England at the Rugby World Cup

The

United States and Samoa. Their worst record is against South Africa

, who have defeated them in five of their six encounters.

England co-hosted the 1991 Rugby World Cup with Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France, with the

final between England and Australia played at Twickenham. England was the sole host of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, although eight games were held at the Millennium Stadium

, the Welsh national stadium in Cardiff.

By position

Rugby World Cup									Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Squad	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
1987	Quarter–finals	4	2	0	2	103	48	Squad	Invited
1991	Runners–up	6	4	0	2	119	61	Squad	Automatically qualified
1995	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	158	146	Squad	Automatically qualified
1999	Quarter–finals	5	3	0	2	250	115	Squad	1st	2	2	0	0	133	15
2003	Champions	7	7	0	0	327	88	Squad	Automatically qualified
2007	Runners–up	7	5	0	2	140	122	Squad	Automatically qualified
2011	Quarter–finals	5	4	0	1	149	53	Squad	Automatically qualified
2015	Pool stage	4	2	0	2	133	75	Squad	Automatically qualified
2019	Runners–up	6	5	0	1	190	75	Squad	Automatically qualified
2023	Third place	7	6	0	1	221	102	Squad	Automatically qualified
2027									Automatically qualified
2031									To be determined
Total	—	57	42	0	15	1790	885	—	—	2	2	0	0	133	15
Champions Runners–up Third place Fourth place Home venue

By tournament

1987 New Zealand & Australia

Group matches

23 May 1987

New Zealand

)

30 May 1987

England	60–7^[3]^[4]	Japan
Try: Harrison (3) Underwood (2) Salmon Richards Redman Rees Simms Con: Webb (7) Pen: Webb (2)		Try: Miyamoto Pen: Matsuo

Concord Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 4,893
Referee: René Hourquet (France)

3 June 1987

Australia

)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	Pts	Qualification
Australia	3	3	0	108	41	+67	18	6	Knockout stage
England	3	2	1	100	32	+68	15	4	Knockout stage
United States	3	1	2	39	99	−60	5	2
Japan	3	0	3	48	123	−75	7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final

8 June 1987

England	3–16	Wales
Pen: Webb		Try: Roberts Jones Devereux Con: Thorburn (2)

Ballymore, Brisbane
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: René Hourquet (France)

1991 UK, Ireland & France

Group matches

3 October 1991

England	12–18	New Zealand
Pen: Webb (3) Drop: Andrew		Try: Jones Con: Fox Pen: Fox (4)

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

8 October 1991

Brian Anderson (Scotland

)

11 October 1991

Skinner
Heslop
Con: Hodgkinson (4)
Pen: Hodgkinson (3)

Try: Nelson
Con: Williams
Pen: Williams

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Les Peard (Wales)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	95	39	+56	6
England	3	2	1	85	33	+52	4
Italy	3	1	2	57	76	−19	2
United States	3	0	3	24	113	−89	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final

19 October 1991

New Zealand

)

Semi-final

26 October 1991

Australia

)

Final

2 November 1991

Australia	12–6	England
Try: Daly Con: Lynagh Pen: Lynagh (2)	Report	Pen: Webb (2)

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 56,208
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

1995 South Africa

Group matches

27 May 1995

Argentina	18–24	England
Try: Arbizu Noriega Con: Arbizu Pen: Arbizu (2)		Pen: Andrew (6) Drop: Andrew (2)

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

31 May 1995

England	27–20	Italy
Try: R. Underwood T. Underwood Con: Andrew Pen: Andrew (5)		Try: Cuttitta Vaccari Con: Dominguez (2) Pen: Dominguez (2)

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 45,093
Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)

4 June 1995

England	44–22	Western Samoa
Try: R. Underwood (2) Back Penalty try Con: Callard (3) Pen: Callard(5) Drop: Catt		Try: Sini (2) Umaga Con: Fa'amasino (2) Pen: Fa'amasino

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Patrick Robin (France)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	95	60	+35	9
Western Samoa	3	2	1	96	88	+8	7
Italy	3	1	2	69	94	−25	5
Argentina	3	0	3	69	87	−18	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final

11 June 1995

New Zealand

)

Semi-final

18 June 1995

England	29–45	New Zealand
Try: Carling (2) R. Underwood (2) Con: Andrew (3) Pen: Andrew	Report	Try: Lomu (4) Kronfeld Bachop Con: Mehrtens (3) Pen: Mehrtens Drop: Z. Brooke Mehrtens

Newlands, Cape Town
Attendance: 43,414
Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)

Third-place play-off

22 June 1995

New Zealand

)

1999 Wales

Group matches

2 October 1999
17:00

UTC+01)

England	67–7	Italy
Try: Wilkinson Hill Luger Back De Glanville Corry Dawson Perry Con: Wilkinson (6) Pen: Wilkinson (5)		Try: Dominguez Con: Dominguez

