"Sir Clive Woodward, his failure to secure the Six Nations title at all in his tenure, coupled with the team's exit at the pool stage, effectively made his position as coach untenable. Lancaster was succeeded as head coach by Eddie Jones, who had masterminded Japan's historic triumph over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Jones was thus the first ever foreign coach in the national team's history. Upon his appointment, Jones dismissed Lancaster's former coaching assistants, Following Jones' public criticism of captain Chris Robshaw during the World Cup, he was stripped of the captaincy. Dylan Hartley then succeeded"
"Chris Robshaw Chris Robshaw (born 4 June 1986) is an English rugby union player. He was the captain of the England national rugby union team from January 2012 until December 2015. Robshaw's position of choice is in the back row of the scrum, usually flanker. Born the second of three boys, Robshaw coped with the trauma of his father's death when he was five years old. His mother, Patricia, raised her sons alone. Robshaw started playing rugby for Warlingham RFC at the age of seven, and attended Cumnor House School. He then moved to Millfield Preparatory School and then Millfield,"
"2015 Six Nations Championship squads This is a list of the complete squads for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland are the defending champions. Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 6 February 2015 – the tournament's opening day. On 21 January, England announced a 34-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, including 2 uncapped players. Head coach: Stuart Lancaster On 26 January, Tom Croft and Christian Day were added to the squad to cover the"
"Ellis Cup to winning captain Richie McCaw after the match, once the team's name had been engraved on the base of the trophy. 2015 Rugby World Cup Final The 2015 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions New Zealand and their rivals Australia on 31 October 2015 at Twickenham Stadium in London. New Zealand beat Australia 34–17, winning the World Cup for a record third time, and becoming the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. This match saw a new record for"
"2015 Rugby World Cup. He was picked to start in the tournament opener against Fiji as England won 35-11, however, one week later, Ford was dropped in favour of childhood friend Owen Farrell. England were subsequently knocked out in the group stage, becoming the first host nation to fail to qualify for the knock-out rounds of their own tournament. Following the departure of Head Coach Stuart Lancaster, Ford was selected in new coach Eddie Jones' 31 man squad. He started every match as Fly-Half in the 2016 Six Nations Championship, helping England secure their first Grand Slam win for the"
"2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was only one change: Uruguay replaced Russia. This was the first World Cup with no new teams to the tournament. Reigning champions New Zealand won the cup and defended their title by defeating Australia in the final 34–17; South Africa defeated Argentina to take third place. This was the first Rugby World Cup where no"
"Eddie Jones (rugby union) Eddie Jones (born 30 January 1960) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player who is the current head coach of the England national team, a position he has held since 2015. Between 2001 and 2005 he coached , taking the team to the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, and from 2012 to 2015 he coached , leading them in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and their upset win over . Jones was an assistant coach for South Africa in 2007 when the Springboks won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Jones began his coaching career"
"beating France 55-35 whilst needing to win by 27 points. This meant England would finish second for the fourth time in a row under the leadership of Robshaw and coach Stuart Lancaster. As England captain he is second in the all-time list (43) behind Will Carling (59), but is the all-time leader in the Professional era. Robshaw lost his national captaincy in January 2016 to hooker Dylan Hartley, but retained his place as a regular starter. He changed positions that year as well, being shifted to blindside flanker. Chris Robshaw Chris Robshaw (born 4 June 1986) is an English rugby"
"rugby"" program, exposing young people to the sport of rugby. Melville predicted in 2012 that professional rugby would come to the United States by 2015. He stepped down from his position with USA Rugby effective 30 June 2016. Melville started as Director of Professional Rugby for England's Rugby Football Union in July 2016. Nigel Melville Nigel David Melville (born 6 January 1961) is a former England national rugby union team scrum half and captain and currently serves as Director of Professional Rugby for Rugby Football Union. Melville became the youngest player to captain England on his début when he led"
"the modern day double winning both the Super League title and Challenge Cup in 2013. O'Loughlin played for England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. The following year he captained England in the Four Nations. In 2015 he was named the captain of England's squad for the end-of-year test series against New Zealand. Beforehand there was a test match where England took on France. Sean O'Loughlin was the captain of the team that went on to demolish Les Tricolores. O'Loughlin scored tries in the first match of the New Zealand test-match series in Hull and the decisive third match"
"2015. Statistics do not include players who joined a squad during the tournament. 2015 Rugby World Cup squads The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament to be held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. Twenty national teams competed, and each brought a 31-man squad to the tournament. The tournament was administered by World Rugby, to whom each team had to submit their finalised squad by 31 August 2015. A player may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement players had"
"2015 Rugby World Cup squads The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament to be held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. Twenty national teams competed, and each brought a 31-man squad to the tournament. The tournament was administered by World Rugby, to whom each team had to submit their finalised squad by 31 August 2015. A player may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement players had an enforced stand-down period of 48 hours before they can take the field."
