England Rugby is the name of the English national rugby union team. The current captain is Lawrence Dallaglio, the coach is Sir Clive Woodward. They are the current World champions, having won the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

They first played in 1887(?) against Scotland. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship and have won that championship and its predecessors more times than any other side with the most Grand Slams.

They play in an all white strip, (like the football team) with an emblem of a red rose, instead of the Three Lions of the football and cricket teams.

List of principle captains (others may have captained side when these were injured).

• Bill Beaumont
• someone else
• Will Carling
• Phil de Glanville
• Lawrence Dallaglio
• Martin Johnson
• Lawrence Dallaglio

• Dick Greenwood

...

• Geoff Cooke
• Jack Rowell
• Clive Woodward

1. Jason Leonard (114 caps)
2. Rory Underwood (85 caps)
3. Martin Johnson (84 caps)
4. Will Carling (72 caps)
5. Rob Andrew (71 caps)
6. Lawrence Dallaglio (70 caps)
7. Richard Hill (flanker) (68 caps) (do not confuse with Richard Hill (scrum-half))
8. Neil Back (66 caps)
9. Jeremy Guscott (65 caps)
10. Brian Moore (64 caps)
11. Mike Catt (63 caps)
12. Matt Dawson (62 caps as of May 2004 - still playing)
13. Peter Winterbottom (58 caps)
14. Wade Dooley (55 caps)
15. Jonny Wilkinson (52 caps as of May 2004 - still playing)
16. Will Greenwood (52 caps as of May 2004 - still playing)
17. Kyran Bracken (51 caps)
18. Austin Healey (51 caps as of May 2004 - still playing)

Planet-Rugby has a listing by number of caps.

• Sporting heroes.net has biographies and details of caps