England national rugby union team
Date Team Result Venue
10 February 1923 Ireland 23-5 Welford Road , Leicester
17 October 1992 Canada 26-13 Wembley Stadium , London
22 November 1997 New Zealand 8-25 Old Trafford , Manchester
14 November 1998 Netherlands 110-0 McAlpine Stadium , Huddersfield
22 November 1998 Italy 23-15 McAlpine Stadium , Huddersfield
6 June 2009 Argentina 37-15 Old Trafford , Manchester
10 October 2015 Uruguay 60-3 Etihad Stadium , Manchester
6 September 2019 Italy 37-0 St James ' Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
Twickenham -- England home matches outside Twickenham
Although England have played home matches almost exclusively at Twickenham since 1910 , they have occasionally used alternative English venues . England home matches have been hosted at Leicester 's Welford Road ( 1923 ) , London 's Wembley Stadium ( 1992 ) , Manchester 's Old Trafford ( 1997 and 2009 ) , Huddersfield 's McAlpine Stadium ( twice in 1998 ) , [ 68 ] Manchester 's Etihad Stadium ( 2015 ) , and St James ' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne ( 2019 ) .
The England national rugby union team represents England in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on a total of 28 occasions (as well as sharing 10 victories) - winning the Grand Slam 13 times and the Triple Crown 25 times - making them the most successful outright winners in the tournament's history. As of 18 November 2019[update], England are ranked third in the world by the International Rugby Board. They are currently the only team from the Northern Hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, having won the tournament in 2003, and have been runners-up on three other occasions. The history of the team extends back to 1871 when the English rugby team played their first official test match, losing 1-0 to Scotland. England dominated the early Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) which started in 1883. Following the schism of rugby football in 1895 into union and league, England did not win the Championship again until 1910. They 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 progressed to the final in the second tournament in 1991, losing 12-6 to Australia. Following their Grand Slam in 2003, England went on to win the 2003 Rugby World Cup, defeating Australia 20-17 in extra time. They contested the final again in 2007 in defence of their title, losing 15-6 to South Africa, and reached the final for the fourth time in 2019, once again losing to South Africa, 32-12.