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 73,470
Referee: André Watson (South Africa)

9 October 1999
16:30

Australia

)

15 October 1999
13:00

Australia

)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	176	28	+148	9
England	3	2	1	184	47	+137	7
Tonga	3	1	2	47	171	−124	5
Italy	3	0	3	35	196	−161	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final play-offs

20 October 1999
13:00

UTC+01)

England	45–24	Fiji
Try: Luger Back Beal Greening Con: Dawson Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson (7)	Report	Try: Satala Nakauta Tiko Con: Little (3) Pen: Serevi

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

Quarter-final

24 October 1999
14:00

UTC+02)

South Africa	44–21	England
Try: Van der Westhuizen P. Rossouw Con: De Beer (2) Pen: De Beer (5) Drop: De Beer (5)	Report	Pen: Grayson (6) Wilkinson

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

2003 Australia

Group matches

12 October 2003
20:00

UTC+8)

(1 BP) England	84–6	Georgia
Try: Tindall Dawson Thompson Back Dallaglio Greenwood (2) Regan Cohen (2) Robinson Luger Con: Wilkinson (5) Grayson (4) Pen: Wilkinson (2)		Pen: Urjukashvili Jimsheladze

Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance: 25,501
Referee: Pablo De Luca (Argentina)

18 October 2003
20:00

Australia

)

26 October 2003
20:00

UTC+11)

(1 BP) England	35–22	Samoa
Try: Back Penalty try Balshaw Vickery Con: Wilkinson (3) Pen: Wilkinson (2) Drop: Wilkinson		Try: Sititi Con: Va'a Pen: Va'a (5)

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 50,647
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

2 November 2003
17:30

UTC+11)

(1 BP) England	111–13	Uruguay
Try: Moody Lewsey (5) Balshaw (2) Catt (2) Gomarsall (2) Luger Abbott Robinson (2) Greenwood Con: Grayson (11) Catt (2)		Try: Lemoine Con: Menchaca Pen: Menchaca (2)

Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 46,233
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification
England	4	4	0	255	47	+208	3	19	Quarter-finals
South Africa	4	3	1	184	60	+124	3	15	Quarter-finals
Samoa	4	2	2	138	117	+21	2	10
Uruguay	4	1	3	56	255	−199	0	4
Georgia	4	0	4	46	200	−154	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final

9 November 2003
20:00

UTC+11)

England	28–17	Wales
Try: Greenwood 44' c Con: Wilkinson (1/1) 44' Pen: Wilkinson (6) Drop: Wilkinson 80+1'		Try: S. Jones 30' m Charvis 35' m M. Williams 71' c Con: Harris (1/3) 72'

Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 45,252
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Semi-final

16 November 2003
20:00

New Zealand

)

Final

22 November 2003
20:00

Tuqiri 6' m
Pen: Flatley (4)

Report

Try: Robinson 38' m
Pen: Wilkinson (4)
Drop: Wilkinson 100'

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 82,957
Referee: André Watson (South Africa)

2007 France

Group matches

8 September 2007
18:00

Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 36,755
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa

)

14 September 2007
21:00

UTC+2)

England	0–36	South Africa
	Report	Try: Smith 6' c Pietersen (2) 38' c, 64' c Con: Montgomery (3/3) 7', 39', 64' Pen: Steyn (1/1) 11' Montgomery (4/4) 36', 46', 55', 79'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,523
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

22 September 2007
16:00

Polu 47' c
Con: Crichton (1/1) 47'
Pen: Crichton (5/5) 9', 12', 38', 40+1', 42'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 37,022
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

28 September 2007
21:00

UTC+2)

(1 BP) England	36–20	Tonga
Try: Sackey (2) 20' m, 38' m Tait 57' c Farrell 66' c Con: Wilkinson (2/4) 58', 66' Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 14', 36' Drop: Wilkinson (2/2) 32', 72'	Report	Try: Hufanga 17' c T-Pole 80' c Con: Hola (2/2) 18', 80' Pen: Hola (2/2) 11', 55'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,085
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	4	4	0	189	47	+142	3	19	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2	England	4	3	1	108	88	+20	2	14
3	Tonga	4	2	2	89	96	−7	1	9	Eliminated, automatic qualification for 2011 Rugby World Cup
4	Samoa	4	1	3	69	143	−74	1	5
5	United States	4	0	4	61	142	−81	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final

6 October 2007
15:00

Tuqiri 33' c
Con: Mortlock (1/1) 34'
Pen: Mortlock (1/4) 6'

Report

Pen: Wilkinson (4/7) 22', 25', 51', 59'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 59,102
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Semi-final

13 October 2007
21:00

UTC+2)

