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Rory Underwood⁠

Wing Rory Underwood, born in Middlesbrough on 19 June 1963, made his England debut against Ireland on 18 February 1984. He is England's all-time leading try-scorer with 49 tries, 13 clear of Jonny May in second, and his 85 caps place him joint 13th on the all-time appearance list.

Underwood was selected for three Rugby World Cups. England reached the quarter-finals in 1987, finished runners-up in 1991 and came fourth in 1995.
Caps85
England careerDebut 1984

England legacy

No.1 on England's all-time tries list

Player file

At a glance

Major tournaments

1987 Rugby World Cup1991 Rugby World Cup1995 Rugby World Cup

Every England try

Rory Underwood's tries

1987 – 1996

Tries47In our match records
Matches scored in31Of 85 caps
Hat-tricks2Three or more in a match
Opponents14Different nations scored against

Our scorer records for this team start in 1987, after Rory Underwood's debut.

Season by season

Tries by year

Rory Underwood's England tries by year
YearTries
19872
19889
19895
19907
19917
19923
19931
19944
19958
19961

Favourite opponents

Most tries against

  1. Fiji 8
  2. Wales 6
  3. Ireland 6
  4. France 4
  5. Australia 4
  6. Samoa 3
  7. Argentina 3
  8. New Zealand 2
First England try
v Japan, 30 May 1987 · Rugby World Cup
Latest
v Wales, 3 February 1996 · Five Nations Championship
Latest matches in which Rory Underwood scored for England, newest first
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
47 3 Feb 1996 England 21–15 WalesFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
46 16 Dec 1995 England 27–9 SamoaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×1
44–45 18 Jun 1995 New Zealand 45–29 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 58', 79'
42–43 4 Jun 1995 Samoa 22–44 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 36', 69'
41 31 May 1995 Italy 20–27 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 49'
39–40 18 Feb 1995 Wales 9–23 EnglandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×2
37–38 10 Dec 1994 England 60–19 CanadaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×2
36 12 Nov 1994 England 54–3 RomaniaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×1
35 19 Mar 1994 England 15–8 WalesFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
34 6 Mar 1993 England 26–12 ScotlandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
33 15 Feb 1992 France 13–31 EnglandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship 63'
32 1 Feb 1992 England 38–9 IrelandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
Show all 31 matches
Earlier matches in which Rory Underwood scored for England
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
31 18 Jan 1992 Scotland 7–25 EnglandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
30 19 Oct 1991 France 10–19 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 19'
28–29 11 Oct 1991 England 37–9 United StatesRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 8', 80'
27 8 Oct 1991 England 36–6 ItalyRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 11'
26 20 Jul 1991 Fiji 12–28 EnglandTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×1
25 16 Mar 1991 England 21–19 FranceFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
24 2 Mar 1991 Ireland 7–16 EnglandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
21–23 3 Nov 1990 England 51–0 ArgentinaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match Hat-trick ×3
19–20 17 Feb 1990 England 34–6 WalesFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×2
18 3 Feb 1990 France 7–26 EnglandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
17 20 Jan 1990 England 23–0 IrelandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×1
12–16 4 Nov 1989 England 58–23 FijiTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match Hat-trick ×5
10–11 5 Nov 1988 England 28–19 AustraliaTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×2
8–9 16 Jun 1988 Fiji 12–25 EnglandTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match ×2
7 12 Jun 1988 Australia 28–8 EnglandTest matches · Second Test Test matches · Second Test ×1
6 29 May 1988 Australia 22–16 EnglandTest matches · First Test Test matches · First Test ×1
5 23 Apr 1988 Ireland 10–21 EnglandTest matches · Millennium Trophy Match Test matches · Millennium Trophy Match ×1
3–4 19 Mar 1988 England 35–3 IrelandFive Nations Championship Five Nations Championship ×2
1–2 30 May 1987 Japan 7–60 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 31', 56'

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