| Rugby World Cup record | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Squad | Head coach | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
  1987
|
Quarter–finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 48 | Squad | M. Green | Invited | |||||||
     1991
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Runners–up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 61 | Squad | G. Cooke | Automatically qualified | |||||||
 1995
|
Fourth place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 146 | Squad | J. Rowell | Automatically qualified | |||||||
| 1999
|
Quarter–finals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 250 | 115 | Squad | C. Woodward | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 15 | |
| 2003
|
Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 88 | Squad | C. Woodward | Automatically qualified | |||||||
| 2007
|
Runners–up | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 122 | Squad | B. Ashton | Automatically qualified | |||||||
| 2011
|
Quarter–finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 53 | Squad | M. Johnson | Automatically qualified | |||||||
| 2015
|
Pool stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 75 | Squad | S. Lancaster | Automatically qualified | |||||||
 2019
|
Runners–up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 75 | Squad | E. Jones | Automatically qualified | |||||||
| 2023
|
Third place | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 221 | 102 | Squad | S. Borthwick | Automatically qualified | |||||||
| 2027
|
Automatically qualified | ||||||||||||||||
 2031
|
To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 57 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 1790 | 885 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 15 | |
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