Playing for your country is a proud moment for any rugby star. Some players feature for the national side for years, others have short lived spells in international rugby.
However, a select group of players make the ‘one cap wonders’ club. Despite Ollie Thorley currently being on one-cap, he was not considered for this list.
We asked a group of England fans to rank their top five, and this was the result.
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5. Scott Benton
The scrum-half was unlucky enough to find his way to further England honours barred by Matt Dawson, Kyran Bracken and Andy Gomarsall.
4. Hugh Vyvyan
The Newcastle and Saracens legend, who made 245 Premiership appearances, won a deserved first England cap against
Canada in the Investec Challenge match in 2004 and scored a try as captain.
3. Steve Hanley
Aged 19, Hanley was one of two Sale players to make their international debut in England’s final match of their
1999 Five Nations campaign along with
Barrie-Jon Mather. Although Hanley scored a try, this proved to be his only ever international appearance despite a stellar club career with the Sharks.
2. Stuart Potter
The Leicester legends sole England cap came as a 2-minute blood replacement during the 76-0 hammering by Australia on the 1998 “Tour to Hell”, however this hides the fact that he was an England A stalwart, gaining 15 caps, his international ambitions being limited because he shared a position with captain Will Carling, as well as players such as Jerry Guscott and Phil de Glanville. He had also been called into the England squad for the 1998 Six Nations championship but was injured.
1. Christian Wade
He made his full test debut against Argentina on 8 June on the right wing playing the whole 80 minutes. Wade was selected for the second game against Argentina the following week but withdrew from the team when he was called up to join the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. He’s since moved onto American Football.
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