Who was captain of the England rugby union team during the 2015 World Cup?
History of the England national rugby union team Sir Clive Woodward, his failure to secure the Six Nations title at all in his tenure, coupled with the team's exit at the pool stage, effectively made his position as coach untenable. Lancaster was succeeded as head coach by Eddie Jones, who had masterminded Japan's historic triumph over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Jones was thus the first ever foreign coach in the national team's history. Upon his appointment, Jones dismissed Lancaster's former coaching assistants, Following Jones' public criticism of captain Chris Robshaw during the World Cup, he was stripped of the captaincy. Dylan Hartley then succeeded
2015 Rugby World Cup squads 2015. Statistics do not include players who joined a squad during the tournament. 2015 Rugby World Cup squads The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament to be held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. Twenty national teams competed, and each brought a 31-man squad to the tournament. The tournament was administered by World Rugby, to whom each team had to submit their finalised squad by 31 August 2015. A player may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement players had