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 ...

have competed in the sport of

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 their first international in 1881. They take part in the annual Six Nations Championship and have appeared at every

Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb E ...

. 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

Greatest winning margin

Greatest losing margin

Match records

Most points in a match

Most tries in a match

Individual career records

Most caps

Last updated: 26 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

Last updated: 26 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

Last updated: 26 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most appearances as captain

Rugby World Cup records

Career

;Most appearances at Rugby World Cup : 21 –

Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a Rugby union/lock, lock for the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys and the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team. He is List of rugby u ...

( 2007, 2011, 2015,

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) ;Most points at Rugby World Cup : 98 – Neil Jenkins (

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) ;Most tries at Rugby World Cup : 10 –

Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams, (born 26 February 1977) is a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. Williams is the record tr ...

( 2003, 2007, 2011)

Tournament

;Most points at one tournament : 57 – Neil Jenkins (

) ;Most tries at one tournament : 7 – Josh Adams (

)

Match

;Most points in one game : 23 – Dan Biggar vs England ( 2015) ;Most tries in one game : 4 –

Ieuan Evans Ieuan Cennydd Evans (born 21 March 1964) is a former rugby union player who played on the wing for Wales and the British and Irish Lions. He is the fourth highest try scorer for Wales behind Shane Williams, George North and Gareth Thomas an ...

vs Canada (

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) ;Fastest score at Rugby World Cup : 36 seconds – Dan Biggar vs Australia (

) ;Fastest try at Rugby World Cup : 2 minutes 8 seconds – Jonathan Davies vs Georgia (

)

References

{{Wales national rugby union team, state=expanded

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