With a coronation that has eluded them since 2020, what were England’s previous adverse streaks in their history?

England suffered its third defeat in a row in it Six Nations 2026on this occasion before Italy in Romeand was left without a chance to be crowned in the Northern Hemisphere tournamentwhich It has been elusive since 2020.

In the previous round, England was one of the great candidates to win the crown in the oldest and most prestigious competition on the old continent. Those led by Steve Borthwick They had a streak of 13 victories, since they had only lost once during 2025. After the auspicious debut against Welshthe situation had an unexpected turn: the tough defeat against Scotland on the second date and the historic victory that it gave them Ireland in Twickenham a week later.

These six seasons without reaching the top of the podium is not the most negative in its vast history. You don’t have to dig too hard to remember that before shouting champion in the 2011they had to wait seven seasons to celebrate again, since their last title had come in the 2003. This could generate extra pressure on what will be the next competition, since not only will it take place during the World Cup year, but also, if they do not obtain the expected result, they will equal their worst drought in the modern era.

Prior to that, we will have to dig around to find a worse moment than the current one, in terms of the lack of consecrations. The first time that the most winning team in the competition had problems crowning was after the Second World War. After celebrating in 1947the year in which the contest was held again after the war, five campaigns had to pass for La Rosa to return to its privileged place in 1953.

Although that was not his worst period, since during the decade of the 60 They only crowned in the contest 1963so they had to wait a decade to return to the top, although they were not alone there: the curiosity of what happened in 1973 was that the five participating teams were champions, since all of them won two games and also lost twice. Therefore, if we ignore this shared title, we could discover what was the worst negative streak in British history in terms of rugby, since they had to wait until 1980 to celebrate again, thus breaking a streak of 17 years.

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Finally, the previous negative stage that the English experienced, prior to the formation of the current Six Nationswith the income of Italy in it 2000occurred precisely after the aforementioned ’80 title. That cup was the only one they raised during that decade, since only in 1991 They were once again above their competition to end a ten-season drought.