England national rugby union team for Rugby World Cup 2011
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in the tournament’s history. England also compete for the Calcutta Cup with Scotland as part of the Six Nations. They are ranked fifth in the world by the International Rugby Board as of 21 March 2011. England won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 and finished runners-up in 1991 and 2007.The history of the team extends back to 1871 when the English rugby team played their first official Test match, losing to Scotland by one try. England dominated the early Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) which started in 1883. Following the schism of rugby football in 1895, England did not win the Championship again until 1910. England first played against New Zealand in 1905, South Africa in 1906, and Australia in 1909. England was one of the teams invited to take part in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 and went on to appear in the final in the second cup in 1991 only to be defeated by Australia. Following their 2003 Six Nations Grand Slam, England won that year’s World Cup – beating Australia 20–17 in extra time. They also contested the final in 2007 but finished as runners up, losing 15–6 to South Africa.
Current squad
England Rugby Jersey
England’s 45-man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Team Manager: Martin Johnson
Hooker: George Chuter (34), Dylan Hartley (25), Lee Mears (32), Steve Thompson (32),
Prop: Dan Cole (24), Alex Corbisiero (22), Paul Doran-Jones (26), Tim Payne (32), Andrew Sheridan (31), Matt Stevens (28), David Wilson (26)
Lock: Mouritz Botha (29), Louis Deacon (30), Courtney Lawes (22), Tom Palmer (32), Simon Shaw (37)
Flanker: Tom Croft (25), Hendre Fourie (31), James Haskell (26), Lewis Moody (c) (33), Chris Robshaw (25), Tom Wood (24), Joe Worsley (34)
Number 8: Nick Easter (32), Thomas Waldrom (28),
Scrum-half: Danny Care (24), Joe Simpson (22), Richard Wigglesworth (28), Ben Youngs (21)
Fly-half: Toby Flood (25), Charlie Hodgson (30), Jonny Wilkinson (32),
Centre: Matt Banahan (24), Riki Flutey (31), Shontayne Hape (30), Mike Tindall (32), Manu Tuilagi (20),
Wing: Chris Ashton (24), Mark Cueto (31), Ugo Monye (28), Charlie Sharples (21), James Simpson-Daniel (29), David Strettle (27)
Fullback: Delon Armitage (27), Ben Foden (25)
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