England women's national rugby union team

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England
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Red Roses
EmblemRed Rose
UnionRugby Football Union
Head coachSimon Middleton
CaptainSarah Hunter
Most capsSarah Hunter (138)
Top scorerEmily Scarratt (640)
Top try scorerSue Day (61)
Home stadiumTwickenham
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current1 (as of 18 April 2022)
Highest1 (2012–2013, 2014–2015, 2017, 2020–)
Lowest4 (2015)
First international
 Wales 4–22 England 
(Pontypool, Wales; 5 April 1987)
Biggest win
 England 101–0 South Africa 
(London, England; 14 May 2005)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 67–0 England 
(Burnham, New Zealand; 13 August 1997)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1991)
Best resultChampions, 1994, 2014

The England women's national rugby union team, also known as the Red Roses, represents England in women's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Women's Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on a total of 18 out of 27 occasions – winning the Grand Slam 16 times and the Triple Crown 22 times – making them the most successful side in the tournament's history. They won the Women's Rugby World Cup in 1994 and 2014, and have been runners-up on five other occasions. Their coach is Simon Middleton.

History

England at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Until 2009 the badge and logo of England women's national teams was significantly different from that worn by men's teams. However, in 2009 – in anticipation of the merger between the RFU and RFUW – England teams adopted the men's rose.[citation needed]

Sue Day

England have taken part in every Women's Rugby World Cup competition, winning in 1994 and 2014 and finishing as runner-up on five other occasions.

The 1995/1996 season saw the introduction of a Home Nations Championship between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which England won in its inaugural year. England won the Championship every year, except for the 1997/98 season when it was won by Scotland.

France joined the competition in the 1998/99 season making it the Five Nations Championship, with England achieving the Grand Slam in three successive seasons.

In the 2001/02 season, Ireland rejoined the fold in preparation for the World Cup and the competition expanded to be known as the Six Nations. Since then England have finished lower than runner-up on only 2 occasions, in 2013 and 2015 respectively, and have won the title on 13 separate occasions. This includes 7 consecutive tournament triumphs between 2006 and 2012 and the Grand Slam on 11 more occasions, including 3 times in a row between 2006–2008 and 2010–2012, respectively.


Records

Women's World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 30 October 2022[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.78
2 Steady  New Zealand 089.57
3 Steady  Canada 087.83
4 Steady  France 087.21
5 Steady  Italy 078.70
6 Steady  Australia 078.00
7 Steady  United States 076.78
8 Steady  Ireland 074.01
9 Steady  Wales 072.70
10 Steady  Scotland 068.71
11 Steady  Spain 068.47
12 Steady  Japan 067.94
13 Steady  South Africa 064.50
14 Steady  Russia 061.10
15 Steady  Kazakhstan 058.45
16 Steady  Fiji 058.33
17 Steady  Netherlands 058.27
18 Steady  Samoa 058.01
19 Steady  Hong Kong 057.89
20 Steady  Sweden 057.73
*Change from the previous week

Overall

See also: List of England women's national rugby union team matches
Full internationals only

Correct as of 30 October 2022

Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
 Australia 1998 6 6 0 0 100.00%
 Canada 1993 32 28 1 3 87.50%
 Fiji 2022 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 France 1991 53 39 0 14 73.58%
 Germany 1997 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 Ireland 1996 28 26 0 2 92.86%
 Italy 1991 23 23 0 0 100.00%
 Kazakhstan 2000 3 3 0 0 100.00%
 Netherlands 1990 4 4 0 0 100.00%
 New Zealand 1997 29 10 1 18 34.48%
 Russia 1994 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Samoa 2005 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Scotland 1994 31 29 0 2 93.55%
 South Africa 2005 6 6 0 0 100.00%
 Spain 1991 16 14 1 1 87.50%
 Sweden 1988 3 3 0 0 100.00%
 United States 1991 21 20 0 1 95.00%
 Wales 1987 40 38 0 2 95.00%
Total 1987 301 255 3 43 84.62%

World Cup

Main article: England women at the Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
Year Round Pld W D L PF PA Squad
Wales 1991 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 56 28 Squad
Scotland 1994 Champions 5 5 0 0 172 39 Squad
Netherlands 1998 Third Place 5 4 0 1 219 78 Squad
Spain 2002 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 138 37 Squad
Canada 2006 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 146 47 Squad
England 2010 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 171 23 Squad
France 2014 Champions 5 4 1 0 184 37 Squad
Ireland 2017 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 211 88 Squad
New Zealand 2021 Squad
Total Champions 38 31 1 6 1217 367
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

Six Nations

 England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Spain  Wales
Tournaments 27 24 25 16 27 7 27
Outright Wins 18 6 2 0 1 0 0
Grand Slams 16 5 1 0 1 0 0
Triple Crowns 22 — 2 — 1 — 1
Wooden Spoons 0 0 5 3 9 2 6

Players

Current squad

England named their final 32-player squad on 20 September 2022, for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[2] Subsequently Laura Keates suffered an injury in training after the first two pool games and was replaced by Detysha Harper.[3]

Player Position Caps Club/Province
Zoe Aldcroft Lock 34 Gloucester-Hartpury
Sarah Bern Prop 48 Bristol Bears
Hannah Botterman Prop 32 Saracens
Shaunagh Brown Prop 27 Harlequins
Poppy Cleall Back Row 59 Saracens
Amy Cokayne Hooker 66 Harlequins
Vickii Cornborough Prop 72 Harlequins
Lark Davies Hooker 41 Bristol Bears
Rosie Galligan Lock 7 Harlequins
Detysha Harper Prop 5 Loughborough Lightning
Sarah Hunter (c) Back Row 137 Loughborough Lightning
Sadia Kabeya Back Row 5 Loughborough Lightning
Alex Matthews Back Row 53 Gloucester-Hartpury
Maud Muir Prop 13 Gloucester-Hartpury
Cath O'Donnell Lock 22 Loughborough Lightning
Marlie Packer Back Row 85 Saracens
Connie Powell Hooker 6 Gloucester-Hartpury
Morwenna Talling Lock 4 Loughborough Lightning
Abbie Ward Lock 58 Bristol Bears
Holly Aitchison Fly-Half 11 Saracens
Jess Breach Wing 23 Saracens
Abby Dow Wing 26 Wasps
Zoe Harrison Fly-Half 42 Saracens
Tatyana Heard Centre 5 Gloucester-Hartpury
Leanne Infante Scrumhalf 54 Saracens
Ellie Kildunne Wing 27 Harlequins
Claudia MacDonald Scrumhalf 22 Exeter Chiefs
Sarah McKenna Fullback 42 Saracens
Lucy Packer Scrumhalf 6 Harlequins
Helena Rowland Fly-Half 19 Loughborough Lightning
Emily Scarratt (vc) Centre 105 Loughborough Lightning
Lydia Thompson Wing 56 Worcester Warriors

Notable players

England have three former players who have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame:

Players Year inducted Refs
Carol Isherwood 2014 [4]
Gillian Burns 2014 [5]
Margaret Alphonsi 2016 [6]

Honours

Winners (2): 1994, 2014[7]
Runners-up (5): 1991, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017
Winners (18): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Grand Slam (16): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022
Triple Crown (22): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Winners (5): 1997, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2004

References

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ "England prop Keates out of Rugby World Cup". BBC Sport. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Carol Isherwood - World Rugby - Hall of Fame". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Gillian Burns - World Rugby - Hall of Fame". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Margaret Alphonsi - World Rugby - Hall of Fame". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ^ James Riach. "England 21-9 Canada – Women's rugby World Cup match report". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

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