105-532: England Knights is the feeder team for the England national rugby league team . The Knights play a key role in the development of emerging talent, allowing players to gain experience in an international environment and to compete for a place in the England first team. The idea of a second England team originated in the 1990s as "Emerging England" to give young players a chance to play internationally before being called up to
210-596: A cross-county league, Warrington were one of the 14 teams that were to form the Northern Rugby Football League. In 1903–04, Warrington defeated Bradford Northern in a semi-final replay to earn a place in the final of the Challenge Cup. Warrington put up a fine performance against Halifax but lost 8–3. After two Challenge Cup final defeats, Warrington finally succeeded in bringing home the cup in 1904–05, Warrington beat Hull Kingston Rovers 6–0 in front of
315-399: A crowd of 19,638. A highest to date league finish of fifth was achieved in the same season. Warrington's second Challenge Cup victory came two years later in 1907, when Warrington beat Oldham 17–3. A Lancashire Cup final defeat to Broughton Rangers occurred in the same season. In 1908, 14 November the first touring Australian rugby league team visited Warrington. The Kangaroos embarked upon
420-507: A cup final 24–9 win the Challenge Cup. The icing on the cake was the top eight play-off trophy, secured after a 13-12 success over St. Helens for a four-cup haul. In 1974-5 Wire returned to Wembley for the Challenge Cup final only to have their celebrations spoiled by Widnes while they also had to settle for runners-up in the Floodlit Trophy. In contrast to recent seasons, nothing went right for Warrington in 1975–76. They finished tenth in
525-627: A few games. Their first ever game was against France and the Knights came out 38–18 victors. The Knights won the 2012 European Cup by beating Ireland and Scotland in a 3-game tournament. Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington , England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium , and compete in Super League ,
630-400: A first ever top four play-off, in 1925–6. Swinton were beaten in the semi-final, but the final against Wigan ended in disappointment. After a bad start to the 1927–28 season and a poor previous season, culminating in an all-time low in 1928 when the club suffered its then record defeat 68–14 at Hunslet, Warrington notched up victories over Hull Kingston Rovers, Huddersfield and finally Leeds in
735-492: A friendly match against Wigan was arranged. They were officially switched on for the match on Tuesday 28 September, Wigan winning the match. Warrington's home game against Widnes became the first rugby league match to be broadcast on BBC albeit only to the south of England. The final of the Lancashire Cup was reached by gaining a 21–10 victory over Oldham in the semi-final. The final against Rochdale Hornets , at Knowsley Road ,
840-449: A goal each. A crowd of 5,000 watched the match at Wilderspool. The Warrington team that day was Jimmy Tilley , Jack Fish , George Dickenson , Ike Taylor , Lewis Treharne , Ernest Brooks , John Jenkins , William Dowell , Alfred Boardman , Billy O'Neill , George Thomas , Peter Boardman , and John Willie Chester . The Australians came back to Wilderspool for "revenge" later in the tour but tries from Jack Fish, and John Jenkins earned
945-553: A lottery, which played an important part in the club's finances in future seasons. In the 1959–60 season, they won the Lancashire Cup for the first time in 22 years, playing all their games away from home. St. Helens were the final hurdle but the Wire managed a 5–4 win at Central Park. This ended a period of four seasons without silverware. In 1961, Warrington reached the championship final held at Odsal, but Leeds had total control over
1050-404: A major part in a good cup run took the Wire to the 1950 Challenge Cup final. This time they were to play local rivals Widnes. They led 14-nil at half-time, eventually taking the trophy by 19-nil. This was Wire's first Challenge Cup triumph at Wembley. The 1950–1 season saw Warrington finish the year as Lancashire League winners, Lancashire Cup runners-up and championship runners-up. Warrington lost
1155-485: A massive six months tour of Britain taking in 45 matches. Their timing was not good as the north of England was hit by strikes in the cotton mills, which badly affected attendances as fans could not afford to watch the pioneering Aussies. On Saturday 14 November 1908 Warrington played the Kangaroos. Warrington won the match 10–3, with Jackie Fish the hero scoring one try and Ike Taylor the other, Fish and George Dickenson kicked
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#17328589491211260-458: A match between the two sides was played at Bradford. This time England won 26–11 even though they were losing 11–0 at half-time. Wigan's Jim Leytham scored four tries in succession, a record that still stand today. The match was played with fifteen players on each side and so was the 1906 match. Played in Wigan again, the match finished a 3–3 draw. The concept was abandoned after the 1906 match. By 1908
1365-580: A match for England on New Year's Day 1904 in Oldham . On that day though, the ground was frosty and the match was cancelled and it was rescheduled for April. On 5 April 1904 England competed against a team called " Other Nationalities ", who were made up of ten Welshman and two Scotsman, including George Frater , who captained the side. It was a period of experimentation for the Northern Union and each team had twelve players, not thirteen. At Central Park , Wigan
1470-450: A match involving Warrington and Zingari (probably a Withington, Manchester club of that name) and in subsequent weeks there were matches with Sale and Free Wanderers. This club folded after its ground was lost to development work. Warrington Zingari Football Club was formed in 1876 by seven young local men. Zingari is the Italian word for gypsies and was commonly adopted by clubs that lacked
