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Wales compete annually in the Six Nations Championship (which they have won 22 times outright) and in the World Cup every four years (best result so far: 3rd in 1987), which they also hosted in 1999. They also form a quarter of the British and Irish Lions.
Historically, Wales have been known as one of the best rugby teams, with the key players of their 1970s team in particular being acknowledged as some of the best in the history of the game. Many poor results in the 1990s however have hurt that reputation.
The Welsh supporters have a reputation for being amongst the most fanatical in the rugby world, making the Millennium Stadium, the team's home ground, a particularly intimidating place.
The Welsh Rugby Union was formed in 1881Events January 16- 24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. February 13 First issu in NeathNeath is a town, population approximately 60,000, located on the river of the same name in south Wales. In Welsh, the river is the Nedd, and the town is Castell-Nedd. Ruins of a small Norman castle are still to be seen, close to the shopping centre. Neath, Glamorganshire, initially in order to organise an international match against EnglandEngland Rugby is the name of the English national rugby union team. They are the current World champions, having won the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship and have won that championship and its predecessors. This match was played at BlackheathBlackheath is the name of a number of places: Blackheath, London, England Blackheath, West Midlands, England Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia See also Blackheath Rugby Club founded 1858. The first rugby club in the world without restricted membershi on 19th February 1881Events January 16- 24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. February 13 First issu and resulted in a landslide win for the English, so much so that a return fixture the following year was refused by the Rugby Football Union of EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England.
However, Rugby Union in Wales quickly developed and by the turn of the century Wales were one of the most feared teams in international rugby, winning the (then) British Championship six times and finishing runners-up six times in its first twelve years. They were even dubbed the unofficial World Champions after being the only team to beat a touring New Zealand side in 1905. In 1911 Wales earned the first official Grand Slam by winning all their matches in the British Championship; unfortunately they would wait nearly forty years for a second.