In each box is a list of all the international matches played by the England national rugby union team in each decade.
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 | ||||||
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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 |
In 1963 England went on their first tour to the Southern Hemisphere. They played the All Blacks and the Wallabies.
Competition | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth Place |
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Rugby World Cup | 2003 | 1991 2007 2019 | 2023 | 1995 |
Competition | Grand Slam | Title |
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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 |
Competition | Winners | Countries |
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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 |
Name | Tenure | Tests | Won | Drew | Lost | Win percentage |
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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% |
Flag | Nation or Nations | From | To | Test Matches | Tour Matches | Total Record | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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