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Scrum V's rugby history

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    25 August 2011
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Wales won the Grand Slam in 1976 - this is the team that beat FranceImage source, Rex Features
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Wales won the Grand Slam in 1976 - this is the team that beat France in Cardiff

Stats and history of rugby in Wales

WALES STATS

Wales' rugby coaches

Wales' rugby captains, external

Wales' results archive

Welsh Rugby and its National Heroes

DOMESTIC RUGBY STATS

Celtic rugby archive, external

Anglo-Welsh Cup archive, external

Welsh league rugby archive, external

WRU Challenge Cup archive, external

EUROPEAN RUGBY

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PLAYING GREATS

Championship legends - Gareth Edwards, external

Shane Williams - Millennium Man

2012 GRAND SLAM

Wales 16-9 France

Wales 24-3 Italy

England 12-19 Wales

Wales 27-13 Scotland

Ireland 21-23 Wales

2008 GRAND SLAM

Wales 29-12 France, external

Ireland 12-16 Wales, external

Wales 47-8 Italy, external

Wales 30-15 Scotland, external

England 19-26 Wales, external

2005 GRAND SLAM

Wales 32-20 Ireland, external

Scotland 22-46 Wales, external

France 18-24 Wales

Italy 8-38 Wales, external

Wales 11-9 England, external

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