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Friday 11 November 2011

Wales Rugby Record-Six Nations

Wales National Rugby Union Team represents Wales in International Rugby Union Tournaments. Welsh Rugby Union (RU) governing body was established in 1881. Wales played their first international match against England in 1881. Welsh rugby struggled between the first and second World Wars. The International Rugby Board regards Wales as a Tier One rugby nation and is ranked fourth in the world by the result of International Rugby Board on 17th October 2011.

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Six Nations Championship is played annually and is one of the largest and oldest Rugby Union competitions which are started in 1883 as the "Home Nations" championship, a tournament between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It became the Five Nations in 1910, when France joined the tournament. In 2000, Italy joined the competition, which became the Six Nations. The Six Nations Championship was the first International Rugby Union tournament in the Northern Hemisphere. The Six Nations is currently sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland and is called RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons.

The format of the Six Nations Championship is simple each team plays every other team once, with home field advantage alternating from one year to the next. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. If a team wins all its games, they are said to have won a 'Grand Slam'. Back to back Grand Slams have been achieved on five occasions, by Wales in 1908 and 1909, by England in 1913 and 1914, 1923 and 1924 and 1991 and 1992, and by France in 1997 and 1998. England holds the record for the number of Grand Slams won with 12, followed by Wales with 10, France with 9, Scotland with 3 and Ireland with 2.

Triple crown and Grand Slam Trophy

Wales National Rugby Union Team Record in Six Nations Championship are: Wales first time won Six Nations Championship in 1893 with a Triple Crown. Wales have won the Six Nations Championship outright 24 times, and shared eleven other victories. Wales longest wait between championships was 11 years from 1994-2005. Wales first won a Five Nations Grand Slam in 1911 and Wales first Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005. Wales latest Grand Slam was won against France on 15 March 2008.

Wales won Grand Slam in 2008

The winners of the Six Nations Championship are also known as the European Champions. England is the current champion of Six Nations Championship title beating France, who won a title in 2010. England won Six Nations Championship title on 19March, 2011.

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Wales Rugby Record-World Cup

Rugby World Cup is an international Rugby Union competition organized by the International Rugby Board (IRB) and held every four years since 1987. Rugby World Cup tournament was first held in May and June 1987 and was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, sixteen nations taking part. New Zealand became the first ever champions, defeating France twenty-nine points to nine in the final. Rugby World Cup holders are awarded the William Webb Ellis Cup named after William Webb Ellis, the Rugby School pupil who (according to a popular myth) invented Rugby football by picking up the ball during a game and ran towards the opposition goal in 1823. Wales National Rugby Union Team have contested every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987.

William Webb Ellis Cup

Wales National Rugby Union Team's first Rugby World Cup 1987 was most successful. Wales was in Pool B along with Canada, Ireland and Tonga. Wales won all three pool matches and qualified for quarter-final, defeated England in the quarter-final by 16-3. Before losing to the All Blacks world cup winners in the semi-finals. Wales then faced Australia in the third place play-off match, which Wales won by 22-21.

Rugby World Cup 1991 was the second edition of the International Rugby Union competition. Wales was in pool C, along with the Australia, Western Samoa and Argentina. Wales lost their matches from Western Samoa by 13-16, Argentina by 16-7 and Australia by 3-38. Wales were dumped out of the World Cup by the little known Western Samoa in the pool stages.

Rugby World Cup 1995 was the third edition of International Rugby Union competition. Wales was in pool C along with New Zealand, Ireland and Japan. Wales won from Japan by 10-57 and lost two matches from New Zealand by 34-9 and from Ireland by 24-23 again not qualifying for the World Cup quarter-finals.

Rugby World Cup 1999

Rugby World Cup 2003 was the fifth edition of International Rugby Union competition.Wales was in Pool D along with New Zealand, Italy, Canada and Tonga. Wales won three of their four matches. Wales defeated Canada by 41-10,Tonga by 27-20 and Italy 27-15. Wales lost from New Zealand by 53-37. Wales lost from England in quarter final by 28-17.

