List of England national rugby union team matches

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

Matches[]

A standard points scoring system was only agreed in 1891 .

Decade P W D L PF PA
1870s 14 8 4 2 n/a n/a
1880s 22 15 5 2 n/a n/a
1890s 30 14 1 15 191 167
1900s 37 11 3 23 310 388
1910s 21 16 1 4 276 118
1920s 42 29 3 10 477 321
1930s 34 17 4 13 293 227
1940s 13 5 1 7 90 111
1950s 43 22 6 15 310 230
1960s 48 16 10 22 387 475
1970s 50 15 3 32 553 738
1980s 61 28 5 28 1031 966
1990s 91 61 2 28 2450 1536
2000s 104 66 0 38 3137 1887
2010s 81 54 2 25 2080 1408
Overall 657 354 49 254 11585 8572

Tours[]

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

Honours[]

Competition Winners Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place
Rugby World Cup 2003 1991
2007
2019
N/A 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[]

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 – present 71 55 1 15 77.5%

Stats[]

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
New Zealand
Australia
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
South Africa 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
Fiji
New Zealand
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
Australia 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
Argentina 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
South Africa 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
New Zealand 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
Australia
Fiji
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
Romania 1989 Tour of Romania
Test Series
England 1–0 Romania
1 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Argentina 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
Fiji
Australia
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%
South Africa 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%
Argentina 1997 Tour of Argentina
Test Series (England)
England 1–1 Argentina
2 1 - 1 4 3 - 1 6 4 - 2 66.67%
Australia 1997 Tour of Australia
Test Series
England 0–1 Australia
12 June 12 June 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - - 1 0% 6 25 -19
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
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
Australia 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
South Africa 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
Canada
United States
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
Argentina 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
New Zealand
Australia
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
New Zealand
Australia
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
Australia 2006 Tour of Australia
Test Series
England 0–2 Australia
11 June 17 June 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 0% 21 77 -56
South Africa 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

Against Played Won Drawn Lost For Against % Won
 Argentina 7 4 1 2 154 123 57.10
 Australia 13 1 0 12 151 401 7.70
 Canada 2 2 0 0 81 30 100.00
 Fiji 2 2 0 0 53 24 100.00
 New Zealand 10 2 0 8 123 289 20.00
 Romania 1 1 0 0 58 3 100.00
 South Africa 10 3 0 7 155 290 30.00
 United States 1 1 0 0 48 19 100.00
Total 48 17 1 30 850 1215 62.75

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