England national under-18 rugby union team

England under-18

Union	Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	Red Rose
Coach(es)	Russell Earnshaw Mark Luffman
Team kit Change kit

The England national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of England in the sport of rugby union.

Under-18 became a recognised age-grade in European rugby in 2004.^[1] In June 2018, coach John Fletcher and Peter Walton left the backroom staff having joined the U18 set-up since 2008 from Newcastle Falcons.

England is, apart from France and Ireland, the only other team in the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship to have won the championship, having done so in 2005 and 2006. Additionally, the team came second in the 2009 and 2011 editions. The team did not participate in the 2010 edition.

England lost the 2011 final in wet conditions against Ireland, who took out their first title.^[2]

Since 2012, England U18s travel to South Africa to compete in the U19 international series in August every year.

Date	Opposing Team	Venue	Score	Results
10 August 2012	Wales	Wellington	28 – 25 [3]	Win
14 August 2012	France	Outeniqua Park, George	13 – 20 [4]	Loss
18 August 2012	South Africa	UWC Stadium, Cape Town	36 – 29 [5]	Loss

Date	Opposing Team	Venue	Score	Results
9 August 2013	South Africa	City Park Stadium, Cape Town	19 – 14 [6]	Loss
13 August 2013	Wales	Outeniqua Park, George	17 – 15 [7]	Win
17 August 2013	France	Boland Stadium, Wellington	12 – 8 [8]	Win

Date	Opposing Team	Venue	Score	Results
15 August 2014	Wales	City Park Stadium, Cape Town	24 – 21 [9]	Win
19 August 2014	France	Outeniqua Park, George	23 – 6 [10]	Win
23 August 2014	South Africa	A.F. Markötter Stadium, Stellenbosch	22 – 30 [11]	Win

Date	Opposing Team	Venue	Score	Results
7 August 2015	France	City Park Stadium, Cape Town	15 – 7 [12]	Win
11 August 2015	South Africa A	Outeniqua Park, George	18 – 33 [13]	Win
15 August 2015	South Africa	City Park Stadium, Cape Town	23 – 16 [14]	Loss

Date	Opposing Team	Venue	Score	Results
12 August 2016	France	City Park Stadium, Cape Town	18 – 23 [15]	Loss
16 August 2016	South Africa A	Diocesan College, Cape Town	53 – 14 [16]	Loss
20 August 2016	South Africa	Paarl Boys' High School, Paarl	13 – 12 [17]	Loss

Date	Opposing Team	Venue	Score	Results
11 August 2017	France	Paul Roos, Stellenbosch	24 – 8 [18]	Win
14 August 2017	Wales	Paarl Gimnasium, Paarl	14 – 12 [19]	Loss
19 August 2017	South Africa	City Park Stadium, Cape Town	52 – 22 [20]	Win

• European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
  • Champions: 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up: 2009, 2011

The team's final positions in the European championship:

• England Rugby Football Union website
• England Under 18 at the Rugby Football Union website