Rugby World Cup 2007 was the sixth edition of International Rugby Union competition. Wales was in Pool B along with Australia, Canada, Fiji and Japan. Wales lost two of three matches and in their final pool match Fiji defeated Wales. Wales failed to reach the quarter finals after being knocked out in the pool stages.

Rugby World Cup 2011 is the seventh edition of International Rugby Board. Wales was in Pool D along with South Africa, Samoa, Fiji and Namibia. Wales qualified for quarter final and was defeated world cup runner up France in the semi final.

World Cup 2011 Wales Rugby Team

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Wales Rugby History 2008-2011

Wales National Rugby Union Team went on to beat England 26-19 after being down 16-3 after just 23 minutes. It was their first victory at Twickenham in 20 years, on 2nd February 2008. Wales' next two matches were at home to Scotland and Italy, which Wales won 30-15 and 47-8 respectively. Wales went on to won the Triple Crown beating Ireland 12–16 in Dublin and in the final game of the championship, Wales sealed their second Six Nations Grand Slam in four championships by beating France 29-12 at the Millennium Stadium.

Six Nations Grand Slam Winner 2008

In 2008 Shane Williams was declared International Rugby Board Player of the Year, the first Welshman to be honored with the title since it started in 2001. The same week Wales defeated Australia 21-18 in the game that celebrated 100 years since their first meeting, making Wales the only Northern Hemisphere nation to defeat a Tri-Nations country during the Autumn Internationals of 2008. This sent Wales up to fifth in the world rankings making Wales the highest ranked team in the Northern Hemisphere for the first time since rankings was established in 2003. Wales National Rugby Union Team defeated Samoa and Argentina by-13 and 33-16 respectively. Wales lost All Blacks by 12-19 and from Australia by 12-33 in Autumn International 2009.

Wales vs Australia 2008

Rugby World Cup 2011 is the seventh edition of International Rugby Board. IRB selected New Zealand as host nation in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. Rugby WC 2011 is the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup. 95,000 overseas visitors are expected to travel to New Zealand for Rugby World Cup 2011. Rugby World Cup 2011 schedule was spans over six weeks, started with a match between hosts New Zealand and Tonga at Eden Park, Auckland on 9 September 2011, won by All Blacks. Wales was in Pool D along with South Africa, Samoa, Fiji and Namibia. Wales qualified for quarter final and was defeated world cup runner up France in semi final. In the final All Blacks defeated France by 8-7 and won Webb Ellis Cup in the crowd of 61079 at Eden Park, Auckland on Monday, 24 October 2011. New Zealand win their second Rugby World Cup title after 24 years, it set off a series of celebrations the length and breadth of the nation.

World Cup 2011 Champions

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Thursday 10 November 2011

Wales Rugby History 2000-2005

Wales National Rugby Union Team won from Argentina and Ireland in 2001 and 2002 led to Henry's resignation in February 2002, his assistant Steve Hansen took over. Further defeats led to perhaps Wales’s makes a lot of big changes in a short time to improve its effectiveness in 2003.

Rugby World Cup 2003 was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was originally planned to be combine hosted by Australia and New Zealand. But all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World Cup Limited. Rugby World Cup 2003 began with the match between the host nation Australia and Argentina at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia defeating Argentina by 24-8. Wales was in Pool D along with New Zealand, Italy, Canada and Tonga. Wales won three of their four matches. Wales defeated Canada by 41-10, Wales defeated Tonga by 27-20 and Wales defeated Italy 27–15. Wales lost from New Zealand by 53-37. Wales lost from England in quarter final by 28-17. The final was played between Australia and England at Sydney's Telstra Stadium also in front of a crowd of 82,957. England won the tournament, defeating Australia in the final 20-17.

