The England women's national rugby union team first played in 1982. England are the current World Cup Champions after beating Canada in the France 2014 World Cup. Their coach is Simon Middleton after their coach Gary Street, who had been head coach since 2006, retired in 2015.
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History
Until May 1994 Women's' Rugby was run by the Women's Rugby Football Union (WRFU), formed in 1983. The WRFU was responsible for rugby in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
In 1994 the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) was formed in England with each of the Home Nations governing their own countries. The RFUW currently has over 410 Clubs: 170 Senior clubs, 80 student sides, 29 Under 18's sides, 103 Under 16's sides, and 40 Schools. These clubs are slotted into regions, these being: North West, North East, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, Eastern Counties, London & South East North, South East South, South West (North) and South West (South).
Until 2009 the badge and logo of England women's national teams was significantly different from that worn by men's teams. However, in 2009 - in anticipation of the merger between the RFU and RFUW - England teams adopted the men's rose.
Many top men's clubs have had women's teams from time to time. These have included Wasps, Saracens, Worcester, Rosslyn Park, London Irish, London Welsh, Waterloo, Richmond, Blackheath and Harlequins, but not all of these clubs still field women's sides. One effect of the continued division between RFU and RFUW is that there remains little incentive for clubs to create women's sections, and little encouragement for those that do field women's teams to actively integrate them fully into the host club.
England have taken part in every Women's Rugby World Cup competition, winning in 1994 and 2014 and finishing as runner-up on four other occasions.
The 1995/1996 season saw the introduction of a Home Nations Championship between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which England won in its inaugural year. England won the Championship every year except from the 1997/98 season when Scotland won it. France joined the competition in the 1998/99 season making it the Five Nations Championship with England achieving the Grand Slam in three successive seasons. In the 2001/02 season, Ireland rejoined the fold in preparation for the World Cup, and the competition expanded to be known as the Six Nations, since when England have finished lower than runner-up on only 2 occasions, in 2013 and 2015 respectively, and have won the title on 9 separate occasions, including in 7 consecutive tournaments between 2006 and 2012 and the Grand Slam on 8 more occasions, including 3 times in a row between 2006 - 2008 and 2010 - 2012, respectively.
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Squad
2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad:
- Zoe Aldcroft
- Sarah Bern
- Rochelle Clark
- Amy Cokayne
- Vickii Cornborough
- Vicky Fleetwood
- Sarah Hunter (C)
- Heather Kerr
- Justine Lucas
- Alex Matthews
- Harriet Millar-Mills
- Izzy Noel-Smith
- Marlie Packer
- Abbie Scott
- Tamara Taylor
- Rachael Burford
- Natasha Hunt
- Megan Jones
- La Toya Mason
- Katy Mclean
- Amber Reed
- Leanne Riley
- Emily Scarratt (VC)
- Emily Scott
- Lydia Thompson
- Danielle Waterman
- Kay Wilson
- Amy Wilson-Hardy
Previous squads
International Results
Results
See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering.
Full internationals
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Other matches
Honours
- World Cup
- Winners (2): 1994, 2014
- Runners-up (5): 1991, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017
- Six Nations Championship
- Winners (14): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
- Grand Slam (13): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
- Triple Crown (18): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
- European Championship
- Winners (5): 1997, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2004
See also
- England national rugby union team
- England national under-20 rugby union team
- England women's national rugby sevens team
- England national rugby sevens team
- England Saxons
England national under 18 rugby union team
References
External links
- England Rugby Football Union website
- England Rugby website
- Museum of Rugby
- Origin of the red rose
- Unofficial England Rugby Union - Fan Site
- English rugby union news from Planet Rugby
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