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8 unusual facts about England national rugby league team


2004 European Nations Cup

England were crowned European champions for the third successive time, defeating Ireland in the final.

Edward Mosby

Edward P. Mosby was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Bradford (now Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.).

Edward Mosby won a cap for England while at Bradford F.C. in 1905 against Other Nationalities.

England national rugby league team

Compared to 1995, England had little success, losing their opening game at Twickenham 22–2 against Australia.

England national rugby team

England national rugby league team, often nicknamed the Three Lions, administered by the Rugby Football League

Harry Feather

Harry (J.?) Feather won a cap for England while at Bradford F.C. in 1905 against Other Nationalities.

Harry Feather was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C. (now Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.).

Thomas Surman

Tom Surman won a cap for England while at Bradford F.C. in 1906 against Other Nationalities.


Alan Redfearn

Only eight players have ever scored drop goals for England, they are; John Keith Bridges (1), George Fairbairn (1), Bobbie Goulding (1), Sean Long (1), Martin Offiah (1), Harry Pinner (2), Alan Redfearn (1), and Nigel Wright (1).

Alfred Watson

Alfred "Alf" Watson from Portobello, Wakefield, is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, and Leeds, he was a Prisoner of war in World War II.

Arthur Justice

Justice made his Test debut for Australia in the first match of Ashes series against England in 1928 and played in all three Tests of that series.

Bodene Thompson

Thompson played for the New Zealand Māori in 2010 against England.

Don Munro

He played three test matches later in the year, World Championship matches against France, England, and Wales.

Fred Farrar

Fred Farrar was a non-playing substitute for England against New Zealand, and had been previously complimented on his length-of-the field try for Hunslet against Leeds at Headingley Stadium by Hercules Richard "Bumper" Wright who was watching his first British rugby league match.

James Hayton

Jimmy Hayton won a cap for England while at Workington in 1949 against Other Nationalities.

Junior Kiwis

Prior to 2010, the Junior Kiwis consisted of the best New Zealand players aged 18 years or younger and would represent the country against the likes of the Australian Schoolboys, the New South Wales Under 18 side and the England Under 18 side, sometimes as curtain raisers to the senior Kiwi games.

Rugby League European Cup

Starting from 2010 the tournament will be used to choose the team that compete with Australia, New Zealand and England in the Four Nations.

Sandor Earl

In 2010 he was named in the New Zealand Māori team that played against England.

Stuart Wright

Along with James "Jim" Leytham, Stanley "Stan" Moorhouse, Peter Norburn, Keith Fielding, Martin Offiah, and Sam Tomkins, having scored four tries, Stuart Wright jointly holds the record for the most tries scored in an England match, scoring four tries against Wales at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on 28 May 1978.


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