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England
Nickname: The Red Rose
World Cup appearances: 7
World Cup best finish:
winners 2003

Captain: Chris Robshaw
Coach: Stuart Lancaster
Union: Rugby Europe

Emotions in rugby is like sand in
the desert. Being a host nation,
that in its own can be either a
blessing or burden.
The English are automatically
clear favourites to advance to
the second round from this pool.
Although Pool A will claim one
of high profile victim, Wales
might just give both England and
Australia a run for their money.
Despite their recent loss
to France, the English’s
performance in the Six Nations
embodied a fully functioning
attack characterised by class,
agility and tenacity.
Home advantage combined
with the plethora of talent we see
from the Aviva Premiership, logic
tells us that they are most likely to
make the final.
However, Stuart Lance’s side
will need to work more their
finishing if they are to repeat their
2003 exploits.
Homeground advantage: Chris Robshaw and co will be hoping that homegroung will
work in their favour as they bid for theier second ever World Cup success.

RWC 2015 Fixtures:
18 Sept

V

26 Sept

V

03 Oct

V

10 Oct

V

World Cup Squad : Chris Robshaw (c), Joe Marler, Mako
Vunipola, Kieran Brookes, David Wilson, Dan Cole, Tom
Youngs, Rob Webber, Jamie George, Geoff Parling, Joe
Launchbury, George Kruis, Courtney Lawes, James Haskell,
Tom Wood, Billy Vunipola, Ben Morgan. Mike Brown, Alex
Goode, Jonny May, Jack Nowell, Anthony Watson, Jonathan
Joseph, Henry Slade, Brad Barritt, Sam Burgess, Owen
Farrell, George Ford, Ben Youngs, Danny Care, Richard
Wigglesworth.

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