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The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N [a]) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament contested by the Home Nations. The championship holders are Ireland, who won the 2024 tournament.
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 ...
Wales: 6–10 Wales: 29 November 1924 St. Helen's Wales New Zealand: 0–19 1924–25 tour of Europe New Zealand: 17 January 1925 Twickenham Stadium England Wales: 12–6 1925 Five Nations Championship England: 7 February 1925 St. Helen's Wales Scotland: 14–24 Scotland: 28 February 1925 Cardiff Arms Park/National Stadium Wales France: 11–5
The culture of Wales encompasses the Welsh language, customs, festivals, music, art, cuisine, mythology, history, and politics. Wales is primarily represented by the symbol of the red Welsh Dragon , but other national emblems include the leek and the daffodil .
Wales: 2021 Six Nations Championship: 0* [143] 133 5 February 2022 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 29–7 Ireland: 2022 Six Nations Championship: 51,700 [144] 134 4 February 2023 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 10–34 Ireland: 2023 Six Nations Championship: 74,500 [145] 135 24 February 2024 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 31–7 Ireland: 2024 Six Nations Championship ...
Wales will take on the world’s No 1-ranked team Ireland in their Six Nations opener this weekend
The concept dates to the original Home Nations Championship, predecessor of the Six Nations Championship, when the competition only involved England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Like the modern Grand Slam, the Triple Crown was an informal honour to a team that won the Championship with straight victories.
The book was first published in Welsh and is considered as a definitive guide to Welsh history. [1] The book was written for Allen Lane as Hanes Cymru in 1990, which was the first book that Penguin ever published in Welsh. The book went on to win a Welsh Arts Council prize and soon afterwards was considered one of the best single book histories ...