Wales national rugby union team Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team () competes annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 26 times outright. Wales' most recent championship win came in 2013. The governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international against England. Wales' performances in the Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) continued to improve, experiencing their first 'golden age' between 1900 and 1911. They first played New Zealand, known as the
1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship 1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship The 1954-55 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 clubs divided into six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixths (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a "single match play-off" tournament. Previously the FFR created three divisions: Nationale (or first division), Fédérale (second division) and Excellence (third division). The Championship of first division was won by the Perpignan that defeated Lourdes in the final. It was the sixth won by Perpignan. The 1955 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales