15 Josh Lewsey
Age 36 Caps 55
Last England match v France, 13 Oct 2007
Won another 40 caps after the World Cup final, a mainstay in a team that was chopped and changed in the subsequent years. Retired completely from the game in 2009 before making a short comeback in 2011 for Wasps. Took over as the Head of Rugby at the Welsh Rugby Union in September 2013 following his brief tenure as acting CEO of Cornish Pirates. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images
14 Jason Robinson
Age 39 Caps 51
Last England match v South Africa, 20 Oct 2007
After retiring in 2007, tried his hand at sheep farming and was the head coach of Sale Sharks for the 2009/10 season before making a playing comeback with National League Two side Fylde the following year. He completely retired in July 2011 and is now a director of sportswear firm Proskins as well as an ambassador for HSBC and the luxury car company Grange. Photograph: David Davies/PA Archive/Press Association Images
13 Mike Tindall
Age 35 Caps 75
Last match for England v Scotland, 1 Oct 2011
Forced to miss the 2007 World Cup after he broke a leg playing for Gloucester. The centre was not deterred and made his comeback in the same year. Continued playing for England through the 2011 World Cup where he was at the centre of one of the scandals surrounding England’s campaign, the drunken night out following their World Cup opener. Fined and dropped from the squad after the World Cup, he was subsequently reinstated, although it was largely symbolic as Stuart Lancaster did not pick him in his next squad. He married Zara Phillips in Edinburgh in 2011 and still plays rugby for Gloucester where he is also a backs coach for the club. His first child is due early next year. Photograph: Phil Noble/PA Archive/Press Association Images
12 Will Greenwood
Age 41 Caps 55
Last match for England v Australia, 27 Nov 2004
Greenwood continued to play rugby for Harlequins until the end of the 2005/06 season. Has since moved into the media, writing a weekly column for the Telegraph and working as an analyst for Sky Sports. Photograph: Phil Noble/PA Archive/Press Association Images
11 Ben Cohen
Age 35 Caps 57
Last England match v South Africa, 25 Nov 2006
Played for Northampton Saints until 2007 before joing Brive in France until 2009 and then playing his final two years of his career with Sale Sharks. Founded the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation in 2011 which raises awareness the long-term effect that bullying can have. Currently featuring on BBC1’s reality show Strictly Come Dancing. Photograph: David Davies/PA Archive/Press Association Images
10 Jonny Wilkinson
Age 34 Caps 91
Last England match v France, 8 Oct 2011
One of three 2003 World Cup winners still playing, in his case for French club Toulon, who he led to last year’s Heineken Cup. After 2003 Wilkinson endured a succession of injury problems that interrupted his England career but he played in the 2007 World Cup final and won the Six Nations in 2011, retiring from international rugby in the December of the same year after England’s failed World Cup campaign. Married his long-time partner Shelley Jenkins on the Cote D’Azur in a hush-hush ceremony this week. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images
9 Matt Dawson
Age 40 Caps 77
Last England match v Ireland, 18 Mar 2006
Retired from rugby in May 2006 since when has built a career in the media. Is a team captain on Question of Sport, finished second in Strictly Come Dancing and then won Celebrity Masterchef. Has worked widely on radio as a summariser for the BBC. Currently hosting BT Sport’s Rugby Tonight programme. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
8 Lawrence Dallaglio
Age 41 Caps 85
Last match for England v South Africa, 20 Oct 2007
Retired in 2008 helping Wasps win the Guiness Premiership final at a sold-out Twickenham in his last professional game. He went on to work as an analyst for ITV during the 2011 Rugby World Cup and co-commentated on the semi-final match between Australia and New Zealand before setting up the Dallaglio Foundation which has raised millions of pounds for charity through gruelling cycling challenges. Now BT Sport’s lead rugby union expert. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
7 Neil Back
Age 44 Caps 66
Last match for England v Australia, 22 Nov 2003
Dropped from the 2004 Six Nations squad and subsequently retired from international rugby, although he played for the British and Irish Lions in the first Test v New Zealand in 2005. He then retired. Went into coaching, most recently as forwards coach for Edinburgh Rugby until March 2013. Has recently become a director of Adelphi Special Risks Ltd, responsible for business development. Photograph: David Davies/PA Archive/Press Association Images
6 Richard Hill
Age 40 Caps 71
Last match for England v Australia, 26 Jun 2004
The only player never to be dropped during Sir Clive Woodward’s tenure as England manager, was forced to retire from rugby due to a knee injury. He worked for two years as a business development manager for Saracens, hosted hospitallity guests and then mentored and coached academy players. He is a member of the RFU council and has been taking a break since leaving Saracens in the summer. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
5 Ben Kay
Age 37 Caps 62
Last match for England v Argentina, 13 Jun 2009
Played professionally until 2009, including every minute of England’s run to the World Cup final in 2007. He helped Leicester Tigers to win back-to-back Premiership titles before retiring. He went on to become an ESPN rugby commentator for the 2010/11 season and is now a commentator for BT Sport. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
4 Martin Johnson
Age 43 Caps 84
Last match for England v Australia, 22 Nov 2003