1575-477: A much better performance but for only 28 minutes, as they gave up a 24–8 lead to lose 24–36. Before, and during the match, England were accusing New Zealand of being soft, however, after the match, media outlets were calling England the biggest losers of the tournament. Controversy also occurred before the game kicked off, when England refused to face New Zealand's haka challenge. Smith said 'In some cultures poking your tongue out at others could be seen as insulting and
1680-459: A new 'Northern Union' and resigned from the RFU . The new competition drew the top teams from Yorkshire and Lancashire led to a rise in the standard of opponents. Warrington defeated Hunslet 5–4 in their opening match but this was followed by four successive defeats. In a tough first season, Warrington finished 13th out of 22. After only a single season of the cross-county competition, the Northern Union
1785-491: A number of years. Instead of the usual all-white kit, an offset red St George's Cross was added to both the front and back of the jumper. John Kear was coach of England for the World Cup in 2000 . Compared to 1995, England had little success, losing their opening game at Twickenham 22–2 against Australia . But they won their remaining two pool games against Fiji and Russia . A surprisingly competitive display by Ireland in
1890-700: A permanent base. The team initially played on a field in the Howley Wharf area. Warrington Zingari's first recorded game was an away game against Penketh on 28 October 1876, resulting in a defeat by a goal to nil. When the earlier Warrington club folded, Warrington Zingari decided to take the vacant Warrington Football Club name for the start of the 1877–8 season. Over the next seven years, Warrington Zingari would have five new homes – off Sankey Street at two different sites, off Wilderspool Causeway at two different sites and Slutchers Lane. Amalgamations followed with Padgate Excelsior in 1881 and Warrington Wanderers in 1884 but
1995-434: A piece. The replay was held at Odsal , Bradford and a record 102,569 paid to see Warrington defeat Halifax 8–4. Thousands more got in for free and estimates of the total crowd were in the region of 120–130,000. The week after the two teams met again in the championship final at Maine Road . Warrington secured another victory by four goals to Halifax's two goals and a try. The club had done the league and cup double as well as
2100-586: A record crowd in Huddersfield, in a game which saw Ryan Hall become the new England top try-scorer after a hat-trick took him to tally 17 total tries for his country. England also beat a determined Fiji, in front a sold-out crowd at the KC Stadium, to advance to the quarter-finals. They took on European rivals, France, in Wigan and, after trailing 0–6 early, England went on to advance to the semi-finals to meet defending World Champions, New Zealand, at Wembley. The game
2205-628: A score of just 6–0. As hosts of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup , and as a team who reached the quarter finals in the previous world cup, England automatically qualified. They again reached the semi-final, but lost 27-26, on a golden point after extra time, to Samoa. England replaced Great Britain in competing in the Rugby League Four Nations which replaced the previous Tri Nations tournament. They have been runners up twice, in 2009 and 2011. These two tournaments were hosted by England. England have competed in twenty-six European Nations Cups,
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#17328589491212310-417: A sudden stop in 1956–7. It was a transformation period for Warrington with many big name players top names ending their Wire careers. Ces Mountford used a total of 40 players during the campaign, the highest since World War Two and a figure that was not beaten until 1976–7. Unsurprisingly, Wire finished only tenth in the league. Attendances were down on previous seasons and on 19 January 1957, Warrington launched
2415-482: A talking point. At the age of 35, it was suggested younger players such as Liam Farrell , Alex Walmsley , Mark Percival , and Scott Taylor , should have been selected instead. Bennett only named one NRL player, Chris Heighnington, in his England team for the World Cup, while Zak Hardaker missed out due to a drugs ban. England's first game of the World Cup was against Australia. Although they were credited throughout
2520-415: A team). During those years England won in 1950 and 1954. Since then the tournament has run for some seasons, but never for more than five years at a time. But from 1970 to 1996 England won it six out of a possible nine times. In 2003 the tournament was revived and England comfortably won, beating her old rivals plus Scotland, Ireland and Russia. England beat the same opponents to win the cup again in 2004. This
2625-483: A total of 740 tries in 620 games for Warrington. The Wire won all the code's major honours during his period at the club. Warrington got off to a bad start to the 1947–8 season but the club signed new forwards Harold Palin , Bill Darbyshire and Bill Riley . Warrington then went two months without defeat. The club also signed centres Albert Pimblett and Bryn Knowelden . With these new signings, Warrington went undefeated in 20 games from December 1947 to April 1948, won
2730-482: A try. The conversion was missed and going into half-time the score was tied 3–3. In the second half Thomas went over for another try before Wigan's Harris sealed a 9–3 win for the Other Nationalities in the final minutes of the match. A total of 6,000 spectators turned up for the match, which was considered a poor showing despite a Broughton Rangers v Bradford cup clash being scheduled on the same day. In 1905
