Wales national rugby union team

Also known as Wales rugby union team, Wales national rugby union, Wales rugby union, Wales national rugby, Wales Rugby

men’s rugby union team representing Wales

Key facts

Emblem: Three feathers
Union: Welsh Rugby Union
Head coach: Steve Tandy
Captain: Jac Morgan
Most caps: Alun Wyn Jones (158)
Top scorer: Neil Jenkins (1,049)
Top try scorer: Shane Williams ( 58 )
Home stadium: Millennium Stadium

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.wru.wales/fixtures-and-teams/teams/wales

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World Rugby ranking Current12 (as of 23 February 2026) Highest1 (2019) Lowest14 (2025) First international England 8–0 Wales (Blackheath, England; 19 February 1881) Biggest win Wales 98–0 Japan (Cardiff, Wales; 26 November 2004) Biggest defeat South Africa 96–13 Wales (Pretoria, South Africa; 27 June 1998) World Cup Appearances10 (first in 1987) Best resultThird place (1987) Websitewww.wru.wales

The Wales national rugby union team 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, which replaced Cardiff Arms Park as the national stadium of Wales in 1999.