Wales have competed in the sport of rugby union since their first international in 1881. They take part in the annual Six Nations Championship and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup .
The records listed below only include performances in test matches . The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
Team records [ edit ] Greatest winning margin [ edit ] Margin Date Opposing Team Result Venue Competition 98 26 November 2004 Japan 98 – 0 Millennium Stadium , Cardiff , Wales 2004 Autumn Internationals 91 17 May 1994 Portugal 102 – 11 Universitario Lisboa, Lisbon , Portugal 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifier 74 4 June 2005 United States 77 – 3 Rentschler Field , Hartford , United States 2005 Summer Internationals 74 26 September 2011 Namibia 81 – 7 Yarrow Stadium , New Plymouth , New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup 72 19 September 2001 Romania 81 – 9 Millennium Stadium , Cardiff , Wales 2001 Autumn Internationals
Greatest losing margin [ edit ] Margin Date Opposing Team Result Venue Competition 83 27 June 1998 South Africa 13 – 96 Loftus Versfeld Stadium , Pretoria , South Africa 1998 Summer Tour 57 22 July 1991 Australia 6 – 63 Ballymore Stadium , Brisbane , Australia 1991 Summer Tour 57 4 June 2007 England 5 – 62 Twickenham Stadium , London , England 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 52 21 June 2003 New Zealand 3 – 55 Waikato Stadium , Hamilton , New Zealand 2003 Summer Tour 51 5 April 1998 France 0 – 51 Wembley Stadium , London , England 1998 Five Nations Championship
Individual career records [ edit ] Most caps [ edit ] Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]
Most points [ edit ] Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[2]
Most tries [ edit ] Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[3]
Most appearances as captain [ edit ] Match records [ edit ] Most points in a match [ edit ] # Player Pts Tries Con Pen DG Opposition Venue Date 1 Neil Jenkins 30 1 5 5 0 Italy Stadio Comunale di Monigo , Treviso 20 March 1999 2 Neil Jenkins 29 0 1 9 0 France Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 28 August 1999 3 Neil Jenkins 28 1 1 7 0 Canada Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 21 August 1999 Neil Jenkins 28 1 4 5 0 France Stade de France , Saint-Denis 17 March 2001 Gavin Henson 28 0 14 0 0 Japan Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 26 November 2004 6 Neil Jenkins 27 0 3 7 0 Italy Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 19 February 2000 7 Stephen Jones 26 0 10 2 0 Romania Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 19 September 2001 8 Neil Jenkins 24 0 0 8 0 Canada Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 10 November 1993 Neil Jenkins 24 0 0 7 1 Italy Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 12 October 1994 Gavin Henson 24 0 6 4 0 Romania The Racecourse , Wrexham 27 August 2003 Leigh Halfpenny 24 2 4 2 0 Scotland Millennium Stadium , Cardiff 4 February 2018
Most tries in a match [ edit ] Rugby World Cup records [ edit ] Most appearances at Rugby World Cup 21 – Alun Wyn Jones (2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2019 ) [4] Most Rugby World Cup tournaments 4 – Gareth Thomas , Stephen Jones , Gethin Jenkins , Alun Wyn Jones , George North Most points at Rugby World Cup 123 – Dan Biggar (2015 , 2019 , 2023 ) Most tries at Rugby World Cup 10 – Shane Williams (2003 , 2007 , 2011 )[5] Tournament [ edit ] Most points at a tournament 57 – Neil Jenkins (1999 ) [6] Most tries at a tournament 7 – Josh Adams (2019 ) [7] Most points in a game 23 – Dan Biggar vs England (2015 ),[8] Gareth Anscombe vs Australia (2023 ) Most tries in a game 4 – Ieuan Evans vs Canada (1987 ) [9] Fastest score at Rugby World Cup 36 seconds – Dan Biggar vs Australia (2019 ) Fastest try at Rugby World Cup 2 minutes 8 seconds – Jonathan Davies vs Georgia (2019 ) References [ edit ]
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