Wales National Rugby Union Team
The official website of the welsh rugby union with news fixtures and ticket information for the national team regions and clubs.
Wales national rugby union team. Amp video youtube the guardian dec 16 2019 bookmark border. Welsh view backs 6n change. 08442 491 999 fax. The wales a team were the second national rugby union team behind the welsh national side they have not played a game since april 2002.
View the wales player profiles up to date statistics biography player news and a full match and career summary. 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. Wales rugby union team. Rugby union and wales national team hold an important place in welsh culture and society.
Wales national rugby union team. 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 the team plays its home matches at the millennium stadium in cardiff currently known for sponsorship reasons as. Currently the team is ranked fourteenth in the rlif world rankings the team was run under the auspices of the rugby football league but an independent body wales rugby league now runs the team from cardiff three welsh players have been entered into the rugby league hall of fame. Welsh rugby s first golden age 1910 1911 coincided.
The wales national rugby league team represents wales in international rugby league football matches. It was felt the set february march six nations date would scupper the global calendar but wales boss gareth davies suggest change is now likely. The red dragons have enjoyed two golden eras including the 1970s side. The fiji national rugby union team represents fiji in men s international rugby union competes every four years at the rugby world cup and their best performances were the 1987 and 2007 tournaments when they defeated argentina and wales respectively to reach the quarterfinals.
On 20 february 2003 the welsh rugby union were given permission to withdraw from the a team six nations championship citing costs as the primary reason. Rugby is the welsh national game and they are second only to england in five and six nations wins. Amp video youtube rugbypass 4 days ago. Fiji also regularly plays test matches during the june and november test windows.
In september 2007 it was reported that the union turned down an offer to enter a wales a side into. The wales national rugby union team welsh.