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1987 Rugby World Cup Wales: 29 May 1987 Showgrounds Oval Tonga Wales: 16–29 Wales: 3 June 1987 Rugby Park Stadium Canada Wales: 9–40 Wales: 8 June 1987 Ballymore Stadium England Wales: 3–16 Wales: 14 June 1987 Ballymore Stadium New Zealand Wales: 49–6 New Zealand: 18 June 1987 Rotorua International Stadium Australia Wales: 21–22 Wales
Wales have competed in the sport of rugby union since their first international in 1881. They take part in the annual Six Nations Championship and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup. The records listed below only include performances in test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place ...
Welsh international results in the 1920s mirrored the performance of the economy: of their 42 matches, they won only 17, with three drawn. [21] Half a million people emigrated from Wales to find work elsewhere during the depression; [22] this included many Welsh rugby union internationals, who moved to the professional code of rugby league. [23]
1995 Rugby World Cup: 17 29 November 1997 Wembley Stadium, London 7–42 New Zealand: 1997 New Zealand tour of Great Britain and Ireland: 18 23 November 2002 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 17–43 New Zealand: 2002 Autumn International: 19 21 June 2003 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: 55–3 New Zealand: 2003 Wales tour of Australia and New Zealand: 20
Scene of the first Wales v France match ever, played in Cardiff on March 2, 1908. France and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1908. A total of 104 matches have been played, with Wales winning 51 times, France 50 times and the remaining three finishing as draws.
The WRU National Championship (or Admiral Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of professional rugby union in Wales. The league was reformed by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2012. The current National Championship champions are Pontypool RFC, who won consecutive titles in 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.
1995 Rugby World Cup qualification: 2 16 January 1996 National Stadium, Cardiff 31–26 Wales: 1996 Italy tour of Wales 3 5 October 1996 Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 22–31 Wales: 1996 Wales tour of Italy 4 7 February 1998 Stradey Park, Llanelli: 23–20 Wales: 1998 Italy tour of Wales 5 20 March 1999 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso: 21–60 Wales
Of the 43 matches played to date, South Africa have won 35, with one match drawn and seven wins for Wales. Wales won their first away match against South Africa in 2022. Since 2007, the winner has been awarded the Prince William Cup, which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations.