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List of Wales national rugby union team records
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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).
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Team records
Greatest winning margin
Greatest losing margin
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Individual career records
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Most caps
Last updated: 5 July 2025. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]
Most points
Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[2]
Most tries
Last updated: 12 July 2025. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[3]
Most appearances as captain
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Match records
Most points in a match
Most tries in a match
Rugby World Cup records
Career
- 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
- Most points at a tournament
- 57 – Neil Jenkins (1999) [6]
- Most tries at a tournament
- 7 – Josh Adams (2019) [7]
Match
- 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)
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