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The Wales national rugby league team has been representing Wales in the sport of Rugby League since the start of the twentieth century. Many hundreds of Welsh players have "headed north" to play for the leading English clubs and consequentially the national side, nicknamed the '''Dragons''', have often been a very strong force in the game.

Wales is represented at rugby league in the European Nations Cup ; since 1995 they have also competed in the World Cup . They are not however a full test nation, and do not compete in the Tri-Nations .

The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League , as are all the other home nations and the Great Britain Team . For the early years of the sport Wales versus England was the only international available to players of the Northern Union, though this changed with the Arrival Of The New Zealand All Golds in 1907 . Wales hold the honour of facing them in the first ever true international, winning 9-8 in Aberdare .

Unlike Scotland or Ireland Wales does not have its own championship. Instead there is a Welsh division in the Rugby League Conference as well as North Wales Coasters who play in the North West division. From 2005 the entire Welsh divsion has joined the RLC Premier as one of the four regional divisions. The old Celtic Warriors Rugby Union side has been resurrected as a Rugby League team known as Celtic Crusaders and will play in National League two in 2006.

The Wales A team is selected from domestic Welsh players in the Rugby League Conference, and is the current Amateur Four Nations champion.


HISTORY


  • 1907 Wales play their first international match – won against New Zealand in Aberdare (17,000). Win the first Anglo-Welsh match 35-18.

  • 1909 The Welsh League XIII defeat the touring Australians.

  • 1926 Wales defeat New Zealand 34-8 – the New Zealanders award full caps for the match.

  • 1936 Wales win the second European Championship with a 17-14 Victory over England in Hull.

  • 1938 Wales win the European championship for the third consecutive season.

  • 1945 30,000 people attend a match against England in Swansea.

  • 1947 Wales defeat England 10-8 in Wigan.

  • 1975 Wales finish third in the World Cup, which included a 12-7 victory over England.

  • 1991 Wales defeat Papua New Guinea 68-0 in at the Vetch Field, Swansea (its biggest win for sixty years). In that match Jonathan Davies scored 24 points.

  • In December 1992 Wales defeated France in Perpignan, their first win on French soil for thirty years.

  • 1995 Wales win the European Championship, with an upset win over England (its first since 1968 and the biggest on Welsh soil). Wales make the semi-finals of the World Cup, only to lose to England. The 1995 World Cup between Wales and Western Samoa in front of a capacity crowd of over 15,000 at Swansea was a pinnacle for Welsh Rugby League in the modern era. Following rugby union’s decision to go professional, the flow of talent going north from the valleys dried up and Jonathan Davies returned to rugby union.

  • In 1996, Wales beat France in Carcassone to bring home the European Championship for the first time in 57 years.

  • 1997 Anger as the RFL announce that at the proposed 1998 World Cup (never played), Wales would not be included at the expense of the NZ Maoris. Wales were once again to form part of Britain.

  • 1998 Emerging England defeat a full Welsh side in Widnes.

  • In November 2000 Wales again made the World Cup semi finals, losing to Australia in a hard-fought battle at Huddersfield.

  • In November 2005 Wales took second in the European Nations Cup, losing to France in the final at Carcassonne.



