England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

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rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

since 1881. A total of 142 matches have been played, with England having won 69 times, Wales having won 61 times and 12 matches having been drawn. There is a considerable rivalry between the sides due to the proximity of the two nations and the history between them. Apart from their annual match, currently part of the Six Nations Championship, the teams have also met in eight warm-up matches prior to the 2003, 2007, 2011,

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World Cups, with England winning on five occasions and Wales three, and a one-off match in May 2016 as a warm-up match prior to each country's summer tour to the Southern Hemisphere.

Summary

Overall

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Results

Venues

In England

Note: The match at Wembley Stadium was considered a home match for Wales, who played home fixtures there from 1997-1999 while the Millennium Stadium was under construction.

In Wales

In other countries

References

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