2835-449: Is placed through the centre of the cross, symbolising the birth of rugby league. Many people involved in the sport were consulted throughout the design process, which took a little under a year. The logo was first used for the 2008 World Cup and was replaced in 2017. As part of a rebrand across all of the RFL in 2017, a new England crest was introduced. It is a merge of both the shield crest and
2940-509: Is the worlds oldest national rugby league team, having played the first international rugby league game in 1904 against Other Nationalities , a team initially made up of Welsh and Scottish players. England have made the Rugby League World Cup final three times, being runners-up; in 1975 , 1995 and 2017 . Shaun Wane is the head coach, and George Williams the captain. For most of its history, England has been represented by
3045-496: The 2011 Four Nations with Wales. Their opening game was a win against Wales where Sam Tomkins scored a record-equalling four tries in one game. The win meant England kept their impressive record of not losing on home soil against Wales since 1977. A loss the following week to Australia at Wembley meant that they had to beat New Zealand to make the final, which they did. In the final, England at one point were tied at 8–8, but they would be outclassed again. England were held 'try-less' in
3150-525: The 2012 European Championship and defeated Samoa in a 2013 test match. The England Knights team was not utilised between 2014 and 2017. In 2018 it was announced that the Knights would go on a two series tour of Papua New Guinea. On 26 July 2022, a women's knights team was launched. The team is managed by Leeds Rhinos head coach Lois Forsell . The team called up a performance squad to training camps in 2023 and 2024. In 2019, an England reserve side called "England Lions" played Wales , losing 20–24, while
3255-445: The 2014 Four Nations . In the opening game, England took on Samoa in an affair which saw the lead change several times. In the end, England survived a shock result occurring after winning by 6 points. In the second game against Australia, controversy occurred. Australia led 16–12 with one minute left on the clock. England player, Liam Farrell , put a grubber-kick in the in-goal area, which forced Australian fullback, Greg Inglis, to force
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3360-401: The 2021 Rugby League World Cup with a 60-6 victory over Samoa and finished top of their group after winning all three pool matches. England would then defeat Papua New Guinea to reach the semi-final. In the semi-final, England would lose 27-26 against Samoa during golden point extra-time. In October and November 2023, England played in the 2023 Tonga rugby league tour of England . England won
3465-577: The 2024 Autumn Series against Samoa . Below is a list of England's head-to-head record as of 2 November 2024 . England have competed seven times in the World Cup ; in 1975 , 1995 , 2000 , 2008 , 2013 , 2017 and 2021 . They have never won the competition, though finished runners-up to Australia in 1975, 1995 and 2017. In every other year, Great Britain have represented England. Despite having only played in 7 world cups, England have hosted matches in 8 different tournaments, including 3 that took part internationally. England have played 39 games in
3570-452: The England national football team and the English national cricket team which all promote similar attributes. Until the mid 1990s, England simply used a red lion rampant as crest. The new official logo was launched on 6 February 2008 on the rugby league magazine programme Boots N' All . The cross of St George is positioned across a three-dimensional shield within the design. The date "1895"
3675-627: The Great Britain national rugby league team in tours and world cups . The only competitive exception to this was the European Championship . England, in its early years, would also play regular friendlies against Wales to ensure the strength of the Great Britain side. The first international rugby league game was played by England in 1904. At the start of 1903–04 season the Northern Union thought about international matches and scheduled
3780-568: The World Cup in 1975 coached by Alex Murphy , which was played over several months in both hemispheres on a league basis. Normally Great Britain would represent England in the World Cup, but the RLIF wanted to capitalise on the large number of Welsh players in the game at the time, and so England and Wales fielded separate teams. England won their first match, a 20–2 victory over France in Leeds in March. In June
3885-500: The 'Wall of White', featured a new record of three brothers in their squad: Sam and twins George and Tom Burgess . England played their first game against Australia in Cardiff. England got off to a surprising early lead for many, when they were up 10–0 after 20 minutes. England, however, went on to lose in what was one of their best displays against the Kangaroos in years, losing 20–28. They then went on to thrash Ireland to nil in front of
3990-511: The 'Wirepullers' an 8–8 draw. Two members of the Kangaroo squad, Dan Frawley and Larry O'Malley later signed for Warrington and played the next season at Wilderspool. Warrington have the best record of any club side against the touring Kangaroos with eight wins, one draw, and seven defeats from sixteen matches. In 1913, Warrington reached their fifth Challenge Cup Final, with wins over Keighley, Hull Kingston Rovers, Salford and Dewsbury. The final
4095-488: The 1933–34 season, Warrington played Australia and for once were beaten. Warrington also had the honour of playing the first rugby league match against a French side, captained by Jean Galia . In a season of firsts a match was played in Dublin to introduce the game to Ireland. A good crowd saw Wigan beat Warrington by 32–19. The highlight of the 1935–36 season was a place in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Barrow were beaten in
