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The England Team for the first international rugby union match, against Scotland, on 27 March 1871. The game of rugby union developed out of the game of football that was played at Rugby School from the mid-18th century.
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) had created the national side's emblem prior to an English team being sent to Edinburgh to play a Scottish side. A red rose was chosen to be the side's emblem. [93] The white kit worn by the national team was taken from the kit used at Rugby School. [93]
The England national men's rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then they have played in 746 matches. [1]The record for most Test points by an England player is held by Owen Farrell, who scored 1237 points between 2012 and 2023.
In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland. The England national team compete annually in the Six Nations Championship , and are former world champions after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup .
This timeline lists the foundation dates of the national governing bodies for rugby union—known as rugby unions or federations. The first union was the Rugby Football Union (RFU) that was founded in 1871 to govern rugby union within England. It was founded following the first ever rugby union international, played between England and Scotland ...
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
The rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871 was the world's first international rugby match. It is also officially the first international football match in any football code. The match was played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh in front of 4,000 spectators.
The Australia men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team.