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Originally consisting of five teams, there are currently four regional sides in the United Rugby Championship, after the Celtic Warriors were wound up in 2004. [2] Below these teams is the Super Rygbi Cymru, then the Welsh Premiership, the Welsh Championship split between east and west, then Leagues 1-6 which are also split geographically into ...
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
The Wales national rugby union team (Welsh: Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international rugby union.Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international against England.
England Wales: 7G 6T 1D–0 England: N/A: 28 January 1882 Lansdowne Road Ireland Wales: 0–2G 2T Wales: 16 December 1882 St. Helen's Wales England: 0–2G 4T 1883 Home Nations Championship England: 8 January 1883 Raeburn Place Scotland Wales: 3G–1G Scotland: 5 January 1884 Cardigan Fields England Wales: 1G 2T–1G 1884 Home Nations Championship
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2025 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland are the defending champions. Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 31 January 2025 – the tournament's opening day.
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 top level of competition in the Welsh rugby union system is the United Rugby Championship (formerly the Celtic League, PRO12 and PRO14) which is a league of professional teams from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and South Africa. Wales currently has four entries in the URC: Cardiff Rugby, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets. [1]
Cardiff Rugby (Welsh: Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. [6] Originally formed in 1876, [7] from 2003 to 2021 the first team was known as the Cardiff Blues before rebranding back to Cardiff Rugby prior to the start of the 2021–22 season.