4200-482: The 1954 World Cup final. England lost their final game against New Zealand and, in the process, ended any chance of qualifying for their first Four Nations final in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2015, England took on New Zealand in a three match series held in England. Before the series, England recorded their biggest ever win over France, beating their previous 73–6 win in 1996. England beat New Zealand 2–1 in
4305-538: The Baskerville Series to retain the trophy that Great Britain last won in 2007. During that series vice-captain, James Graham , reached the milestone of becoming England's most capped player, surpassing Kevin Sinfield 's record of 27 test appearances. Despite the series victory, McNamara was facing scrutiny beforehand and the RFL decided not to renew his contract which expired after the series. McNamara therefore left
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4410-483: The England national team. Following McNamara's contract expiration, the RFL appointed Australian Wayne Bennett on a 2-year contract, with a view to win the 2017 World Cup. Bennett's first request as coach was for England to have a pre-season training camp, a mid-season international in 2017, as well as shortening the 2017 Super League season in order to prepare for the 2017 World Cup . RFL Chief Executive Nigel Wood accepted Bennett's first two demands, but said shortening
4515-530: The England pre-season 'heat training camp' in Dubai would be cancelled after taking in the consideration of domestic coaches' concerns. Instead of a pre-season training camp, Bennett and the English coaching staff chose an Elite Performance Squad of players, based in England, who would be scouted regularly throughout the 2017 season. The squad trained six times throughout the season in England. England's first game of 2017
4620-622: The English national side. Following Tony Smiths resignation, former Bradford Bulls head coach Steve McNamara was given the job. His first game in charge of England was against France in Leigh. England thrashed the French to keep their impressive winning run going over their opponents that dates back to 1981. McNamara also fielded the first brothers, Sam and Joel Tomkins , to start on the field for England since Paul and David Hulme represented Great Britain in 1989. The following year, England co-hosted
4725-699: The Exiles would win the 2012 series after recording a bigger winning margin in game 2. In October and November that year, England competed in the Autumn Internationals where they took on Wales, and France. In their first game, England racked up their biggest points tally against Wales, as they thrashed 'the Red Dragons' 80–12 in Wrexham. In their second game against France, fullback Sam Tomkins became England's top try scorer when he scored his 14th try for England, breaking
4830-538: The International scene, 8 years after he left the New Zealand assistant coach role. However England went onto having a disappointing Four Nations, losing the opening game to New Zealand, facing a scare against Scotland, before going on to lose a 'must-win' game against Australia. This marked the first time that England failed to qualify for a Four Nations final while being hosts. At the end of 2016, Bennett announced that
4935-516: The Kiwis pushed things too far by crossing into England's side of halfway.' They took on New Zealand again in the semi-final. This time they never had the lead over the Kiwis, as they lost the match by 10 points. After rumours Smith would be sacked from his position, the RFL announced they'd keep faith in Smith for the remainder of his contract. The World Cup players took the blame for their performances. After
5040-432: The Kiwis. England then went on to make the final to face Australia. In the final England, at one point, led 16–14 and were credited with how they were able to produce a real contest. However, in the final quarter of the game, Australia dominated proceedings and eventually went on to win 46–16. On 16 November 2009, a few hours after crediting that the England national team had a bright future in rugby league, Smith resigned from
5145-522: The Lancashire Cup final to Wigan 28–5 at Swinton in front of a record 42,541 supporters. Warrington paid their third visit in four years to Maine Road to face Workington in the championship final. Despite leading 8–3 at half-time, Wire went down to a 26–11 defeat. In 1951 Ces Mountford was appointed coach with a ten-year contract after Chris Brockbank ended 15 years at the helm to take up a hotel business in Blackpool. The pinnacle of Warrington's achievements
5250-466: The Lancashire Cup. Wire secured the league championship for the second successive season in 1954-5 They beat Halifax in the semi-final on the way to the final against Oldham at Maine Road . For the second consecutive season Warrington took the honours, the final score was 7–3. Warrington won the Lancashire League as well to make it ten pieces of silverware in eight years. That championship success
5355-441: The Lancashire League and gained a place in the championship top four play-off. The club's first championship win came that season. Warrington defeated Huddersfield in the league semi-final. The final, against Bradford Northern , was staged at Maine Road and Warrington took the trophy by a margin of 17–5. Warrington won the 1948–9 Lancashire League after 19 straight wins at the start of the season. The record attendance at Wilderspool
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#17328589491215460-605: The Lions suffered their first defeat in just their second match of the tournament, losing 12–7 against a strong Wales side in Brisbane . A little later England managed to hold on for a draw against Australia in Sydney , the final score being 10–10. And they also picked up a point in Auckland , drawing 17–17 against New Zealand. At the end of October, after the domestic season had finished, England beat
