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See List of Wales national rugby union team records; and List of Wales national rugby union players for a sortable list containing player caps and tries. Neil Jenkins was the first rugby player to surpass 1000 Test points. He holds several Welsh records, including the most points scored for Wales with 1049, the most successful penalty kicks for ...
Wales: 3T–1T 1D Wales: 4 February 1888 Rodney Parade Wales Scotland: 1T–0 1888 Home Nations Championship Wales: 3 March 1888 Lansdowne Road Ireland Wales: 1 G 1T 1D–0 Ireland: 22 December 1888 St. Helen's Wales: New Zealand Natives 1G 2T–0 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team Wales: 2 February 1889 Raeburn Place Scotland Wales: 2T–0
The history of the Wales national rugby union team from 2005 to present (note that, as of September 2019, and despite reaching Number One in the Men's World Rugby Rankings for the first time in history, for a period of two weeks in late August 2019, [1] the rest of this article barely goes beyond 2015) covers a period where the side won four Grand Slams in the Six Nations Championship, as well ...
1995 Rugby World Cup qualifier: 3: 74: 4 June 2005 United States: 77 – 3: Rentschler Field, Hartford, United States: 2005 Summer Internationals: 4: 74: 26 September 2011 Namibia: 81 – 7: Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand: 2011 Rugby World Cup: 5: 72: 19 September 2001 Romania: 81 – 9: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales: 2001 ...
Date Home Score Away Competition Location Attendance 1 January 1908 Wales 9–8 New Zealand 1907–08 Kiwis Tour: Athletic Ground, Aberdare: 20,000 20 April 1908 Wales 35–18 England
He was the only Welsh player in the British Isles team of 1899, and was the star for Wales during their first golden era. Not only did he captain Wales to three Triple Crowns, but also led them to their famous victory over the All Blacks in 1905. [6] [7] On 26 December 1949, gates bearing his name at Cardiff Arms Park were officially opened. [5]
Rugby seems to have reached Wales in 1850, when the Reverend Professor Rowland Williams brought the game with him from Cambridge to St. David's College, Lampeter, [4] which fielded the first Welsh rugby team that same year. Arthur "Monkey" Gould was the first Welsh superstar of 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]