 5 - - 100% 253 89 +164
  2002 Tour of Argentina
Test Series
England 1–0 Argentina
17 June 22 June 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 2 1 - 1 50% 50 47 +3
 
 
2003 Tour of Oceania
Test Series
England 1–0 New Zealand
England 1–0 Australia
9 June 21 June 2 2 - - 1 1 - - 3 3 - - 100% 63 36 +27
 
 
2004 Tour of Oceania
Test Series
England 0–2 New Zealand
England 0–1 Australia
12 June 26 June 3 - - 3 - - - - 3 - - 3 0% 30 123 -97
  2006 Tour of Australia
Test Series
England 0–2 Australia
11 June 17 June 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 0% 21 77 -56
  2007 Tour of South Africa
Test Series
England 0–2 South Africa
26 May 6 June 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 0% 32 113 -81

Overall  [1] Below is a summary table of capped England matches up to 27 November 2022.

Against Played Won Drawn Lost For Against % Won
  Argentina 25 19 1 5 677 403 76.00
  Australia 55 28 1 26 1034 1155 50.90
  Canada 7 7 0 0 343 87 100.00
  Fiji 7 7 0 0 303 109 100.00
  France 109 60 7 42 1777 1424 55.05
  Georgia 3 3 0 0 165 16 100.00
  Ireland 139 80 8 51 1714 1234 57.55
  Italy 29 29 0 0 1166 342 100.00
  Japan 3 3 0 0 147 35 100.00
  Netherlands 1 1 0 0 110 0 100.00
  New Zealand 43 8 2 33 619 1017 18.60
NZL Natives 7 7 0 0 303 109 100.00
Pacific Islands 1 1 0 0 39 13 100.00
Presidents XV 1 0 0 1 11 28 0.00
  Romania 5 5 0 0 335 24 100.00
  Western Samoa 8 8 0 0 292 114 100.00
  Scotland 140 76 19 45 1710 1262 54.29
  South Africa 45 16 2 27 769 972 35.55
  Tonga 3 3 0 0 241 99 100.00
  United States 7 7 0 0 341 88 100.00
  Uruguay 2 2 0 0 171 16 100.00
  Wales 138 66 12 60 1862 1695 47.83
Total 772 430 52 290 13833 10133 55.70

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "England v South Africa - Rugby Union".
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