5565-538: The Warrington players and the match ended in a 0–0 draw, the replay never took place as Warrington were unable to raise a team and so forfeited the trophy. Warrington's first trophy in the new era followed the next season when the Wire picked up the South West Lancashire League when a play-off was required to beat Widnes after the teams finished level on points. The 1901–2 season saw the reestablishment of
5670-653: The Welsh 22–16 in Warrington and then crossed the English Channel to thrash a French side 48–2 in Bordeaux . Bradford played host the England versus New Zealand match, in which England won comfortably 27–12. At the start of November, England squeezed past Australia winning 16–13 in November at Wigan. This meant that the Kangaroos had finished on 13 points, with the Lions on 12 points. Australia were deemed champions by finishing top of
5775-635: The West Lancashire and Border Towns Trophy. Whilst Warrington were founder members of the West Lancashire League in 1889, they decided not to play in the competition in the 1890-1 and 1891–2 seasons, but became inaugural members of the Lancashire Club Championship First Class Competition in 1892–3. On 28 August 1895, the committee decided to join with 21 other clubs throughout Lancashire and Yorkshire to form
5880-445: The World Cup nightmare, England began 2009 on a high-note with a record-breaking 54-point away win over France. Later that year, England were co-hosts of the year's major international tournament, the inaugural Four Nations . After thrashing them earlier in the year, England faced a shock half-time deficit in their opening game against a French side coached by former Great Britain international Bobbie Goulding . But despite trailing at
5985-408: The anger of English players and fans. Ryan complained on Twitter, saying "Looking at the video, I’d say it was a try if we’re playing Super League rules..." Had Hall scored, and England converted, it would have been England's first win over Australia since 1995, the first time Australia suffered back-to-back home defeats since 1970 and the first time Australia did not qualify for a tournament final since
6090-403: The ball dead, however, the video referees decided to have a look and see whether or not Inglis or the incoming Ryan Hall got the last touch on the ball. On the slow-motion replays, it showed that Ryan Hall's right hand's little finger had put some downward pressure on the ball, however, in normal speed, it was deemed 'inconclusive' by Australian officiating rules. It was eventually given a no-try to
6195-462: The club is given as 1876, rugby football was certainly played in the town before that date and there was an earlier club bearing the name of Warrington Football Club. Under the heading 'Outdoor Sports – Football' the Widnes Guardian of 25 January 1873 reports on a recent game between Warrington and Wigan at the unnamed ground of the former. On 6 December 1873 that same newspaper carried details of
6300-561: The country at the event. In the event they were placed in Group A alongside hosts Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. England faced a scare in their opening game against Papua New Guinea, as Smith's men were trailing 12–16 at halftime, but they did go on to win the game. England were humiliated in their second game against the hosts, suffering their biggest defeat to date, beating their 43-point margin against New Zealand eight years ago. In their final pool game against New Zealand, they produced
6405-469: The domestic season is a "big disturbance in lots of ways..." Bennett's plans suffered criticism from some professional club coaches. Bennett's first match was against France in Perpignan, in preparation for the 2016 Four Nations . Despite trailing, and being held scoreless in the first 26 minutes, England did go on to avoid an upset, convincingly beating the French and giving Bennett a successful return to
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#17328589491216510-430: The final, however Leeds ran out 18–2 winners. Chris Brockbank became Wire's first team manager in 1936. In the 1937–38 season, Oldham and Widnes were both knocked out by Warrington as they headed for another Lancashire Cup victory, this time 8–5 over Barrow. During World War II, it was difficult to play matches and therefore pay the bills. To help out the club committee decided that a Limited Company of 10,000 £1 shares
6615-480: The first in 1935. In the past the tournament has been axed and revived many times, and it was stopped for six years because of the Second World War . From 1935 to 1949 (minus the war years) England played France and Wales annually, and won the tournament in 1935, 1946, 1947 and 1948. From 1950 to 1956 an Other Nationalities team were added as the fourth team in the competition (except in 1956 when Wales did not field
6720-406: The first round, the second round was drawn away at Halifax with Warrington winning the replay at Wilderspool 18–15. Wigan were then beaten 5–2 to set up a semi-final against Salford at Wigan. Warrington was short of regular players and were thought to stand little chance, but as ever in they rose to the occasion to gain victory. Fifteen special trains were laid on as the town made its way to London for
6825-505: The freehold being held in trust for club members. At first, the beginning of the First World War did not impact rugby league competitions, as authorities decided to continue with normal fixtures, in part due to the mistaken belief that the war would be short. Competitive fixtures were suspended for the 1915–16 season and Warrington did not play any friendly matches due to difficulty raising a team. Wire recommenced playing in 1916 following
