 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Yakanga iri apo yaimiririra Swansea iyo Rees yakatanga kusarudzwa kuti imiririre Wales, yakaunzwa muchikwata kuzotarisana neEngland mumutambo wokutanga we1900 Home Nations Championship. Rees akanga asiri wokutanga kusarudza kuti mutambo sezvo muna December 1899 ari South Wales Daily News akasunungura chikwata pepa nokuda England vs. Wales kusangana kuti kuridzwa musi 6 January, pamwe Gwyn Nicholls sezvo centre. Izvi zvaiva zvokuzvitutumadza sezvo Nicholls akanga ari nhengo yeboka reBritish Isles rakanga richangobva kushanyira Australia, uye hapana kuonana kwakanga kwaitwa naNicholls chifo chomutambo wokupedzisira. Musi wa 31 Zvita, teregiramu yakagamuchirwa ichitaura kuti Nicholls haazokwanisi kuita mutambo wekutanga weChikwata, uye Welsh Rugby Union yakakurumidza kupindura nenhau dzekuti Rees aizotora nzvimbo yake pakati, achikunda kapu yake yekutanga padivi pewaaitamba naye Swansea George Davies. Wales yakakunda mutambo 133, nechiedza kubva kuna Billy Trew pamapapiro, uye kuedza kubva kuna Dick Hellings, zvose zvakashandurwa nemutungamiri Billy Bancroft uyo akawanawo chirango. The Athletic News yakapa kukunda kwevaWelsh kune boka racho, richibvisa zvikamu zvitatu, asi The Sportsman yakanyora kuti kurondedzerwa kwemutambo wezvikamu zvitatu kwakapiwa izvo zvinofanira kunge zvakagutsa zvikuru VaArthur Gould pachavo. Musi weChina pashure pomutambo wacho, Nicholls akasvika kuBritain uye pakarepo akasarudzwa kuti apinde muchikwata cheWales chaizotarisana neScotland. Pasinei nokukunda uye mamwe mashoko akanaka, Rees akarasikirwa nenzvimbo yake kuna Nicholls, pasinei nokuti Nicholls akanga asina kutamba mutambo wokukwikwidza kubva muna August wapfuura. Vamwe vatsoropodzi vanodavira kuti Nicholls akatamba pamusana pekunetseka pamusoro pekusarudzwa kwake mune ramangwana kunokonzerwa nenyaya dzakanaka dzemapepanhau dzakatambirwa nemasangano eSwansea. Wales yakakunda mitambo miviri yakatevera yeChampionship isina Rees, kunyangwe kubatanidzwa kwake mumutambo wekutanga kwakamuita nhengo ye1900 Triple Crown inokunda timu yeWales. 