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.
Current players
The 2004/5 elite squad is as follows:
- Stuart Abbott - London Wasps
- Iain Balshaw - Leeds Tykes
- Steve Borthwick - Bath Rugby
- Alex Brown - Gloucester
- George Chuter - Leicester Tigers
- Ben Cohen - Northampton Saints
- Martin Corry - Leicester Tigers
- Lawrence Dallaglio - London Wasps
- Matt Dawson - London Wasps
- David Flatman - Bath
- Andy Gomarsall - Gloucester
- Will Greenwood - NEC Harlequins
- Danny Grewcock - Bath
- Andy Hazell - Gloucester
- Richard Hill - Saracens
- Charlie Hodgson - Sale Sharks
- Ben Kay - Leicester Tigers
- Alex King - London Wasps
- Josh Lewsey - London Wasps
- Dan Luger - USA Perpignan
- Lewis Moody - Leicester Tigers
- Jamie Noon - Newcastle Falcons
- Henry Paul - Gloucester
- Mark Regan - Leeds Tykes
- Jason Robinson - Sale Sharks
- Graham Rowntree - Leicester Tigers
- Alex Sanderson - Saracens
- Dan Scarbrough - Saracens
- Simon Shaw - London Wasps
- James Simpson-Daniel - Gloucester
- Steve Thompson - Northampton Saints
- Mike Tindall - Bath
- Andy Titterrell - Sale Sharks
- Phil Vickery - Gloucester
- Hugh Vyvyan - Saracens
- Julian White - Leicester Tigers
- Jonny Wilkinson - Newcastle Falcons
- Trevor Woodman - Sale Sharks
- Joe Worsley - London Wasps
- Mike Worsley - NEC Harlequins
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They play in white shirts, white shorts, and black socks with white tops. The badge on the shirts is an emblem of a red rose, instead of the Three Lions of the football and cricket teams.
Captains
List of principle captains (others who have captained the side when these were injured are in parenthesis).
- Bill Beaumont
- Paul Dodge (Richard Hill)
- Peter Winterbottom
- Will Carling
- Phil de Glanville (Jason Leonard)
- Lawrence Dallaglio (Matt Dawson, Martin Johnson, Tony Diprose)
- Martin Johnson (Matt Dawson, Phil Vickery, Jonny Wilkinson)
- Lawrence Dallaglio
Coaches
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List of players with 50+ caps
- Jason Leonard (114 caps)
- Rory Underwood (85 caps)
- Martin Johnson (84 caps)
- Lawrence Dallaglio (73 caps)
- Will Carling (72 caps)
- Richard Hill (flanker) (71 caps)
- Rob Andrew (71 caps)
- Neil Back (66 caps)
- Matt Dawson (65 caps)
- Mike Catt (65 caps)
- Jeremy Guscott (65 caps)
- Brian Moore (64 caps)
- Peter Winterbottom (58 caps)
- Wade Dooley (55 caps)
- Jonny Wilkinson (52 caps)
- Will Greenwood (52 caps)
- Kyran Bracken (51 caps)
- Austin Healey (51 caps)
Planet-Rugby has a listing by number of caps.
Other famous players
- Paul Dodge
- Dick Greenwood
- Peter Jackson (1930 - 2004)
- Brian Moore
- Prince Alexander Obolensky (1916 - 1940)
- Jason Robinson (1974 - )
- Rory Underwood (1963 - )
- Peter Wheeler
See also
- Rugby Football Union
- Six Nations Championship
- Calcutta Cup
- World Cup
- British and Irish Lions
- Zurich Premiership
- Powergen Cup