England Roses
England's netball team, the Roses: 2018 Commonwealth gold, their first World Cup final in 2023, three home World Cups and their major-tournament record.
The Roses are the England national netball team, run by England Netball. England are one of the countries most closely tied to the sport's early development — see who invented netball? — and have reached the podium at more World Cups than any nation except Australia and New Zealand.
Record at a glance
| Competition | Best result | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Netball World Cup | Runners-up (1975, 2023) | 2 silver, 6 bronze |
| Commonwealth Games | Gold (2018) | 1 gold, 3 bronze |
England's World Cup bronze medals came in 1963, 1971, 1999, 2011, 2015 and 2019. Their Commonwealth bronzes came in 1998, 2006 and 2010.
The 2018 Commonwealth gold
England's best-known result is the 2018 Commonwealth Games final on the Gold Coast, when they beat hosts Australia 52–51. Helen Housby scored the winning goal with the final whistle, giving England their first Commonwealth gold — the first won by any team other than Australia or New Zealand.
The 2023 World Cup final
At the 2023 World Cup in Cape Town, England beat defending champions New Zealand 46–40 in the semi-final to reach their first World Cup final (their 1975 silver came from a round-robin, before finals were played). They lost the final 61–45 to Australia, matching their best-ever finish.
Hosting the World Cup
England have hosted the World Cup three times: the very first tournament in Eastbourne in 1963, Birmingham in 1995 and Liverpool in 2019.
Where the players come from
England's top players are largely drawn from the Netball Super League, and several also play professionally in Australia's Suncorp Super Netball.
Where this page stops
This page is a durable reference to who the Roses are and what they've won, not a source for current squad lists or the latest results — check England Netball's official site for that.
Sources
All information on this page is given to the best of our knowledge at the time of writing (October 2026), after referring to the sources below — official sources wherever they exist, and the named secondary source where we couldn't find an official record.
- World Netball: Netball World Cup results and World Netball: Commonwealth Games results — medals checked October 2026.
- England Netball
- World Netball: Cape Town 2023
- World Netball: Eastbourne 1963
- Results cross-checked against the Netball World Cup and Commonwealth Games netball results tables on Wikipedia.
Related reading
See Australia Diamonds, New Zealand Silver Ferns and Jamaica Sunshine Girls for the other leading national teams in world netball.