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The Welsh Varsity is an annual sporting event contested by Cardiff University and Swansea University, usually in early April.The sports contested include rugby union, hockey, cricket, squash, badminton, lacrosse, rowing, golf, basketball, football, American football, ultimate frisbee, netball, volleyball, fencing and an array of other sports.
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 rugby starts another week in crisis with the future of head coach Warren Gatland up for debate.
Rugby union and Wales' national team hold an important place in Welsh culture and society. Sport historian John Bale has stated that "rugby is characteristically Welsh", and David Andrew said that "To the popular consciousness, rugby is as Welsh as coal mining, male voice choirs, How Green Was My Valley, Dylan Thomas, and Tom Jones". [145]
The regions have been reasonably successful in the United Rugby Championship, with Welsh teams winning on 6 separate occasions. The Ospreys are the most successful Welsh team in the history of the league with four titles, a record that was eventually shared and then surpassed by Leinster. The Scarlets have won the league twice, most recently in ...
The tour saw the Welsh side play four matches: three test matches against New Zealand and one match against the Chiefs of Super Rugby. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the history of matches between these two sides until this three-match test series, New Zealand has won 90% (27 matches) of encounters between them, with Wales' 10% (3 matches) all having occurred ...
London Welsh: P1, W1 1908 21 George Travers: Pill Harriers RFC: P1, W1 1908 22 Edward Morgan (Teddy) London Welsh RFC: P1, W1 1908 23 H. Bert Winfield: Cardiff RFC: P1, W1 1908 24 Reggie A. Gibbs: Cardiff RFC: P1, W1 1910 25 Johnnie L. Williams: Cardiff RFC: P1, W1 1911 26 Jack Bancroft: Swansea RFC: P1, L1 1912 27 Tom H. Vile (Tommy) Newport ...