The World Cup winning captain retired from international rugby before the 2004 Six Nations, continuing to play at club level for Leicester until 2006. In 2007 he worked as an analyst for ITV in their coverage of the Superbowl before becoming a surprise choice as England manager in April 2008. Still getting over the 2011 World Cup which brought to an end his stint as England supremo. Has taken up cycling and done some coaching sessions with younger players but has yet to resurface in the professional game. Photograph: David Davies/PA Archive/Press Association Images
3 Phil Vickery
Age 37 Caps 73
Last match for England v Scotland, 21 Mar 2009
Captain of the (almost successful) 2007 World Cup squad. Retired in 2010 due to neck injuries. Won the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef before working as a co-commentator at the 2011 Rugby World Cup for ITV. He worked as a scrum coach during the 2012/13 season for Worcester Warriors. Has done numerous food related public appearances, charity work and joined the RFU council as a national member this month. Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images
2 Steve Thompson
Age 35 Caps 73
Last match for England v France, 8 Oct 2011
Remarkably, played in the ill-fated 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign following his brief retirement in 2007 due to a neck injury. Forced to retire for good in 2011 whilst playing for Wasps due to subsequent serious neck injury. Since his retirement he has based himself in Dubai and has worked as a rugby analyst for OSN in Asia and ESPN in the UK. Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images
1 Trevor Woodman
Age 37 Caps 22
Last match for England v NZ, 19 Jun 2004
Forced to retire at 29 due to a back injury he sustained at Sale Sharks in 2005. Went on to commentate for Fox Sports the following year. Worked in Australia as a scrum coach before joining Wasps in that role. His contract was not renewed in July 2013 but has since been running scrum clinics on the new laws. Photograph: PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images
16 Dorian West
Age 46 Caps 21
Last match for England v France, 16 Nov 2003
Retired from international rugby following the victory in 2003. In 2004 he retired from playing altogether when he finished his career with Leicester Tigers. Spent a year coaching the England under-19s side before joining Jim Mallinder as a forwards coach for the England under-21s. Coached the England Saxons to Churchill Cup before taking up his role as forwards coach at Northampton Saints. Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images
17 Jason Leonard
Age 45 Caps 114
Last match for England v Italy, 15 Feb 2004
Retired from international rugby following the 2004 Six Nations match against Italy and ended a 14-year career with Harlequins in 2005. Leonard entered the construction business and runs the Construction network (tCn) and is a successful after-dinner speaker as well as a junior vice-president at the RFU. Photograph: Andrew Budd/Action Images
18 Martin Corry
Age 40 Caps 64
Last match for England v South Africa, 20 Oct 2007
Corry played in the 2007 World Cup before announcing his retirement from international rugby in early 2008. Retired from club rugby with Leicester in 2009. Founded RuckingBall.com, a rugby training course, which has since ceased. Now a sales director for Oracle, an information technology and services industry company, as well as doing motivational and professional speaking. Photograph: PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images
19 Lewis Moody
Age 35 Caps 71
Last match for England v France, 8 Oct 2011
Despite suffering a number of injuries over the years due to his uncompromising playing style, went on to captain England in 2010-11, eventually retiring from all rugby in march 2012 due to injury. Since his retirement he has run coaching camps as well as entering into the construction business with his wife Annie. Also involved with several companies as a brand ambassador and had done a lot of charity work. Photograph: Phil Noble/PA Archive/Press Association Images
20 Kyran Bracken
Age 41 Caps 51
Last match for England v France, 16 Nov 2003
Since retiring in 2006 the former scrum-half has developed his profile in public speaking and events management rather than returning to his pre-professional career as a solicitor. Won reality show Dancing on Ice in 2007 before touring with a holiday ice skating show called Romanza. That spawned the idea for his own event, Kyran’s Ice Party which sold out in St Helier and Bristol. Photograph: Jonathon Wood/Getty Images
21 Mike Catt
Age 42 Caps 75
Last match for England v South Africa, 20 Oct 2007
The oldest player to ever play in a World Cup final when he was 36 years and one month in 2007. Catt also went on to become the oldest ever player to play in a Premiership final while player/coach with London Irish in May 2009. Since retiring in 2010, has rapidly progressed as a coach and is Stuart Lancaster’s skills coach with the England national team. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
22 Iain Balshaw
Age 34 Caps 35
Last match for England v Ireland, 15 Mar 2008
Final member of the World Cup match-day squad still playing. Joined current club Biarritz in 2009 where he finished as a Heineken Cup runner-up in 2010. Photograph: Gaizka Iroz/AFP/Getty Images
Age 57
Resigned from his post as England manager in September 2004 after a troubled 10 months post World Cup success. Coached the British and Irish Lions in a difficult series whitewash in New Zealand and subsequently moved into football. Became performance director at Southampton for the 2005/06 season and then director of football before joining the British Olympic Association as director of elite performance. Now a non-executive director with Leicester Tigers, writes for the Daily Mail and has worked for the BBC on radio and television. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
