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England

[[Image:|100px|Shirt badge/Association crest]]

Association

Rugby Football League

Region

Europe

Head coach

Tony Smith

Captain

Jamie Peacock

RLIF ranking

3rd





National Uniform

First international

Other Nationalities 9 - 3 England

(Wigan, England; 5 April 1904)

Biggest win

USA 0 - 110 England

(Florida, USA; October 2000

Biggest defeat

New Zealand 49 - 6 England

(Bolton, England; 18 November 2000)

World Cup

Appearances

3 (First in 1975)

Best result

Runners-up, 1975; 1995

In rugby league England is represented in the World Cup (1975, 1995, 2000) and the World Sevens (2002, 2003). With the exception of the 1995 World Cup, matches involving England are not deemed to have test status, English players instead representing Great Britain.

The England team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League,

England will become a Test nation from 2008 onwards, effectively taking over the mantle of Great Britain

The \'old\' Crest

The badge of the national rugby league team of England is a combination of St. George\'s cross, the Three Lions Coat of Arms of England and Tudor Rose. The St. George\'s cross, the national flag of England is a red cross on a white background, it was adopted for the uniform of English soldiers during Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and in or about 1277 is when it officially became the national flag of England. However with the 1707 Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain was recognised and a Union Flag was created. The flag of England is used now to represent England alone. The English coat of arms was introduced by Richard I of England in the 1190s. The rose on the badge is the Tudor rose, which was introduced by Henry Tudor, who ended the War of the Roses, between Lancashire (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose), this action was symbolic of the end of the War of the Roses. These motifs are reoccurring in most English sporting badges, such as the England national football team, England national rugby union team and the English national cricket team which all promote similar attributes.

New logo

The England rugby league team’s new official logo was launched on the 6th of February 2008.

The cross of St George is positioned across a three-dimensional shield within the design. The date "1895" is placed through the centre of the cross, symbolizing the birth of rugby league. [1]

History

The England team shirt

On the 5th April 1904, England versus \'Other Nationalities\' (Welsh & Scottish) play a 12-a-side match at Wigan, which England lose 9-3.

England first played at the World Cup in 1975, which was played over several months in both hemispheres on a league basis. England won one and drew the other of their two games against eventual winners Australia. Due to England\'s defeat by Wales in their final match, Australia took the trophy by finishing one point ahead of England.

In the 1995 World Cup England were coached by Phil Larder. England got off to a flying start beating Australia 20-16 in the opening game at Wembley, then hammering Fiji & South Africa in the remaining group games to finish top of group A, this set up a semi-final game at Old Trafford against Wales. England won the tussle 25-10 to reach the World Cup final, but they lost 16-8 to Australia at Wembley Stadium.

John Kear was coach of England for the World Cup in 2000. Compared to 1995, England had little success in the losing their opening game at Twickenham 22-2 to Australia. England won their remaining two pool games against Fiji and Russia. A surprising display by Ireland in the quarter-finals, saw England scrape through to the semi-finals 26-16. England then lost 49-6 to New Zealand at Bolton and were knocked out of the tournament.

On Wednesday 13 October 1999, England met France in Carcassonne, The England team were without players involved with Great Britain, who were in Queensland for the Tri-Nations competition. The French fielded an experienced and talented squad. In the end England won 28-20.

In 2002 England toured Fiji and Tonga. Karl Harrison became England coach in July 2004 replacing John Kear. He led England to European Nations Cup success in 2004 and coached them to a win over France and a narrow defeat by New Zealand in 2005. Harrison stepped down citing family reasons on 4 August 2006 and was replaced by Paul Cullen. England A took part in the Federation Shield in autumn 2006 which they won.

From 2008 onwards, the England team will compete in all World Cups, international tournaments and Test series,replacing Great Britain,This will support the RFL’s strategy for the growth and development of the sport in this country and throughout Europe. The separation of Great Britain will also create an important opportunity for the celtic nations to drive the growth of the game in their territories.[2]

