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Wales
Union	Welsh Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	The Prince of Wales's feathers
Ground(s)	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Coach(es)	Rowland Phillips
Captain(s)	Carys Phillips
Team kit	Change kit
First international
	Wales 4-22 England ; (Pontypool, Wales 5 April 1987)
Largest win
	Wales 77-0 Germany ; (Barcelona, Spain 17 May 2002)
Largest defeat
	England 83-11 Wales ; (Swansea, Wales 10 April 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1991)
Best result	4th place, 1994

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The Wales women’s national rugby union team first played in 1987. Wales plays in the Women’s Rugby World Cup and in the Women’s Six Nations Championship.

History

Wales Women have played as a team officially since 5 April 1987 when a Wales Women team, led by Liza Burgess, took on an England Women side at Pontypool Park.^[2] Prior to 1987, Welsh players were selected to represent Great Britain with the first representative side featuring players from Wales running against France at Richmond Athletic Ground in 1986. Great Britain played as a team on several occasions until 1990, beating Italy in their final match. Wales have played England every year since 1987.

Wales hosted the first Women's Rugby World Cup in Cardiff in 1991 and since then they have participated in a further four of the five tournaments finishing fourth in 1994, their highest ever finish.^[3] The IRB adopted the competition in 1998, which was won by the New Zealand Black Ferns who also won the tournaments in Barcelona in 2002 Edmonton, Canada in 2006.

The Welsh Women's Rugby Union was created in 1994 charged with promoting and governing the development and practice of Women's Rugby in Wales; the other three home unions also took charge of their own administration effectively ending the function of the WRFU in the process. The WWRU also became affiliated to the Welsh Rugby Union at the same time.

The creation of four separate home unions for Women's Rugby in Great Britain also saw the introduction of the Women's Home Nations competition with the first set of internationals taking place in 1995. Wales Women's early years in the tournament saw victories only against Ireland Women . Wales Women also remain the only touring team from Wales to have won a Test series in South Africa, beating the Bokkies by two Test to nil back in 1994.

From 2004 to 2006 a policy of selecting only players based in Wales resulted in a series of poor results - and failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. When the policy was reversed the team immediately recorded their best Six Nations performance, with a victory over France in 2006, wins over Scotland in 2006 & 2007, ending a ten-year drought of wins against their Celtic opponents, and culminating with victory over England in 2009 on their way to a Triple Crown. The National 7s squad lifted the European 7s title in 2006, beating England in the final but narrowly failed to secure a place in the 2009 Rugby World Cup 7s. In 2007 Wales also re-entered the FIRA Championship, using the tournament to give tournament experience to its development team.

Current squad

Squad for 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship:^[4]^[5]

Caps accurate prior to the beginning of the tournament.

Player	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Club
Carys Phillips	Hooker	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31)	36	Ospreys
Kelsey Jones	Hooker	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27)	2	Ospreys
Amy Evans	Prop	(1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 (age 34)	18	Ospreys
Cerys Hale	Prop	(1993-04-04) 4 April 1993 (age 31)	12	Dragons
Gwenllian Prys	Prop	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26)	5	RGC
Caryl Thomas	Prop	(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)	39	Scarlets
Megan York	Prop	(1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 37)	29	Dragons
Cara Hope	Prop	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)	0	Ospreys
Melissa Clay	Lock	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34)	15	Ospreys
Siwan Lillicrap	Lock	(1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 37)	15	Ospreys
Natalia John	Lock		0	Ospreys
Alisha Butchers	Flanker	(1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 27)	14	Scarlets
Nia Davies	Flanker	(1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 31)	14	Scarlets
Sioned Harries	Flanker	(1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 34)	49	Scarlets
Lleucu George	Flanker	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 24)	2	Scarlets
Awen Prysor	Flanker		0	Cardiff Blues
Beth Lewis	Flanker	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28)	0	Scarlets
Shona Powell Hughes	Number 8	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33)	46	Ospreys
Amy Thomas	Number 8		0	Ospreys
Rhiannon Parker	Scrum-half	18 August 1989	2	Cardiff Blues
Jade Knight	Scrum-half		0	Scarlets
Ffion Lewis	Scrum-half		0	Scarlets
Elinor Snowsill	Fly-half	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35)	44	Newport-Gwent Dragons
Robyn Wilkins	Fly-half	(1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29)	29	Ospreys
Jodie Evans	Fly-half	(1991-05-25) 25 May 1991 (age 33)	5	Scarlets
Rebecca De Filippo	Centre	(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 30)	23	Newport-Gwent Dragons
Gemma Rowland	Centre	(1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 35)	17	Newport-Gwent Dragons
Kerin Lake	Centre	(1990-05-24) 24 May 1990 (age 34)	16	Ospreys
Hannah Jones	Centre	(1996-11-14) 14 November 1996 (age 27)	12	Scarlets
Rhiannon Nokes	Centre	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 35)	0	Ospreys
Alecs Donovan	Centre		0	Ospreys
Jasmine Joyce	Wing	(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 29)	5	Scarlets
Jess Kavanagh-Williams	Wing	(1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 34)	6	RGC
Hannah Bluck	Wing		0	Cardiff Blues
Angharad De Smet	Wing	(1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 27)	0	Scarlets
Lisa Neumann	Fullback		0	Scarlets

Results summary

(Full internationals only)
Correct as of 31 October 2016

Rugby: Wales internationals 1987-
Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Australia	2002	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Canada	1991	8	2	2	4	37.50%
England	1987	33	2	0	31	6.06%
France	1994	22	4	0	18	18.18%
Germany	1998	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Ireland	1996	21	12	0	9	57.14%
Italy	1998	16	11	0	5	68.75%
Kazakhstan	1994	5	3	0	2	60.00%
Netherlands	1988	5	2	0	3	40.00%
New Zealand	1991	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Russia	1998	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Samoa	2002	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Scotland	1993	28	15	0	13	53.57%
South Africa	2004	6	4	0	2	66.67%
Spain	1991	9	2	0	7	22.22%
Sweden	2007	3	2	0	1	66.67%
United States	1993	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Summary	1987	172	63	2	107	36.63%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering.

Full internationals

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Other matches

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References

^ Wales Women's venue
^ "Historic day for England Women's Rugby". rfu.com. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Women's Rugby World Cup". RugbyFootballHistory.com. p. 1. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/women/squad_wales_women.php
^ http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_women.php

External links

The Welsh Rugby Union
Bred In Heaven influential Welsh rugby discussion site*Welsh rugby news from icwales
Welsh rugby union news from Planet Rugby
Welsh Rugby Fans New website dedicated to Welsh rugby fans
Sports Council of Wales Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

[1] Wales Women's venue

[2] "Historic day for England Women's Rugby". rfu.com. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "Women's Rugby World Cup". RugbyFootballHistory.com. p. 1. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[4] ttps://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/women/squad_wales_women.php

[5] ttp://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_women.php

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