Wales National Rugby Union Team won their first Six Nations Grand Slam coached by Mike Ruddock in 2005 their first championship title since 1994 and their first Grand Slam since 1978. Wales opened the tournament with an 11-9 win over England at the Millennium Stadium in the attendance of 74500 people, thanks to a late long range penalty from Gavin Henson. After a win over Italy by 17-28, Wales faced France and won by 18-24, Wales were losing 15–6 at first half and fought back in the second half to win, and the game was named the best of the tournament. Wales beat Scotland by 46-22 and then, in front of a capacity crowd at the Millennium Stadium, played their final game against Ireland. Wales defeated Ireland by 32-20 and won Grand Slam since 1978. The sights and sounds of the 2005 Grand Slam will never be forgotten as Gareth Thomas and Michael Owen accepted the coveted RBS Six Nations Trophy after their epic win over Ireland. There was a capacity crowd inside the Millennium Stadium and 30,000 more outside Cardiff City Hall watching the game on a big screen. It was a day that will never be forgotten, the day a nation rejoiced in a new set of heroes as rugby underlined its status as Wales's national sport.

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Wales Rugby History 1990-1999

Wales National Rugby Union Team represents Wales in international rugby union tournaments. Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) governing body was established in 1881. Wales played their first international match against England in 1881. Welsh rugby struggled between the first and second World Wars. The International Rugby Board regards Wales as a Tier One rugby nation and is ranked fourth in the world by the result of International Rugby Board on 17th October 2011.

The nineties was one of the worst periods in the history of the game as defections to Rugby League and internecine struggles decimated the national side. A Five Nations whitewash followed in 1990 and in 1991.

Rugby World Cup 1991 was the second edition of the International Rugby Union competition and was jointly hosted by five European countries England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France (the teams which participated in the Five Nations Championship). Wales was in pool C, along with the Australia, Western Samoa and Argentina. Wales lost their matches from Western Samoa by 13-16, Argentina by 16-7 and Australia by 3-38. Wales were dumped out of the World Cup by the little known Western Samoa in the pool stages. The World Cup Final was played at Twickenham in London. Australia won the title by defeating England twelve points to six in the final. Wales National Rugby Union Team won only two games in 1992 Five Nations Championship and only one game in 1993 Championship by defeating England 10-9. Wales won the Five Nations Championship in 1994.

Rugby World Cup 1995 was the third edition of International Rugby Union competition and was hosted by South Africa. It was the first time that all matches were played in a single country. It was also the first time that South Africa participated in the tournament following the end of their international sports boycott due to the apartheid regime and had a fairytale ending. Wales was in pool C along with New Zealand, Ireland and Japan. Wales won from Japan by 10-57 and lost two matches from New Zealand by 34-9 and from Ireland by 24-23 again not qualifying for the World Cup quarter-finals. Rugby World Cup final was played at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on 24 June 1995 South Africa defeated New Zealand 15-12.

Kevin Bowring became Wales' first professional coach when he replaced Alex Evans in 1995. Things looked to have improved with the appointment of Coach Graham Henry in 1998, and the return of several internationals from rugby league. After defeating England 32-31 to prevent them from winning a grand slam and allowing Scotland to become overall winners, of the 1998-1999 Five Nations, Wales began a ten match unbeaten run which saw Graham Henry heralded as the 'Great Redeemer.'

Rugby World Cup 1999 was the fourth edition of International Rugby Union competition and was the first time to be held in Rugby Union's professional era. Principal host was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland. Welsh team was awarded the automatic qualification berth offered to the hosts. Only four automatic qualification places were available for the Rugby World Cup 1999. Other three went to the top three teams from the Rugby World Cup 1995 champions (South Africa), runners-up (New Zealand), and third-place play-off winners (France). Rugby World Cup 1999 final was held in Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Australia claimed their second world title, defeating France in the final by 35-12 on 6th November 1999. The overall attendance for the Rugby World Cup 1999 was 1.75 million.

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Saturday 5 November 2011

Wales Rugby History 1980-1989

Gwyn Evans

In 1982 Gwyn Evans equaled the world record with six penalty goals against France before Scotland ended Wales' 27-match unbeaten championship record at the ground and brought down the curtain on Wales' second 'Golden Age' by defeating Wales 18-34, the most points Wales had ever conceded at home. Wales National Rugby Union Team was nearly upset by Japan by 29-24 in 1983 at Cardiff. Australia defeated Wales 28-9 at Cardiff Arms Park. This was the most points scored against Wales in Cardiff by a team from outside the Five Nations and the first time they conceded a push-over try there. Wales were still respected by the time of the first official Rugby World Cup.

