Can you name every team to beat England in their first 1000 internationals?

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Can you name every team to beat England in their first 1000 internationals?

Post by tiger76 » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:11 pm

As it says on the tin every team to have beaten England, note this only goes up to Autumn 2019, so any recent reverses for the Three Lions won't be recorded here. :)

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Re: Can you name every team to beat England in their first 1000 internationals?

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:33 pm

Got them but it was a geography quiz in the end - incredibly the one I struggled with was a team featuring a current Claret.

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Re: Can you name every team to beat England in their first 1000 internationals?

Post by boatshed bill » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:45 pm

I can't type quickly enough for these quizzes. And yes, it is a bit like a geography quiz
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Re: Can you name every team to beat England in their first 1000 internationals?

Post by LeadBelly » Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:14 pm

Couldnt type/ remember my atlas pages quick enough (on top of a few typos/spelling mistakes) to get them all. Just scraped 30 in the last second.

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Re: Can you name every team to beat England in their first 1000 internationals?

Post by tiger76 » Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:54 pm

Well I only got 26, I was spending so long trying to remember all the obscure ones, I forget several obvious ones, and yes I agree the 4 minute time limit makes it tough, as does the fact some nations have changed their name since. TBH I'm surprised there's only 37 nations to have defeated England, but I guess many of our major tournament exits have came against the usual suspects, Argentina and Germany.

Sporcle generally isn't that harsh on spelling, certainly not compared with the BBC quizzes, they're a nightmare for accuracy.

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