England	14–9	France
Try: Lewsey 2' m Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 47', 75' Drop: Wilkinson (1/4) 78'	Report	Pen: Beauxis (3/3) 8', 18', 44'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,283
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Final

20 October 2007
21:00

UTC+2)

England	6–15	South Africa
Pen: Wilkinson (2/2) 13', 44'	Report	Pen: Montgomery (4/4) 7', 16', 40', 51' Steyn (1/2) 62'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,430
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

2011 New Zealand

Group matches

10 September 2011
20:30

New Zealand

)

18 September 2011
18:00

UTC+13)

(1 BP) England	41–10	Georgia
Try: Hape (2) 4' c, 21' c Armitage 47' m Tuilagi 62' c Ashton (2) 65' c, 80' m Con: Flood (4/6) 5', 21', 63', 66' Pen: Flood (1/1) 35'	Report^[8]	Try: Basilaia 40' c Con: Kvirikashvili (1/1) 40' Pen: Kvirikashvili (1/6) 27'

Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 20,117
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

24 September 2011
18:00

UTC+13)

(1 BP) England	67–3	Romania
Try: Cueto (3) 15' m, 22' c, 26' m Ashton (3) 32' c, 35' c, 70' c Youngs 41' m Foden 49' c Tuilagi 61' c Croft 67' c Con: Wilkinson (3/5) 22', 32', 36' Flood (4/5) 49', 61', 67', 70' Pen: Wilkinson (1/1) 2'	Report^[9]	Pen: Dumbravă (1/5) 38'

Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 25,687
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

1 October 2011
20:30

UTC+13)

England	16–12	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Ashton 78' c Con: Flood (1/1) 79' Pen: Wilkinson (2/5) 34', 63' Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 57'	Report^[10]	Pen: Paterson (2/2) 9', 55' Parks (1/1) 17' Drop: Parks (1/3) 40'

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 58,213
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	4	0	137	34	+103	18	2	18	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
2	Argentina	4	3	1	90	40	+50	10	2	14
3	Scotland	4	2	2	73	59	+14	4	3	11	Eliminated but qualified for 2015 Rugby World Cup
4	Georgia	4	1	3	48	90	−42	3	0	4
5	Romania	4	0	4	44	169	−125	3	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-final

8 October 2011
20:30

Australia

)

2015 England

Group matches

18 September 2015
20:00

UTC+01)

(1 BP) England	35–11	Fiji
Try: Penalty try 13' c Brown (2) 22' m, 72' c B. Vunipola 80' c Con: Ford (1/2) 13' Farrell (2/2) 73', 80' Pen: Ford (2/3) 3', 34' Farrell (1/1) 68'	Report	Try: Nadolo 30' m Pen: Nadolo (1/3) 37' Volavola (1/2) 64'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,015
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

26 September 2015
20:00

UTC+01)

(1 BP) England	25–28	Wales
Try: May 27' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 29' Pen: Farrell (5/5) 12', 24', 44', 52', 69' Drop: Farrell 18'	Report	Try: G. Davies 71' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 72' Pen: Biggar (7/7) 3', 16', 40', 48', 54', 59', 75'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,129
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

3 October 2015
20:00

UTC+01)

England	13–33	Australia
Try: Watson 56' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 57' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 13', 65'	Report	Try: Foley (2) 20' c, 35' c Giteau 80' c Con: Foley (3/3) 22', 36', 80' Pen: Foley (4/4) 8', 50', 72', 76'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,010
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

10 October 2015
20:00

New Zealand

)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	141	35	+106	17	1	17	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	Wales	4	3	1	111	62	+49	11	1	13
3	England	4	2	2	133	75	+58	16	3	11	Eliminated but qualified for 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Fiji	4	1	3	84	101	−17	10	1	5
5	Uruguay	4	0	4	30	226	−196	2	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2019 Japan

Group matches

22 September 2019
19:15

Paul Williams (New Zealand

)

26 September 2019 19:45 United States
Try: Ford 5' c Vunipola 24' c Cowan-Dickie 32' m Cokanasiga (2) 47' m, 75' c McConnochie 57' c Ludlam 66' c Con: Ford (5/7) 7', 25', 59', 68', 76'	Report	Try: Campbell 81' c Con: MacGinty (1/1) 82'

Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 27,194
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

5 October 2019
17:00

Chōfu
Attendance: 48,185
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales

)

12 October 2019
17:15

UTC+09)

England	0–0 (Cancelled)	France

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Notes:

As a result of inclement weather caused by
Typhoon Hagibis this match was cancelled and awarded as a 0–0 draw.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	3	1	0	119	20	+99	17	3	17	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup
2	France	4	3	1	0	79	51	+28	9	1	15
3	Argentina	4	2	0	2	106	91	+15	14	3	11	Eliminated but qualified for 2023 Rugby World Cup
4	Tonga	4	1	0	3	67	105	−38	9	2	6
5	United States	4	0	0	4	52	156	−104	7	0	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