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Winning Team Losing Team Scoreline Ground Date
Wales Ireland 31 8 Terenure College Rugby Football Club, Dublin
 29 October 2005
Wales Scotland 22 14 Brewery Field, Bridgend
 16 October 2005
Scotland Wales 30 22 Glasgow Hawks
RFC		 24 October 2004
Ireland Wales x:num>25 x:num>12 Aberavon
RFC		 x:num="38277"> 17 October 2004
England A Wales x:num>22 x:num>4 Headingly
(Leeds)		 x:num="37934"> 9 November 2003
Australia Wales x:num>74 x:num>4 Brewery
Field (Bridgend)		 x:num="37927"> 2 November 2003
Wales Russia x:num>74 x:num>4 Aberavon
RFC		 x:num="37920"> 26 October 2003
New Zealand Wales x:num>50 x:num>22 Millennium
Stadium (Cardiff)		 x:num="37563"> 3 November 2002
England Wales x:num>42 x:num>33 Wrexham x:num="37103"> 31 July 2001
Australia Wales x:num>46 x:num>22 Galpharm
Stad. (Huddersfield)		 x:num="36849"> 19 November 2000
Wales Papua
New Guinea		 x:num>22 x:num>8 Headingly
(Leeds)		 x:num="36842"> 12 November 2000
New Zealand Wales x:num>58 x:num>18 Millennium
Stadium (Cardiff)		 x:num="36835"> 5 November 2000
Wales Lebanon x:num>24 x:num>22 Stradey
Park (Llanelli)		 x:num="36832"> 2 November 2000
Wales Cook
Islands		 x:num>38 x:num>6 Racehorse
Ground (Wrexham)		 x:num="36828"> 29 October 2000
Wales South
Africa		 x:num>40 x:num>8 Lotus
Versefield (Pretoria)		 x:num="36818"> 19 October 2000
Scotland Wales x:num>36 x:num>16 Firhill
Stadium (Glasgow)		 x:num="36455"> 22 October 1999
Ireland Wales x:num>24 x:num>17 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="36448"> 15 October 1999
Emerging England Wales x:num>15 x:num>12 Widnes x:num="35995"> 19 July 1998
England Wales x:num>26 x:num>12 Cardiff x:num="35242"> 26 June 1996
Wales France x:num>34 x:num>14 Carcassone x:num="35221"> 5 June 1996
England Wales x:num>25 x:num>10 Old
Trafford (Manchester)		 x:num="34993"> 21 October 1995
Wales Western
Samoa		 x:num>22 x:num>10 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="34985"> 13 October 1995
Wales France x:num>28 x:num>6 Ninian
Park (Cardiff)		 x:num="34981"> 9 October 1995
Wales France x:num>22 x:num>10 Stade
d'Albert Domec (Carcassone)		 x:num="34763"> 5 March 1995
Wales England x:num>18 x:num>16 Ninian
Park (Cardiff)		 x:num="34731"> 1 February 1995
Australia Wales x:num>46 x:num>4 Cardiff x:num="34637"> 30 October 1994
Wales France x:num>13 x:num>12 Cardiff x:num="34397"> 4 March 1994
New Zealand Wales x:num>24 x:num>19 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="34245"> 3 October 1993
Wales France x:num>19 x:num>18 Perpignan x:num="33951"> 13 December 1992
England Wales x:num>36 x:num>11 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="33935"> 27 November 1992
Wales France x:num>35 x:num>6 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="33935"> 27 November 1992
Wales Papua
New Guinea		 x:num>68 x:num>0 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="33528"> 17 October 1991
England Wales x:num>28 x:num>9 Ebbw
Vale		 x:num="30969"> 14 October 1984
Australia Wales x:num>37 x:num>7 Cardiff x:num="30248"> 24 October 1982
England Wales x:num>25 x:num>15 Cardiff x:num="29898"> 8 November 1981
England Wales x:num>17 x:num>4 Hull x:num="29663"> 18 March 1981
France Wales x:num>23 x:num>5 Narbonne x:num="29617"> 31 January 1981
England Wales x:num>26 x:num>9 Hull x:num="29280"> 29 February 1980
France Wales x:num>21 x:num>7 Widnes x:num="29246"> 26 January 1980
England Wales x:num>15 x:num>7 Widnes x:num="28930"> 16 March 1979
France Wales x:num>15 x:num>8 Narbonne x:num="28890"> 4 February 1979
Australia Wales x:num>8 x:num>3 Swansea x:num="28778"> 15 October 1978