"2015 Rugby World Cup, after which he was confirmed as forwards coach for Bristol Rugby under former Bath colleague Andy Robinson. On Tuesday 15 December 2015 He was confirmed as England Forwards coach. Steve Borthwick Stephen William Borthwick (born 12 October 1979) is a former English rugby union footballer who played lock for Bath and Saracens. At International level, he represented the senior England rugby union team between 2001 and 2010 and captained them between 2008 and 2010. He was appointed the England forwards coach in December 2015. Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, Borthwick was captain of the Hutton Grammar School"
"game in the 2014 RBS Six Nations. Robshaw was retained as captain for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, and played every minute of England's campaign. He was widely praised for his captaincy as England won the opening game 21-16 away in Wales, with the captain contributing a mammoth 26 tackles. However, the game started five minutes late because Robshaw engaged in a standoff in the Millennium Stadium tunnel, refusing to take his side out only to be left waiting in the cold by the Welsh. However, England fell agonisingly short of the title on the final day of the championship,"
"Australia, England, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Wales. In 2014, a World XV led by Matt Giteau played South Africa for the first time since 2006, where the Springboks won 45–24. Coached by Nick Mallett, the team featured players such as James O'Connor, Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell, Hosea Gear, François Trinh-Duc, BJ Botha, Carl Hayman, Steffon Armitage and Julien Bonnaire. World XV squad for their match against Japan on 26 October 2018. Head Coach: Syd Millar Starting XV Replacements World XV A World XV is a rugby union team organised on an unofficial, ""ad hoc"" basis and typically composed of"
"so became one of the youngest ever captains of the national side. Graham played in the 2011 Four Nations and 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Graham was the vice-captain of England at the 2014 Four Nations. He captained the team in their match against Samoa. At the conclusion of the 2015 domestic season, Graham was selected to play for England in the 2015 end-of-year internationals against France and New Zealand. He appeared in the France test match where England went on to rout their opponents. He made history in the opening test-match of the series against New Zealand as he"
"Bill Beaumont William Blackledge Beaumont, (born 9 March 1952 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps. His greatest moment as captain was the unexpected 1980 Grand Slam. He played as a lock. He is currently a member of the International Rugby Board and Chairman of the Rugby Football Union. On 11 May 2016 he was elected Chairman of World Rugby, with his tenure having commenced on 1 July 2016. Bill Beaumont was educated at Cressbrook School, Kirkby Lonsdale where another England and British Lions player,"
"Owen Farrell Owen Andrew Farrell (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional rugby union player, currently playing for Premiership Rugby side Saracens. Farrell has played international rugby for England since 2012, has previously played for the British and Irish Lions and has been the Captain of England since 2018. He is considered by many to be one of the best currently-active rugby union players in the world, having been nominated for World Rugby Player of the Year in 2012, 2016 and 2017. His father is Andy Farrell, who played both rugby league and rugby union for England. His preferred,"
"drew their final group match 0–0 against Costa Rica, and were eliminated from the World Cup, finishing last in their group; despite playing a part in both of England's goals, Rooney was criticised by English pundits for his performance in the tournament. Following Steven Gerrard's international retirement after the 2014 World Cup, Roy Hodgson named Rooney as England's new captain. On 3 September 2014, in the first match of his captaincy, Rooney scored a penalty against Norway to give England a 1–0 friendly win. Later on, he showed his leadership qualities by calling player-only meetings in September 2014 to reflect"
"points or more to get ahead of England and Ireland. They defeated Italy by 41 points, winning 61–20 scoring 8 tries. However, Ireland overtook Wales when they beat Scotland 40–10, which meant when England won 55–35, Ireland retained their 2014 title. Gatland was heavily criticised ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, having played some key players in Wales' final RWC warm-up, Wales lost Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb to injury. Despite many injuries before and during the World Cup, Gatland guided the team out of the ""pool of death"", with victories over Uruguay 54–9, England 28–25 and Fiji 23–13."
