By Amie Roberts
Rugby was first brought into Wales in Lampeter College in the mid-nineteenth
century.
However, it was actually the first team, selected by Richard Mullock which lead us to
what we now know and love to be Welsh Rugby Union.
It was then this team that faced England to lose spectacularly, with what would give
a score now of 82 – 0! Luckily for Wales, the scoring system isn’t what it is now.
In 1999, the first home of Welsh rugby, the Arms Park was replaced with what we
now know as the Millennium Stadium, which plays host to all of the Wales home
games.
Did you know? Wales
have won 322 games
out of a total of 628
matches. That’s 51.27%!
Wales have beaten
England in 52 games,
but England have
beaten Wales in 53!
Wales’ team celebrating the 2005 Grand Slam in the Six Nations.
• 24 Outright wins
• 10 Grand Slams
• 19 Triple Crowns
• Wales have played in every World Cup since it
started in 1987, although they have never won
it. Their best achievement was placing 3rd in
the 1987 World Cup.
• The best position they have achieved in the
IRB World Rankings Table has been 5th, which
was back in 2005.
• Wales now rank 8th in the IRB World Rankings,
not bad for such a small country!
Image top left: http://www.thomascooksport.com/Rugby/WelshRugby-Union
Image top right: http://mylife24fps.blogspot.com/2010/07/footballvs-football-or-its-all-about.html
Image bottom right:
http://www.virginmedia.com/sport/rugby/galleries/6nationsclassics.php?ssid=10
All information sourced from www.wikipedia.org and www.wru.co.uk