England Wales x:num>60 x:num>13 St
Helens		 x:num="28638"> 28 May 1978
Wales France x:num>29 x:num>7 Widnes x:num="28505"> 15 January 1978
France Wales x:num>13 x:num>2 Toulouse x:num="28176"> 20 February 1977
Wales England x:num>6 x:num>2 Leeds x:num="28154"> 29 January 1977
Wales France x:num>23 x:num>2 Salford x:num="27704"> 6 November 1975
Wales New
Zealand		 x:num>25 x:num>24 Vetch
Field (Swansea)		 x:num="27700"> 2 November 1975
Australia Wales x:num>18 x:num>6 Swansea x:num="27686"> 19 October 1975
England Wales x:num>22 x:num>16 Warrington x:num="27657"> 20 September 1975
New Zealand Wales x:num>13 x:num>8 Carlaw
Park (Auckland)		 x:num="27573"> 28 June 1975
Australia Wales x:num>30 x:num>13 Sydney
Cricket Ground		 x:num="27559"> 14 June 1975
Wales England x:num>12 x:num>7 Lang
Park (Brisbane)		 x:num="27555"> 10 June 1975
France Wales x:num>14 x:num>7 Toulouse x:num="27455"> 2 March 1975
England Wales x:num>12 x:num>8 Salford x:num="27450"> 25 February 1975
England Wales x:num>12 x:num>8 Salford x:num="27450"> 25 February 1975
Wales France x:num>21 x:num>8 Swansea x:num="27441"> 16 February 1975
Wales France x:num>21 x:num>8 Swansea x:num="27441"> 16 February 1975
England Wales x:num>26 x:num>7 Leeds x:num="25623"> 24 February 1970
Wales France x:num>15 x:num>11 Perpignan x:num="25593"> 25 January 1970
France Wales x:num>8 x:num>2 Salford x:num="25499"> 23 October 1969
England Wales x:num>40 x:num>23 Leeds x:num="25494"> 18 October 1969
France Wales x:num>8 x:num>2 Salford x:num="25271"> 9 March 1969
Wales England x:num>24 x:num>17 Salford x:num="25149"> 7 November 1968
France Wales x:num>23 x:num>2 Toulouse x:num="23059"> 17 February 1963
France Wales x:num>25 x:num>8 Toulouse x:num="21610"> 1 March 1959
France Wales x:num>23 x:num>22 Marseilles x:num="19706"> 13 December 1953
Other Nationalities Wales x:num>30 x:num>5 Bradford x:num="19639"> 7 October 1953
England Wales x:num>24 x:num>5 St
Helens		 x:num="19618"> 16 September 1953
Wales Other
Nationalities		 x:num>18 x:num>16 Warrington x:num="19464"> 15 April 1953
Wales France x:num>22 x:num>16 Leeds x:num="19292"> 25 October 1952
England Wales x:num>19 x:num>8 Wigan x:num="19254"> 17 September 1952
Other Nationalities Wales x:num>20 x:num>12 Bordeaux x:num="19090"> 6 April 1952
New Zealand Wales x:num>15 x:num>3 Bradford x:num="18969"> 7 December 1951
England Wales x:num>35 x:num>11 St
Helens		 x:num="18890"> 19 September 1951
France Wales x:num>28 x:num>13 Marseilles x:num="18733"> 15 April 1951
Other Nationalities Wales x:num>27 x:num>21 Swansea x:num="18718"> 31 March 1951
England Wales x:num>22 x:num>4 Abertillery x:num="18550"> 14 October 1950
England Wales x:num>11 x:num>6 Wigan x:num="18323"> 1 March 1950
Wales France x:num>16 x:num>8 Swansea x:num="18214"> 12 November 1949
Other Nationalities Wales x:num>6 x:num>5 Abertillery x:num="18193"> 22 October 1949
France Wales x:num>11 x:num>0 Marseilles x:num="17998"> 10 April 1949
Wales England x:num>14 x:num>10 Swansea x:num="17934"> 5 February 1949
Australia Wales x:num>12 x:num>5 Swansea x:num="17857"> 20 November 1948
France Wales x:num>12 x:num>9 Swansea x:num="17829"> 23 October 1948
England Wales x:num>11 x:num>5 Wigan x:num="17798"> 22 September 1948
France Wales x:num>20 x:num>12 Swansea x:num="17612"> 20 March 1948
England Wales x:num>18 x:num>7 Swansea x:num="17507"> 6 December 1947
France Wales x:num>29 x:num>21 Bordeaux x:num="17494"> 23 November 1947
New Zealand Wales x:num>28 x:num>20 Swansea x:num="17458"> 18 October 1947
Wales England x:num>10 x:num>8 Wigan x:num="17430"> 20 September 1947