2008 Fixtures

| weekend of 27th june - France v England - venue TBC

| weekend of 10th october - England v Ireland - venue TBC

Rugby league world cup 2008 pool 1 fixtures

| saturday 25th ocotober - England v PNG - townsville,australia

| sunday 2nd november - England v Australia - melbourne,australia

| saturday 8th november - England v New zealand - newcastle,australia

Possible 2008 World Cup squad

As of 17 November, 2007

Number	Name	DOB	Position	Club	Nationality	Caps (points)
1	Paul Wellens	February 27, 1980	Full Back	St Helens	English	1 (4)
2	David Hodgson	August 8, 1981	Winger	Huddersfield Giants	English	0 (0)
3	Chev Walker	October 10, 1982	Centre	Hull Kingston Rovers	English	6 (0)
4	Martin Gleeson	May 28, 1980	Centre	Warrington Wolves	English	? (?)
5	Gareth Raynor	February 24, 1978	Wing	Hull FC	English	? (?)
6	Danny McGuire	December 6, 1982	Stand-off	Leeds Rhinos	English	8 (12)
7	Rob Burrow	Sept 26, 1982	Scrum-half	Leeds Rhinos	English	4 (26)
8	Adrian Morley	May 10, 1977	Second Row	Warrington Wolves	English	26 (12)
9	Terry Newton	November 7, 1978	Hooker	Bradford Bulls	English	14 (28)
10	Jamie Peacock	December 14, 1977	Prop	Leeds Rhinos	English	12 (0)
11	Jon Wilkin	November 1, 1983	Second-row	St Helens	English	2 (0)
12	Gareth Ellis	May 3, 1981	Second-row	Leeds Rhinos	English	11 (4)
13	Stephen Wild	April 26, 1980	Loose Forward	Huddersfield Giants	English	0 (0)
14	James Roby	November 22, 1985	Hooker	St Helens	English	3 (0)
15	Sam Burgess	December 14, 1988	Prop	Bradford Bulls	English	0 (0)
16	Kevin Sinfield	Sept 12, 1980	Looose Forward	Leeds Rhinos	English	12 (0)
17	James Graham	Sept 10,1985	Prop	St Helens	English	1 (8)
18	Paul Cooke	April 17, 1981	Stand Off	Hull Kingston Rovers	English	3 (?)
19	Kirk Yeaman	Sept 15, 1983	Centre	Hull FC	English	5 (4)
20	Sean O\'Loughlin	November 24, 1982	Loose Forward	Wigan Warriors	English	7 (8)
21	Leon Pryce	October 9, 1981	Stand Off	St Helens	English	11 (30)
22	Ade Gardner	June 26, 1983	Winger	St Helens	English	1 (4)
23	Maurie Fa\'asavalu	Sept 12, 1980	Prop	St Helens	Samoan	0 (0)
24	Jamie Jones-Buchanan	Sept 12, 1980	Loose Forward	Leeds Rhinos	English	12 (0)
25	Shaun Briscoe	February 23, 1983	Full Back	Hull Kingston Rovers	English	4 (0)

Statistics

rankings

RLIF ranking : 3rd (2007)
RLEF ranking : 1st (2008)

Team

Highest score: 76-4 v Russia at St Helens (World Cup), 1 November 2000
Widest winning margin: 76-4 v Russia at St Helens (World Cup), 1 November 2000
Highest against: 49-6 v New Zealand at Bolton (World Cup), 18 November 2000
Highest losing margin: 49-6 v New Zealand at Bolton (World Cup), 18 November 2000

Individual

Most tries in a match: 4 by Jim Leytham (Wigan) v Other Nationalities at Bradford, 2 January 1905, Stan Moorhouse (Huddersfield) v Wales at Plymouth, 15 February 1913, Peter Norburn (Swinton) v Other Nationalities at Wigan, 28 November 1953, Keith Fielding (Salford) v France at Bordeaux, 11 October 1975, Stuart Wright (Widnes) v Wales at St. Helens, 28 May 1978, Martin Offiah (Wigan) v France at Gateshead, 12 June 1996
Most goals in a match: 9 by Geoff Pimblett (St. Helens) v Wales at St. Helens, 28 May 1978, Andrew Farrell (Wigan) v Fiji (World Cup) at Leeds, 4 November 2000
Most points in a match: 22 (2t, 7g) by Steve Prescott (St. Helens) v France at Gateshead, 12 June 1996, (1t, 9g) by Andrew Farrell (Wigan) v Fiji (World Cup) at Leeds, 4 November 2000

Other

Biggest home attendance: 66,000 v Australia at Wembley (World Cup Final), 28 October 1995

Other England Teams

In addition to the England team, there has also been an England "Lionhearts" and England A team selected since 2002.

England A

The England A is team selected up and coming players from the Super League who are not yet ready for selection in the Great Britain team. In 2003 and 2004 England A participated in the European Nations Cup.

England Lionhearts

England Lionhearts are selected from players in the Rugby League Conference. It competes against Wales A, Scotland A "Bravehearts" and Ireland A "Wolfhounds" each year in the Amateur Four Nations competition. The Lionhearts played the Malta Knights, in what was the first ever rugby league game played in Malta, at Marsa Stadium in October 2005. The Lionhearts lost 36-6. On May 6, 2006 the English Lionhearts played Serbia in Pancevo and won 50-4.

Famous players

External links

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