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
1953–54 French Rugby Union Championship 1953–54 French Rugby Union Championship The 1953-54 French Rugby Union Championship of first was contested by 64 clubs divided in eight pools of six teams and two pools of eight teams. The pools of six qualified 28 teams (three better of each pool plus the four best fourths) and four teams from each of the pools of eight. The Championship was won by Grenoble that beat l'Cognac in the final. This was the only success in the history of Grenobl's club. The 1954 Five Nations Championship was won - égalité by Wales, France and Ireland. France won the second (and