6930-596: The game had expanded much more into Australia, New Zealand and Wales and England began playing those teams. Harold Wagstaff made his debut for England in 1908 against the touring Kangaroos team at 17 years and 228 days. The Other Nationalities side did return in 1921. An England side beat the Australasian team of the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain 4–5 at Highbury . England played only one international between 10 May 1956 and 7 November 1968 an 18–6 victory at Headingley Rugby Stadium , Leeds . England played at
7035-404: The ground was muddy and in poor condition, however the match went ahead. England steamed into a 3–0 lead, from a try by Warrington's Jackie Fish . This is despite Salford's James Lomas arriving late and causing England to start the match with eleven players. Fish missed the conversion and so the Other Nationalities were able to level the scores a little later, Welshman Thomas crashing over for
7140-469: The interval, England scored 30 consecutive points to record another victory over 'Les Tricolores'. In the second match against Australia, England impressively kept Australia scoreless in the second half, and staged a second-half comeback. However it wasn't enough, as Smith's men needed to recover from a 26-point half-time deficit. They then took on New Zealand and, after losing to them twice at last year's World Cup, England earned revenge with an 8-point win over
7245-423: The introduction of conscription which meant that they would not be accused of keeping men from volunteering for the First World War. After the war ended, Warrington took part in the hastily arranged Lancashire League played during 1918–9. In the Lancashire League, a runners-up spot was achieved in 1920–1. After a bad start to the 1921–22 season, Warrington won 12 out of 13 matches. This included an 8–5 victory over
7350-581: The kit. It wasn't until 1995 when the St George’s cross was first integrated into the kit. Ahead of the 2021 World Cup a radical New England kit was released which was white with navy blue shoulders and cross. From the 1995 Rugby League World cup, it was used a crest with the St. George's cross , the Three Lions Coat of Arms of England and Tudor rose . It was similar to most other English sporting badges, such as
7455-432: The lowest World Cup final score in the history of the tournament. Bennets contract expired at the end of the World Cup and despite not winning the tournament he was rewarded with another 2-year contract. On 3 February 2020, it was announced that Shaun Wane would replace Bennett as Head Coach on a two-year contract with the intention of leading England in the 2020 Ashes series and the 2021 World Cup . England started
7560-439: The match and ran out 25–10. This also turned out to be the last match for long serving coach Ces Mountford. Ernie Ashcroft took over as coach for the 1961–62 season. Easter Monday 1962 saw Brian Bevan's last match for Warrington, a 29–17 defeat of Leigh. There was a split into two divisions in 1962–3 with Warrington gaining sixth spot in the top flight. During the early part of the 1965–66 season floodlights were installed and
7665-459: The match for the way they were able to defend and prevent the Australians from dominating the game like they have in the past they again failed to beat Australia. Despite the defeat, England continued their way through the tournament with convincing victories over Lebanon, France, finishing second in Group A. They then went on to beat Papua New Guinea convincingly in the quarter finals before reaching
7770-483: The old lions crest. It has the St. Georges cross on the background with three lions in front of it. The BBC have the rights to screen all England games. They showed every game England competed in at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup , as well as all their Four Nations , and Baskerville Shield games. They also showed every game at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in addition to women's and wheelchair games. Squad selected for
7875-407: The opening game at Wembley , then hammering Fiji and South Africa in the remaining group games to finish top of group A. This set up a semi-final game at Old Trafford against Wales. England won the tussle 25–10 to reach the World Cup final, but they lost 16–8 to Australia at Wembley Stadium. England would not play again until 2000. The 1995 World Cup saw the first change of the England strip in
7980-460: The quarter-finals, saw England scrape through to the semi-finals 26–16. England then went down to a record defeat, losing 49–6 to New Zealand at Bolton , and were knocked out of the tournament. Following the 2007 All Golds Tour , Great Britain splits into separate home nations teams meaning England would represent itself in all international rugby league competitions. Australian born, Tony Smith , took charge of England in 2008. His first game
8085-455: The record set by former Wigan and St Helens winger Alf Ellaby in 1935. In the final, England had a rematch with France at Salford City Stadium. England thrashed their opponents to win their first tournament title since the 2004 European Nations Cup. In the lone 2013 International Origin game, England thrashed their opponents by 20 points. At the end of the year, the 2013 World Cup was held in England and Wales. England, who were now known as
8190-585: The season with the League Leader's Trophy. Next season, 1973-4 was arguably Warrington's most successful for 20 years. The Captain Morgan Trophy competition was run for the first and only time and Wire clinched it with a 4–0 defeat of Featherstone. Warrington followed that up with a 27–16 defeat of Rochdale Hornets in the John Player final and then Murphy's men beat Featherstone for the second time that season in
8295-477: The second half as Australia won by 22 points. In mid-2012, the second International Origin series was held. The Exiles had won the first series in 2011 after Samoan International, George Carmont, scored a try with less than 40 seconds remaining to win the game for the Exiles. England won their first ever International Origin series game, after winning game 1 of the 2012 series, held in St Helens, by 8 points. However