"Chris Wyles Chris Wyles (born 13 September 1983 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States) is an American-British rugby union player. Until his retirement from international rugby in January 2016, Wyles had represented the USA Eagles in three World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015). He was the USA Eagles Captain in the 2015 World Cup. In the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 season, he was Captain of the USA National Sevens team, a core team in the World Rugby Sevens series. In 2015, he was selected for the USA Olympic team to compete in the Sevens rugby event at the Rio Olympic Games. In"
"She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. She was again the Lock in the team for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Tamara Taylor (rugby union) Tamara Taylor (born 8 October 1981) is an English female rugby union player, who captained England in the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship. She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. She was educated at"
"2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A Pool A of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 18 September and was completed on 10 October 2015. The pool was composed of hosts England, as well as the third- and fourth-placed teams from 2011, Australia and Wales. They were joined by the Oceania qualifier, Fiji, and the repechage qualifier, Uruguay. The group was called the ""group of death"", with 4 of the teams competing being ranked in the top ten of the World going into the World Cup. Australia and Wales qualified for the quarter finals. ""All times are local United Kingdom"
"2015 Rugby World Cup Final The 2015 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions New Zealand and their rivals Australia on 31 October 2015 at Twickenham Stadium in London. New Zealand beat Australia 34–17, winning the World Cup for a record third time, and becoming the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. This match saw a new record for tries in a Rugby World Cup Final with the teams combining for five, surpassing the previous record of four scored in the 1987"
"also received the first yellow card of his international career in the final minute of that game. He was a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team, where he captained the side in the match against Namibia, The All Blacks ran riot in this encounter with a very comfortable victory against the Namibian's, the final score was 58 - 14 to the All Blacks. Cane also came off the bench in the knockout rounds of the World Cup, replacing the retiring All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in the final minute of the World Cup-winning 34-17 match over Australia"
"On 19 December 2014, 2 months before the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, it was announced that Cook had been removed as one-day captain due to poor form, and replaced by Eoin Morgan. Following his appointment as captain, Morgan's first series as skipper was a tournament contested by India, Australia and England. Morgan promised a more aggressive approach as captain and said England would be a more dynamic team. However, they suffered a loss in his first match leading the side against Australia. Morgan himself made an impressive 121 but it was not enough as the rest of England's batsmen"
"his contract with Saracens FC in England and to push for selection to the USA Olympic Team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games. Wyles reached his Olympic goal by playing with the USA National Sevens Team in Rio in August 2016. Chris Wyles Chris Wyles (born 13 September 1983 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States) is an American-British rugby union player. Until his retirement from international rugby in January 2016, Wyles had represented the USA Eagles in three World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015). He was the USA Eagles Captain in the 2015 World Cup. In the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009"
"Ticket prices were announced in November 2013 with general sale applications launching in September 2014. Adult ticket prices started at £15 for pool matches and children's tickets were available from £7 at 41 of the 48 matches. Tickets for the World Cup final ranged from £150 to £715. 2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was only one change: Uruguay replaced Russia."
"England were eliminated from the World Cup at the group stage for the first time since 1958. After the loss to Uruguay, Hodgson stated, ""I don't have any intention to resign."" England finished their World Cup campaign on 24 June with a goalless draw against Costa Rica to finish bottom of Group D. Hodgson named Rooney as the new captain of England in August 2014, following the retirement of Steven Gerrard from international football. Hodgson's first match after the World Cup was a 1–0 win against Norway in an international friendly match at Wembley on 3 September 2014. During the"
"Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number of international caps and player age, are current as of the opening day of the tournament on 18 September 2015. Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation. On 21 August, Australia announced their 31-man squad. Head coach: Michael Cheika On 27 August, England announced their 31-man squad. Head coach: Stuart Lancaster On 21 August, Fiji announced their 31-man squad. Head coach: John McKee On 30 August, Uruguay announced their 31-man squad. Head coach: Pablo Lemoine On 31"
"Tamara Taylor (rugby union) Tamara Taylor (born 8 October 1981) is an English female rugby union player, who captained England in the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship. She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. She was educated at The Oratory Preparatory School, Queen Anne's School, Caversham and Newcastle University where she read Biomedical Sciences. Taylor represented at the 2014, 2010 and 2006 and in 2017 she make it four. Taylor joined the Jarrovians RUFC as a coach in October 2013."
"compensation figure £100,000 to release him from his contract. In November 2015 Jones became one of the highest paid head coaches in world rugby. Jones was named as the new England head coach on 20 November 2015. He agreed a four-year deal to become England's first foreign head coach, that would see him lead the English into the 2019 Rugby World Cup. This deal was later extended by two-years subject to England's performance at the World Cup. Jones brought in Steve Borthwick, who also coached Japan with him, from Bristol, and Paul Gustard from Saracens as his assistant coaches. The"
"South America in which Lancaster took an experimental side, England beat a South American select XV before a 2–0 series victory over Argentina, a first away series win against The Pumas for 32 years. England hosted the 2015 Rugby World Cup but were eliminated in the Pool stage, the first hosts in a Rugby World Cup to have failed to qualify for the knockout stages. However, despite the 2015 World Cup setback following the appointment of new head coach Eddie Jones, England won the Grand Slam in the 2016 Six Nations Championship, went the whole of 2016 unbeaten, including winning"