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Ben Cohen⁠

Wing Ben Cohen, born in Northampton on 14 September 1978, made his England debut against Ireland on 5 February 2000, aged 21. His 31 tries place him joint third on England's all-time try-scoring list, level with Will Greenwood.

Cohen was selected for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where England won the tournament.
Caps–
England careerDebut 2000

England legacy

Joint No.3 on England's all-time tries list

Player file

At a glance

Major tournaments

2003 Rugby World Cup

Every England try

Ben Cohen's tries

2000 – 2006

Tries31In our match records
Matches scored in23For England
Hat-tricks1Three or more in a match
Opponents11Different nations scored against

Season by season

Tries by year

Ben Cohen's England tries by year
YearTries
20006
20015
20028
20036
20044
20051
20061

Favourite opponents

Most tries against

  1. Australia 4
  2. France 4
  3. Wales 4
  4. Italy 4
  5. Scotland 3
  6. Ireland 3
  7. Romania 3
  8. New Zealand 2
First England try
v Ireland, 5 February 2000 · Six Nations Championship
Latest
v New Zealand, 5 November 2006 · Test matches · Test Match
Latest matches in which Ben Cohen scored for England, newest first
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
31 5 Nov 2006 England 20–41 New ZealandTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match 45'
30 12 Nov 2005 England 26–16 AustraliaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match 29'
29 27 Mar 2004 France 24–21 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 53'
27–28 20 Mar 2004 England 31–21 WalesSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 6', 64'
26 21 Feb 2004 Scotland 13–35 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 11'
24–25 12 Oct 2003 Georgia 6–84 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 60', 64'
22–23 6 Sep 2003 England 45–14 FranceTest matches · Second Test Test matches · Second Test 33', 36'
21 21 Jun 2003 Australia 14–25 EnglandTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match 63'
20 22 Mar 2003 England 40–9 ScotlandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 50'
19 23 Nov 2002 England 53–3 South AfricaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match 20'
17–18 16 Nov 2002 England 32–31 AustraliaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×2
16 9 Nov 2002 England 31–28 New ZealandTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×1
Show all 23 matches
Earlier matches in which Ben Cohen scored for England
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
15 7 Apr 2002 Italy 9–45 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship ×1
14 2 Mar 2002 France 20–15 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship ×1
13 16 Feb 2002 England 45–11 IrelandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship ×1
12 2 Feb 2002 Scotland 3–29 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship ×1
9–11 17 Nov 2001 England 134–0 RomaniaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match Hat-trick ×3
8 17 Feb 2001 England 80–23 ItalySix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship ×1
7 3 Feb 2001 Wales 15–44 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 59'
6 25 Nov 2000 England 19–0 ArgentinaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×1
4–5 18 Mar 2000 Italy 12–59 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 59', 72'
3 4 Mar 2000 England 46–12 WalesSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 77'
1–2 5 Feb 2000 England 50–18 IrelandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship ×2

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