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The pitch at Twickenham was replaced in June 2012 with a hybrid ‘Desso’ type, which uses artificial fibres entwined with real grass. Lancaster was considered a success in his first campaign as head coach: defending champions England took second place in the 2012 Six Nations Championship after losing 19-12 to Wales at Twickenham, but successfully defended the Calcutta Cup by defeating Scotland 13-6 at Murrayfield. England’s first international at Twickenham in 1910 brought them victory over Wales on their way to winning the International Championship (known from then as the Five Nations) for the first time since 1892. Although England did not retain the Five Nations title in 1911, they did share it (with Ireland) in 1912. England then achieved their first Five Nations Grand Slam in 1913, another in 1914, and a third in 1921 after the First World War. At the 2003 Six Nations Championship, England won the Grand Slam for the first time since 1995, followed by wins over Australia and the All Blacks on their June summer tour.

However, it wasn’t until June before England recorded another win, as the team lost their remaining games against Scotland (25-13), France (22-16) and eventual Grand Slam winners Ireland (24-15) at home at Twickenham. England finished third in the 2004 Six Nations Championship after losing their matches to both France and Ireland. Although England have played home matches almost exclusively at Twickenham since 1910, they have occasionally used alternative English venues. England also played a Five Nations match against Wales at Wembley Stadium on 11 April 1999. Wales was the “home team” on this occasion because Wembley was being used as a temporary base while their new stadium in Cardiff was being constructed. England won the 1953 Five Nations, and followed this up with a Grand Slam in 1957, and win in 1958. England broke France’s four-championship streak by winning the 1963 Championship. In 1989, England won matches against Romania and Fiji, followed by victories in their first three Five Nations games of 1990. They lost to Scotland in their last game however, giving Scotland a Grand Slam. England had wins against Southern Hemisphere teams in the 1970s; with victories over South Africa in 1972, New Zealand in 1973 and Australia in 1973 and 1976. The 1972 Five Nations Championship was not completed due to the Troubles in Northern Ireland when Scotland and Wales refused to play their Five Nations away fixtures in Ireland.

England played in Dublin in 1973 and were given a standing ovation lasting five minutes. The early Five Nations competitions of the 1950s were unsuccessful for England, winning one match in the 1950 and 1951 championships. His first match in charge was an 11-8 victory over South Africa at Twickenham in 1969. Of the eleven games England played with White in charge they won three, and drew one and lost seven. Don White was appointed as England’s first coach in 1969. According to former Northampton player Bob Taylor, “Don was chosen because he was the most forward-thinking coach in England”. In March 2012, the Rugby Football Union appointed Stuart Lancaster, the former Elite Rugby Director at Leeds Carnegie, as England’s head coach. That autumn, after adding former New Zealand and United States coach John Mitchell to the coaching setup, England won the return match against South Africa by a single point at 12-11, and lost an equally close contest with New Zealand 16-15, both in controversial circumstances. This was a Pool A match at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

In the first Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, England were grouped in pool A alongside Australia, Japan and the United States. England lost their first game 19-6 against Australia. England started the following decade with a Grand Slam victory in the 1980 Five Nations – their first for 23 years. In the lead up to the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, England completed another Grand Slam – their third in five years. On their summer tour of South Africa, England lost the first two matches 42-39 and 23-12, after leading both early in the first half, before winning the third test 25-10 against a mostly second-string Springbok side. England finished the year on a high when they beat World Cup holders New Zealand 38-21 at Twickenham in the Autumn internationals; the England team dominated the match and completely outplayed the All Blacks, who had been unbeaten in 20 matches. After this victory, England played three Tests in the Southern Hemisphere and lost all three: 21-11 and 9-6 against the All Blacks, and 18-9 against Australia. At the 2013 Six Nations Championship, England again finished in second place behind Wales, and were deprived of the opportunity to win the Grand Slam for the first time since 2003 when defeated by Wales in Cardiff 30-3. It was the first time since 1974 that every team in the Six Nations managed to win at least three competition points (the equivalent of a win and a draw, or three draws).

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