As of August 2012.
there are
Number Of Clubs:
314
Registered+Unregistered Players:
79800
Welsh Rugby Union was created in 1881.
Welsh Rugby Players Association was created in 2003.
The first player ever to do this was welsh ledgend Jonhathon Davies.
The Welsh national Rugby Union team are The Red Dragons. It's possible to confuse them with the Welsh national Rugby League team who are known as The Dragons.
Kingsley Jones - Welsh rugby union prop - died in 2003.
Kingsley Jones - Welsh rugby union prop - was born in 1935.
It has to be remembered that until recently (2003) Union players were not paid at all. The female game is developing and the gate money is increasing as is the sponsorship.
wales rugby team names
1993 = Iestyn Harris moved from league to union. In the previous years most players moved from the Union code to league and then back again
Welsh Rugby Union
a dragon
The Osprays in 2008/2009