8400-424: The semi-final of the Challenge Cup. The final against Swinton was played at Central Park , Wigan , with an estimated 12,000 travelling from the town to watch the match. Warrington were beaten 5–3, but a contentious decision could have cost the Wire the match. The Kangaroos visited Wilderspool again in 1929, Wire were without five regular players either playing for Lancashire or injured. Despite this, Warrington beat
8505-495: The semi-finals where they would take on Tonga who had knocked New Zealand out the week before. England led 20–0, with seven minutes left on the clock, before the Tongans began an unpredictable and nerve-wracking comeback for England. With less than one minute left on the clock, Andrew Fifita lost control of the ball before regathering it and putting it over the try-line, only to realise the referee had already blown his whistle. The referee
8610-507: The senior side was on tour against Papua New Guinea . England national rugby league team The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league since the first international match in 1904. It is controlled by the Rugby Football League (RFL), the governing body for rugby league in England, and participated in the Rugby League World Cup and other test matches. The England national team
8715-771: The senior side. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s Emerging England played against the senior sides of developing nations. In another incarnation as "England A" (not to be confused with the Amateur Four Nations team), the team took on the Australian national rugby league team in the second game of the 2003 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France . Australia defeated England A 26–22 in front of 6,817 fans. England Knights were officially formed in 2011, eight years after England A played Australia. A squad of players under 25 were chosen play against France and where they came out 38–18 victors. The following year they competed in and won
8820-415: The series 3-0. England traditionally play in white, their early colours were white with red and gold stripes while later they played in white and red hoops. They occasionally play in a red away kit but colour clashes are rare and they rarely wear an away kit. In the 1975 World Cup they played in a fully white kit. While they predominately played in white and red blue was also occasionally incorporated into
8925-433: The table, but because they had not beaten England a final match was quickly arranged. Australia beat England 25–0 at Leeds to clinch their fourth title. With the break up of the Great Britain team into its individual nations, England (as co-host) were in the 1995 World Cup , their first appearance in the World Cup since 1975. England were coached by Phil Larder . The Lions got off to a flying start beating Australia 20–16 in
9030-402: The team created a club record eight successive defeats. Warrington improved for the Challenge Cup; reaching the semi-finals, only missing out on a Wembley trip after losing a tense replay against St Helens. Murphy had brought renewed optimism to Wilderspool and average attendances went up by more than a thousand. Success came in 1972–3. Warrington lost only one of their opening 22 games and ended
9135-472: The team retained the name Warrington. Both the Lancashire and Cheshire Rugby Unions suspended all their competitions in the 1880s, clubs such as Warrington, St Helens, Widnes, Wigan and Runcorn that wanted to play in cup competitions formed a West Lancashire and Border Towns Union which ran a league competition until 1895 and competitions for a few years after 1895. In 1886, Warrington won their first silverware,
9240-517: The top tier of British rugby league . Warrington Wolves are the only British based club to have played every season in the top flight. They have won the League Championship three times and the Challenge Cup nine times. The club's traditional home colours are white primrose and blue and have local rivalries with Widnes , St Helens and Wigan . Although the official foundation date for
9345-428: The tourists 17–8. In 1932–33, the Lancashire Cup was won by beating St Helens in a close fought match, the final result being 10–9 to Warrington. St. Helens Recs. and Wigan were disposed of on the way to that particular victory. As well as doing well in the league the team had reached the Challenge Cup final for the seventh time. This was the first time Warrington played at Wembley. The Wire lost 21–17 to Huddersfield. In
9450-443: The visiting Australasian team of the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain . Warrington beat St. Helens Recs and Leigh to reach the final of the Lancashire Cup . Wire beat Oldham 7–5, despite playing with only 12 men for most of the match after centre Collins sustained a broken collar bone. After finish in a record low position of 20th in 1923–4, the club improved to ninth the following season, before finishing second, and securing
9555-458: The world cup; winning 24, drawing 2 and losing 13. Of these losses, only two have been against a team other than New Zealand or Australia ; Wales in 1975 and Samoa in 2021. England lost out on reaching the final in 2013, when New Zealand beat them 20-18 in the semi-final, after Shaun Johnson scored a conversion in the last 30 seconds of the game to secure the win. England reached the world cup final in 2017, but were beaten by Australia with
9660-461: Was a convincing result over Samoa, although Bennett came under criticism of his selections for the test-match . Former Great Britain captain Garry Schofield , along with other former players, media, and fans were angered by Bennett's decision to include Australian born players Chris McQueen and Chris Heighington , who are eligible to play through their English fathers. Heighington's age was also
9765-485: Was a see-saw affair, which saw England leading 18–14 with one minute on the clock remaining, until New Zealand play-maker Shaun Johnson produced a historical moment, to level the scores, and then convert his try after the siren, to win the match, and make the Kiwis advance to a third consecutive World Cup final. This was the first time England, or Great Britain, had lost to New Zealand in England since 2005. In October and November 2014, England travelled down-under to play in
9870-543: Was against France in Toulouse where the English won 56–8. In his second game, England were missing St Helens and Leeds Rhinos players but the team still created history with a record 74–0 win over Wales in Doncaster. It was England's biggest win recorded over the Welsh since 1978. It was World Cup year , and Smith announced his ambitions that he wanted England to win their first World Cup, since 1972, when Great Britain represented
9975-472: Was agreed with Greenall Whitley for land on the east side of their existing ground, a pitch previously used by Latchford Rovers Rugby Club. In 1900–01, Warrington reached the final of the Challenge Cup , facing Batley. A crowd of 29,000 turned out at Leeds to see Warrington battle hard but be beaten by two tries to nil. Warrington also appeared in the renamed South West Lancashire Cup against Leigh two days later. The strenuous game against Batley took its toll on
10080-560: Was boosted by a number of clubs defecting from the RFU. The Northern Union reverted to two county based leagues, and Warrington took part in the Lancashire Senior Competition, but could only manage a mid-table finish. The Wire fared better in the new Northern Union Challenge Cup and made it to the semi-final against eventual winners Batley before bowing out. In 1898, Warrington moved to their Wilderspool Stadium home. A 10-year lease
10185-498: Was criticised for not going to the Video Referee and if awarded would have seen that Tonga won the game and reached their first ever World Cup final. Despite the controversy, England were victorious and had advanced to their first World Cup final in 22 Years. England met Australia again in the final but again failed to beat Australia, for a 13th consecutive time, since their last win in the 1995 World Cup group stage. England lost in
10290-488: Was lost 9–5 to the mighty Huddersfield "Team of all the Talents". Warrington scored first through a try by Bradshaw converted by Jolley and gave a wonderful display in what was considered to be the best Cup Final of the pre-war era. A disappointing league season had seen Warrington finish 18th, their lowest pre Great War. So the Challenge Cup performances were a tremendous achievement. Warrington purchased Wilderspool in 1914 with
10395-409: Was reached in 1953–4. Consistent league form secured the Lancashire League, and saw a second-placed finish in the championship and qualified for the top four play-off. St. Helens came to Wilderspool and were well beaten 11–5. They despatched Leeds in the Challenge Cup to get to their second final of the season, they were to play Halifax in both games. The intense Wembley final ended in a draw, two goals
10500-410: Was replaced by Peter Harvey . The change made little difference as the club won only 11 out of 24 matches. The club also had debts of around £33,000. The club was saved by a take-over bid from new chairman Ossie Davies and as part of the rescue package on 20 May 1971, Alex Murphy was appointed the new player-coach of the club. After crashing out of the Lancashire Cup and the Floodlit Trophy in 1971–2,
10605-456: Was set on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington play Wigan. They reached the 1948–9 Lancashire Cup final but Wigan beat them to take the trophy. In the league Warrington lost only five matches all season. Huddersfield exacted one of Wire's few defeats in the play-off final as Wire missed out on back-to-back championships by just one point, 13–12. Wire paid a then record fee of £4,600 for Ally Naughton from Widnes. Naughton would play
10710-463: Was the last time England competed to give the competition more of a level playing field for other teams, however the England Knights competed in 2012. European Championship In 2011 the England Knights were created to serve as a step up for the younger players from their club in view of playing for the 1st team. A squad of players were chosen (below the age of 25) to represent the Knights in
10815-530: Was the last to date for Wire. The 1955–56 season saw a tournament titled the ITV Floodlit Competition. Eight clubs participated in a series of games played at football grounds in the London area, with Warrington eventually running out 43–18 victors over Leigh at Loftus Road . Warrington made it to the 1956 championship final held at Maine Road but lost to Workington Town . Wire's run of success came to
10920-633: Was to be created. The Warrington Football Club Limited was born. Warrington dropped out of the wartime Lancashire league in 1941–42 due to Wilderspool Stadium being requisitioned by the United States Air Force for storage, and did not return to league competition until 1945–46. The early post-war years saw a boom in rugby league in general, and the glory years of the Warrington club. An Australian winger named Brian Bevan made his debut for Warrington in 1945. He would be Warrington's top try scorer in all but one season until his retirement in 1962 with
11025-418: Was won 16–5. It was Ashcroft's only trophy in his time as Wire coach. Success was proving difficult for Warrington. Attendances had dwindled, costs were rising and the club were having financial difficulties. Wire appointed a new coach Jackie Fleming in 1967 who won the Lancashire League (1967-8) then Joe Egan in 1969. After a disastrous start to the 1970–71 season, coach Joe Egan decided to stand down. He
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