First Rugby World Cup is an International Rugby Union competition organized by the International Rugby Board in 1987. First Rugby World Cup is jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia. Wales won all three pool matches and beat England in the quarter-finals, lost to the All Blacks in the semi-finals. Wales then faced Australia in the third place play-off match, which they won 22-21 to take third place. All Blacks became the first ever champions by defeating France 29-9 in the final.

World Cup 1987 Wales 3rd place squard

Wales National Rugby Union Team won the Triple Crown in 1988 Five Nations Championship and Jonathan Davies appears as a world force. In 1989, a number of Welsh players' careers end after heavy defeats on tour to New Zealand as many converted to rugby league.

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Friday 4 November 2011

Wales Rugby History 1970-1979

Wales National Rugby Union Team represents Wales in international rugby union tournaments. Wales governing body Welsh Rugby Union (RU) was established in 1881. Wales played their first international match against England in 1881. Welsh rugby struggled between the first and second World Wars. The International Rugby Board (KIRBY) regards Wales as a Tier One rugby nation and is ranked fourth in the world by the result of International Rugby Board on 17th October 2011.

Wales National Rugby Union Team controlled over the game in the northern hemisphere in the following decade. Wales were won nine of the ten matches against the England, eight of the ten matches against the Scots and the Irish claimed only one win and a draw in nine outings. France were the only side to compete the Welsh, winning three and drawing one of their ten games. In 1970, Wales shared the Five Nations with France, also recording their best result thus far against South Africa with a six each draw in Cardiff. It was 19 years after the success of 1952 before the sixth Grand Slam of 1971 heralded the dawn of the second 'Golden Era'. Using only 16 players in four games, the 1971 side is considered one of the greatest in Welsh rugby history. Their most notable victory of the tournament was their victory over Scotland. After a last minute try by Gerald Davies to reduce Scotland's lead to 18-17, flanker John Taylor kicked a conversion from the sideline described as "the greatest conversion since St John" to give Wales a 19-18 win.

Wales contributed more players than any other team (there were 11 Welshmen) to the British and Irish Lions that toured New Zealand that year. Those Lions became the first and only to win a series over the All Blacks. In the 1972 Five Nations Championship, Wales and Scotland refused to travel to Dublin at the height of the Troubles after receiving threats, purportedly from the IRA. The Championship remained unresolved with Wales and Ireland unbeaten. Had the game in Ireland in 1972 not been canceled, that otherwise undefeated campaign could have ended with another Grand Slam.

Although the Five Nations was a five way tie in 1973, the Welsh did defeat Australia 24–0 in Cardiff. Wales contributed six players in the victorious 1974 Lions Test side in South Africa. Wales won the Five Nations outright in 1975. In 1976, Wales won their second Grand slam of the decade. Just like the first in 1971, they only used 16 players over their four matches. They repeated the feat in 1978 and, in the process, became the first team to win three consecutive Triple Crowns. Following their final Five Nations match of 1978, both Phil Bennett and Gareth Edwards retired from rugby.

Wales National Rugby Union Team won the Five Nations with a Triple Crown in 1979. Players like Gareth Edwards, Barry John, Mervyn Davies, John Taylor, JPR Williams, Gerald Davies and John Dawes emerged to take not only Welsh rugby, but also the British game to the top of the world with some amusing performances throughout the Seventies. Other Welsh greats from this era were Phil Bennett, Geoff Wheel, Allan Martin, the Pontypool front row Charlie Faulkner, Bobby Windsor Graham Price and Steve Fenwick.

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Friday 11 November 2011

Wales Rugby Record-Six Nations

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Wales Rugby History 2008-2011

Thursday 10 November 2011

Wales Rugby History 2000-2005

Wales Rugby History 1990-1999

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Wales Rugby History 1980-1989

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Wales Rugby History 1970-1979