England national rugby league team | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-23

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00:01:56 1 History
00:02:05 1.1 The first matches
00:05:27 1.2 1975 World Cup debut
00:07:07 1.3 1995 World Cup and hiatus
00:08:10 1.4 2000 World Cup
00:08:51 1.5 2008-2009: Tony Smith era
00:12:16 1.6 2010–2015: Steve McNamara era
00:18:24 1.7 2016-present: Wayne Bennett era
00:22:24 2 Identity
00:22:33 2.1 Kits and colours
00:23:03 2.2 Kit evolution
00:23:11 2.3 Kit suppliers and sponsors
00:23:31 2.4 Badge
00:24:55 2.5 Media coverage
00:25:17 3 Coaching staff
00:25:26 4 Current squad
00:25:54 5 Records
00:26:10 5.1 Most capped players
00:26:19 5.2 Top try scorers
00:26:28 5.3 Top points scorers
00:26:37 5.4 Team Records
00:27:09 5.5 Individual
00:28:43 6 Competitive record
00:28:52 6.1 Overall record
00:30:37 6.2 World Cup
00:31:47 6.3 Four Nations
00:32:11 6.4 European Championship
00:33:34 6.5 Minor tournaments
00:33:43 7 Honours
00:34:46 8 Attendances
00:34:55 8.1 Highest Home Per Nation
00:35:04 8.2 Highest Home All-Time
00:35:13 9 Other England teams
00:35:22 9.1 England Knights
00:35:57 9.2 England Lionesses
00:36:06 10 Famous players
00:36:48 11 See also



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The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league.
The team, largely formed from the Great Britain team which also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland, is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League. It participates in the Rugby League World Cup, Four Nations and Test matches.The team dates to 1904, when they played against a mixture of Welsh and Scottish players in Wigan. 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.
Their first appearance in the Rugby League World Cup was in 1975, and they finished runners-up in 1975, 1995 and 2017. England also competed in the European Nations Cup and in 2006, an England 'A' team competed for the Federation Shield.
England's main rivals historically were Wales and France, with the rivalries stretching back to 1908 and 1934 respectively. England's main rivals now are Australia and New Zealand.
Traditionally a predominantly white kit is worn including white shorts and socks. However the jersey usually features some form of red, like red stripes, crosses or chevrons. These colours are similar to other English sporting teams and are the colours used on the national flag. In 2008, a new kit was introduced featuring a red cross on the front and red strips down the sides of the jersey, shorts and socks were white too with red strips. Also in 2008, the Rugby Football League chose to abandon the traditional English lion on the badge in favour of a much simpler shield and cross design.Currently the team is ranked third in the world, behind Australia and New Zealand. Wayne Bennett is the head coach, and Sean O'Loughlin the captain.