England national rugby league team
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| Governing body | Rugby Football League | ||||||
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| Region | Europe | ||||||
| Head coach | Wayne Bennett | ||||||
| Captain | Sam Burgess | ||||||
| Most caps | James Graham (32) | ||||||
| Top try-scorer | Ryan Hall (31) | ||||||
| Top point-scorer | Kevin Sinfield (202) | ||||||
| RLIF ranking | 3rd | ||||||
| First international | |||||||
 England 9–3 Other Nationalities(Wigan, England; 5 April 1904) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||
 United States 0–110 England (Orlando, Florida, USA; October 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||
 Australia 52–4 England (Melbourne; 2 November 2008) |
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| World Cup | |||||||
| Appearances | 5 (first time in 1975) | ||||||
| Best result | Runners-up, 1975; 1995 | ||||||
The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League. As of 2008, the team now participates in all World Cups, Four Nations and test matches.
The team dates back to 1904 when they played against a mixture of Welsh and Scottish players in Wigan. Since then, and until the 1950s, they regularly toured Australia and New Zealand and played both home and away matches against neighbours Wales and France. But when it was decided that Great Britain would tour the Southern Hemisphere instead of England, France and Wales became the only regular opponents. Even then though, there are some long periods where England barely played any matches. Their first appearance in the Rugby League World Cup was in 1975, and since then they have become runners-up in 1975 and 1995, the latter tournament being held in England. In 2008, they competed in the 2008 World Cup in Australia. For many years England also competed in the European Nations Cup and in 2006, an England 'A' team, competed for the Federation Shield. In the past England's main rivals have been Wales and France, with the rivalry stretching back to 1908 and 1934 respectively. However, England's main rivals would now be Australia, New Zealand and, to a lesser extent, France.
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