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 A standard points scoring system was only agreed in 1891.

Updated to England's 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture against , 5 August 2023. DecadeMatchesPoints1870s1484257.141880s22155268.181890s301411546.67191167+241900s371132329.73310388–781910s21161476.19276118+1581920s422931069.05477321+1561930s341741350293227+661940s1351738.4690111–211950s432261551.16310230+801960s4816102233.33387475–881970s501533230553738–1851980s612852845.901,031966+651990s916122867.032,4501,536+9142000s1046603863.463,1371,887+1,2502010s815422566.672,0801,408+6722020s432611660.471164832+332 Overall7283995127854.8111,5669,306+2,260

Tours

In 1963 England went on their first tour to the Southern Hemisphere. They played New Zealand and Australia.

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) 1993 Canada Christopher John Olver Mike Slemen Draw 1-1 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 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 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, 2025 Millennium Trophy 1988–1992, 1995–2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012–2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024 Cook Cup 2000–2003, 2005, 2010, 2013-2023, 2025

Head coaches Name Tenure Tests Won Drew Lost Win percentage 20 December 1969 – 17 April 1971 11 3 1 7 27.3% 15 January 1972 – 16 March 1974 16 6 1 9 37.5% 18 January 1975 – 31 May 1975 6 1 0 5 16.7% 3 January 1976 – 17 March 1979 18 6 1 11 33.3% 24 November 1979 – 6 March 1982 16 10 2 4 62.5% 15 January 1983 – 20 April 1985 17 4 2 11 23.5% 1 June 1985 – 8 June 1987 14 5 0 9 35.7% 16 January 1988 – 19 March 1994 49 35 1 13 71.4% 4 June 1994 – 12 July 1997 29 21 0 8 72.4% 15 November 1997 – 2 June 2004 83 59 2 22 71.1% 15 November 2004 – 25 November 2006 22 9 0 13 40.9% 3 February 2007 – April 2008 21 11 0 10 52.4% 1 July 2008 – 16 November 2011 38 21 1 17 55.3% 8 December 2011 – 11 November 2015 46 28 1 17 60.9% 20 November 2015 – 6 December 2022 78 59 1 18 75.3% 19 December 2022 – present 40 25 0 15 62.5%

Stats

FlagNation(s)FromToTest matchesTour matchesTotal recordPWDLPWDLPWDL%PFPAPD1963 tour of Oceania Test seriesEngland 0–2 New Zealand England 0–1 Australia18 May4 June3--331-261-5%5491-371972 tour of South Africa Test seriesEngland 1–0 South Africa17 May3 June11--651-761-%16658+1081973 tour of Oceania Test seriesEngland 1–0 Fiji (tour match) England 1–0 New Zealand28 August15 September11--41-352-3%6072-121975 tour of Australia Test seriesEngland 0–2 Australia10 May3 June2--264-284-4%217119+981981 tour of Argentina Test seriesEngland 1–0 Argentina (1 draw)16 May6 June211-55--761-%193100+931984 tour of South Africa Test seriesEngland 0–2 South Africa19 May9 June2--2541-7412%156145+111985 tour of New Zealand Test seriesEngland 0–2 New Zealand18 May8 June2--254-17412%146123+231988 tour of Oceania Test seriesEngland 0–2 Australia England 1–0 Fiji17 May17 June31-265-196-3%203137+661989 tour of Romania Test seriesEngland 1–0 Romania1100------------1990 tour of Argentina Test series (England)England 1–1 Argentina14 July4 August21-152-373-4%137129+81991 tour of Oceania Test seriesEngland 1–0 FijiEngland 0–1 Australia21-152-373-4%---1994 tour of South Africa Test series (South Africa)England 1–1 South Africa21-162-483-5%---1997 tour of Argentina Test series (England)England 1–1 Argentina21-143-164-2%---1997 tour of Australia Test seriesEngland 0–1 Australia12 June12 June1--1----1--1%625-191998 tour of the Tri Nations Test seriesEngland 0–1 Australia England 0–2 New Zealand England 0–1 South Africa6 June4 July4--43--37--7%88328-2401999 tour of Australia Test seriesEngland 0–1 Australia19 June26 June1--111--21-1%5436+182000 tour of South Africa Test series (shared)England 1–1 South Africa13 June28 June21-133--54-1%183105+782001 tour of North America Test seriesEngland 2–0 Canada England 1–0 United States2 June16 June33--22--55--%25389+1642002 tour of Argentina Test seriesEngland 1–0 Argentina17 June22 June11--1--121-1%5047+32003 tour of Oceania Test seriesEngland 1–0 New Zealand England 1–0 Australia9 June21 June22--11--33--%6336+272004 tour of Oceania Test seriesEngland 0–2 New Zealand England 0–1 Australia12 June26 June3--3----3--3%30123-972006 tour of Australia Test seriesEngland 0–2 Australia11 June17 June2--2----2--2%2177-562007 tour of South Africa Test seriesEngland 0–2 South Africa26 May6 June2--2----2--2%32113-81

Overall

See also History of the England national rugby union team

References

External links [email protected] - an excellent, fully searchable database of all international rugby matches rugbydata.com statistics England statistics at lassen.co.nz