Quarter-final

19 October 2019
16:15

Ōita
Attendance: 36,954
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France

)

Semi-final

26 October 2019
17:00

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,843
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales

)

Final

2 November 2019
18:00

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 70,103
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France

)

2023 France

Group matches

9 September 2023
21:00

UTC+2)

England	27–10	Argentina
Pen: Ford (6/6) 10', 46', 54', 59', 66', 75' Drop: Ford (3/3) 27', 31', 37'	Report	Try: Bruni 79' c Con: Boffelli (1/1) 80' Pen: Boffelli (1/2) 5'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 63,118
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

17 September 2023
21:00

UTC+2)

(1 BP) England	34–12	Japan
Try: Ludlam 24' c Lawes 56' c Steward 66' c Marchant 80+1' c Con: Ford (4/4) 26', 56', 67', 80+1' Pen: Ford (2/3) 4', 42'	Report	Pen: Matsuda (4/4) 15', 23', 32', 54'

Allianz Riviera, Nice
Attendance: 30,500
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

23 September 2023
17:45

UTC+2)

(1 BP) England	71–0	Chile
Try: Arundell (5) 20' m, 30' m, 48' c, 60' c, 69' m Dan (2) 24' c, 45' c Rodd 35' c Smith (2) 40' c, 77' c Willis 80' c Con: Farrell (8/11) 25', 36', 40+2', 46', 49', 62', 78', 80+1'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Attendance: 44,315
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

7 October 2023
17:45

UTC+2)

England	18–17	Samoa (1 BP)
Try: Chessum 9' m Care 73' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 74' Pen: Farrell (2/3) 18', 58'	Report	Try: Ah Wong (2) 22' c, 29' c Con: Sopoaga (2/2) 24', 30' Pen: Sopoaga (1/2) 48'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Attendance: 47,891
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	B	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	4	0	150	39	+111	17	3	2	18	Advance to knockout stage, and qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
2	Argentina	4	3	1	127	69	+58	15	5	2	14
3	Japan	4	2	2	109	107	+2	12	14	1	9	Qualification to the 2027 Rugby World Cup
4	Samoa	4	1	3	92	75	+17	11	7	3	7
5	Chile	4	0	4	27	215	−188	4	30	0	0

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers

Quarter-final

15 October 2023
17:00

UTC+2)

England	30–24	Fiji
Try: Tuilagi 14' m Marchant 23' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 23' Pen: Farrell (5/6) 11', 34', 38', 54', 78' Drop: Farrell (1/1) 72'	Report	Try: Mata 28' c Ravai 64' c Botitu 68' c Con: Lomani (1/1) 29' Kuruvoli (2/2) 65', 70' Pen: Lomani (1/3) 20'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 61,863
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Semi-final

21 October 2023
21:00

UTC+2)

England	15–16	South Africa
Pen: Farrell (4/4) 3', 10', 24', 39' Drop: Farrell (1/1) 53'	Report	Try: Snyman 69' c Con: Pollard (1/1) 70' Pen: Libbok (1/1) 21' Pollard (2/2) 35', 78'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,098
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Third-place play-off

27 October 2023
21:00

UTC+2)

Argentina	23–26	England
Try: Cubelli 36' c S. Carreras 42' c Con: Boffelli (2/2) 37', 43' Pen: Boffelli (2/2) 24', 50' Sánchez (1/2) 68'	Report	Try: Earl 8' c Dan 44' c Con: Farrell (2/2) 9', 45' Pen: Farrell (4/4) 3', 13', 30', 65'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,604
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

Overall record

Against	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	% Won
Argentina	5	5	0	129	70	100
Australia	7	4	3	122	129	57.14
Chile	1	1	0	71	0	100
Fiji	3	3	0	110	59	100
France	5	3	2	78	64	60
Georgia	2	2	0	125	16	100
Italy	3	3	0	130	33	100
Japan	2	2	0	94	19	100
New Zealand	4	1	3	76	100	25
Romania	1	1	0	67	3	100
Samoa	4	4	0	141	83	100
Scotland	2	2	0	25	18	100
South Africa	6	1	5	79	149	16.67
Tonga	3	3	0	172	33	100
United States	4	4	0	144	32	100
Uruguay	2	2	0	171	16	100
Wales	3	1	2	56	61	33.33
Total	57	42	15	1790	885	73.68

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)

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External links

Rugbyworldcup.com Official site of the Rugby World Cup.
IRB.com Official site of the
International Rugby Board
.

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v t e National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup by tier
Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy Japan New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales
Tier 2 teams	Canada Chile Fiji Georgia Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay
Tier 3 teams	Ivory Coast Zimbabwe