England Roses
England's national netball team, the Roses: history, competitions, and their place in world netball — durable reference, not current rankings.
The Roses are the England national netball team, representing one of the countries most closely tied to the sport's early development — see who invented netball? for how the sport's earliest history is rooted in England.
Competitions
England compete in the Netball World Cup and Commonwealth Games netball tournaments, alongside regular international series against other leading netball nations. Domestically, England's top players are largely drawn from the Netball Super League.
Standing in world netball
England have long been established among the sport's leading nations, historically part of a group of countries — alongside Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica — that has typically contested the closing stages of major tournaments, reflecting netball's strong domestic base in English schools and clubs stretching back to the sport's origins.
Where this page stops
This page is a durable reference to who the Roses are and where they compete, not a source for current squad lists or the latest results — check England Netball's official site for that.
Related reading
See Australia Diamonds, New Zealand Silver Ferns and Jamaica Sunshine Girls for the other long-established leading national teams in world netball.