Wales France x:num>17 x:num>15 Swansea x:num="17269"> 12 April 1947
France Wales x:num>14 x:num>5 Marseilles x:num="17185"> 18 January 1947
England Wales x:num>19 x:num>5 Swansea x:num="17122"> 16 November 1946
Wales England x:num>13 x:num>10 Swinton x:num="17087"> 12 October 1946
France Wales x:num>19 x:num>7 Bordeaux x:num="16885"> 24 March 1946
Wales England x:num>11 x:num>3 Swansea x:num="16765"> 24 November 1945
England Wales x:num>18 x:num>8 Wigan x:num="16506"> 10 March 1945
England Wales x:num>9 x:num>9 Wigan x:num="16128"> 26 February 1944
England Wales x:num>15 x:num>9 Wigan x:num="15764"> 27 February 1943
Wales England x:num>9 x:num>9 Bradford x:num="15267"> 18 October 1941
Wales England x:num>8 x:num>5 Oldham x:num="14351"> 16 April 1939
France Wales x:num>16 x:num>10 Bordeaux x:num="14351"> 16 April 1939
Wales England x:num>17 x:num>9 Llanelli x:num="14189"> 5 November 1938
Wales France x:num>18 x:num>2 Llanelli x:num="13972"> 2 April 1938
Wales England x:num>7 x:num>6 Bradford x:num="13909"> 29 January 1938
Wales France x:num>9 x:num>3 Paris x:num="13490"> 6 December 1936
Wales New
Zealand		 x:num>34 x:num>8 Pontypridd x:num="13488"> 4 December 1936
Wales England x:num>3 x:num>2 Pontypridd x:num="13461"> 7 November 1936
Wales England x:num>17 x:num>14 Hull x:num="13181"> 1 February 1936
Wales France x:num>41 x:num>7 Llanelli x:num="13111"> 23 November 1935
England Wales x:num>24 x:num>11 Liverpool x:num="12884"> 10 April 1935
France Wales x:num>18 x:num>11 Bordeaux x:num="12785"> 1 January 1935
Australia Wales x:num>51 x:num>19 Wembley
Stadium (London)		 x:num="12418"> 30 December 1933
England Wales x:num>14 x:num>13 Leeds x:num="12023"> 30 November 1932
England Wales x:num>19 x:num>2 Salford x:num="11715"> 27 January 1932
England Wales x:num>23 x:num>18 Huddersfield x:num="11400"> 18 March 1931
Australia Wales x:num>26 x:num>10 Wembley
Stadium (London)		 x:num="10976"> 18 January 1930
England Wales x:num>39 x:num>15 Cardiff x:num="10546"> 14 November 1928
England Wales x:num>11 x:num>8 Broughton x:num="9958"> 6 April 1927
England Wales x:num>30 x:num>22 Pontypridd x:num="9599"> 12 April 1926
England Wales x:num>18 x:num>14 Wigan x:num="9405"> 30 September 1925
England Wales x:num>18 x:num>14 Wigan x:num="9405"> 30 September 1925
England Wales x:num>27 x:num>22 Workington x:num="9170"> 7 February 1925
England Wales x:num>31 x:num>5 Oldham x:num="9152"> 20 January 1925
England Wales x:num>18 x:num>11 Huddersfield x:num="8706"> 1 November 1923
Wales England x:num>13 x:num>2 Wigan x:num="8439"> 7 February 1923
England Wales x:num>12 x:num>7 London x:num="8381"> 11 December 1922
Australia Wales x:num>21 x:num>16 Pontypridd x:num="8015"> 10 December 1921
England Wales x:num>35 x:num>9 Leeds x:num="7690"> 19 January 1921
England Wales x:num>16 x:num>12 St
Helens		 x:num="5159"> 14 February 1914
England Wales x:num>40 x:num>16 Plymouth x:num="4795"> 15 February 1913
Australia Wales x:num>28 x:num>20 Ebbw
Vale		 x:num="4299"> 8 October 1911
England Wales x:num>27 x:num>8 Ebbw
Vale		 x:num="4109"> 1 April 1911
Wales England x:num>39 x:num>18 Ebbw
Vale		 x:num="3997"> 10 December 1910
England Wales x:num>19 x:num>13 Wakefield x:num="3626"> 4 December 1909
Wales Australia x:num>14 x:num>13 Methyr
Tidfil		 x:num="3304"> 16 January 1909
England Wales x:num>31 x:num>7 Broughton x:num="3285"> 28 December 1908
Wales England x:num>35 x:num>18 Tonypandy x:num="3033"> 20 April 1908
Wales New
Zealand		 x:num>9 x:num>8 Aberdere x:num="2923"> 1 January 1908



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