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Ireland Wales: 11–6 Ireland: 1 December 1906 St. Helen's Wales South Africa: 0–11 1906–07 tour of Europe South Africa: 12 January 1907 St. Helen's Wales England: 22–0 1907 Home Nations Championship Wales: 2 February 1907 Inverleith Scotland Wales: 6–3 Scotland: 9 March 1907 Cardiff Arms Park/National Stadium Wales Ireland: 29–0 Wales
Wales was still suffering the effects of the depression and club rugby was struggling to survive. [32] Even the WRU had problems, as it faced the fact that it was the only home union without their own ground. The Cardiff Arms was leased and St Helens was on loan. [33] In 1934 nine clubs formed the Welsh Rugby Union with the consent of the WFU. [34]
The first Welsh team to play an international rugby match, February 1881. The 1880–81 Home Nations rugby union matches were a series of international rugby union friendlies held between the England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales national rugby union teams. This season is most notable for the introduction of Wales as an international rugby union ...
A total of 135 matches have been played, with Wales winning 70 matches, Ireland winning 58 matches and seven matches drawn. [1] [2] The two sides have met three times at the Rugby World Cup, with Wales winning two and Ireland winning one of those encounters. [3] Wales won 13–6 in their pool encounter at the inaugural World Cup in 1987. [3]
Rugby union is a popular sport in the British Isles (Great Britain and Ireland), including England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The game was arguably invented in 1823 by William Webb Ellis, and in 1871 the English Rugby Football Union was the first national rugby football union to be founded.
First Ireland rugby team: played England on 19 February 1875 and lost by 2 goals and a try to nil. Dublin University was the first organised rugby football club in Ireland, having been founded in 1854. The club was organised by students who had learnt the game while at English public schools.
The first 'Golden Era' of Welsh rugby is so called due to the success achieved by the national team during the early 20th century. Wales had already won the Triple Crown in 1893, but between 1900 and 1914 the team would win the trophy on six occasions, and with France joining the tournament (unofficially in 1908 and 1909) three Grand Slams.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; Welsh: Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. [ 1 ] The WRU is responsible for the running of rugby in Wales, overseeing 320 member clubs, the Welsh national team and National Leagues and Cups.