England U18 Ford started playing for
England U18 when he was 15 years old. He later became captain of the team. and was first choice fly-half for the 2009 and 2010 Six Nations and for the 2009 tour to South Africa. He missed the 2010 tour to South Africa due to club commitments and in his absence the team's three year, 25-game winning run came to an end with a 23–17 defeat to the hosts.
England U20 At the start of the 2010–11 season, still aged just 17, Ford was called into the
England U20 squad for the 2011 campaign. He made his debut at fly-half in the opening
U20 Six Nations game against
Wales, scoring six points in England's 26–20 victory. He went on to start every game in the tournament, winning Man of the Match awards in the victories over France, Scotland and Ireland as England won the Grand Slam. Despite being the youngest player competing at the
2011 U20 Junior World Cup, Ford remained first-choice fly-half as England finished in second place following victories over Ireland, Scotland, South Africa and France. The 33–22 loss to
New Zealand in the final However, due to club commitments, that was the only match he played in the 2012 Six Nations. Ford was also left out of the squad for the
2012 Junior Rugby World Cup in order to have a full pre-season programme with Leicester. Despite still being eligible for the U20s in 2013, Ford was instead promoted into the
England A side when the Elite Player Squad was named at the start of the 2012–13 season. In January 2013 he started in games against
Scotland A and
Ireland Wolfhounds.
England On 9 March 2014, a week before his twenty-first birthday, Ford made his England debut as a replacement against
Wales in the penultimate round of the
2014 Six Nations Championship as England claimed their first
triple crown in over a decade. The following weekend saw him make a 10 minute appearance against
Italy in which he made a good break to set up a try for
Chris Robshaw as England finished runners up. Ford was man-of-the-match in England's win over Wales in the opening match of the
2015 Six Nations. He scored his first International try in the penultimate round against
Scotland. In the final game of the tournament, he scored 25 points including a try in England's thrilling 55–35 win over
France as they finished runners up again. Ford was named in
Stuart Lancaster's 31-man squad for the
2015 Rugby World Cup. He was picked to start in the tournament opener against
Fiji as England won 35–11, however, one week later, Ford was dropped in favour of childhood friend
Owen Farrell. England were subsequently knocked out in the pool stage, becoming the second after Wales, as host nation to fail to qualify for the knock-out rounds of their own tournament. The
1991 tournament was jointly hosted between Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland and France. Following the departure of Head Coach Stuart Lancaster, Ford was selected in new coach
Eddie Jones' first squad for the
2016 Six Nations Championship. He scored a try against
Italy and was the starting fly-half as England achieved their first
grand slam since 2003. Later that year Ford was part of the side that won 3-0 on their
summer tour of Australia and in the
2016 Autumn Internationals scored a try against
South Africa as England defeated the Springboks for the first time in a decade. Ford was also a member of the side that retained their title during the
2017 Six Nations Championship, missing out on a consecutive grand slam with defeat in the final game away to
Ireland which also brought an end to a record equalling 18 successive
Test victories. On 18 October 2018, Ford played his 50th test for England against
Japan. Ford also captained the team that day which was his first match as captain. He scored tries in pool stage games against
United States and
Argentina. He was dropped to the bench for the quarter-final against
Australia but returned to the starting lineup for the semi-final against
New Zealand. Ford also started in the
final which England lost against
South Africa to finish runners up. After the World Cup, Ford scored a try against
Ireland in the
2020 Six Nations Championship which England went on to win. Later that year, Ford started for England as they defeated
France in extra-time to win the
Autumn Nations Cup. Ford played for England during the
2022 Six Nations but was then absent through injury until his selection for the
2023 Rugby World Cup. In their opening game of the tournament Ford scored all of England's points, kicking all six penalties as well as three
drop goals in their 27-10 victory over
Argentina. In the knockout phase, he was an unused replacement in the quarter-final against
Fiji and then came off the bench as a second-half substitute in their elimination against champions South Africa. Ford also featured in their last game of the tournament which England won to finish third and claim the bronze medal. In October 2024, Ford was one of seventeen players in the senior England side to receive an
RFU Elite player squad contract. They are the first set of players to sign this agreement. Ford won his 100th cap for England in a 35-12 victory over
Argentina during the
2025 Summer Test Series. After a late withdrawal by
Jamie George, who had been called into the
British & Irish Lions squad, he captained England outright in the second test of the series, this time a 22–17 victory over Argentina. == Personal life ==