wales won the rugby between wales and france.
who won the rugby between wales and france?
wales
the 1930s were to herald a new era for the team as it emerged at times as one of the dominant sides in world rugby league. in 1930 and 1933 wales played australia at wembley stadium in london. on both occasions they failed to win, losing 26–10 and being thrashed 51–19. however at the time australia were arguably considered the world's second best nation (behind england) and so particularly in the first game, wales had done very well against the touring kangaroos. wales luck against england did not change either suffering three losses to the lions in three games, in huddersfield, salford and leeds. they were very unlucky in the latter however, with england winning 14 points to 13. exactly 27 years after wales played their first match, they played france for the first time in a new competition called the european nations cup, in which wales, france and england would play two matches each. wales and france kicked off the tournament on new year's day in front of 15,000 in bordeaux. but the dragons lost 18–11, and their match against england was just as bad losing 24–11 in liverpool. the france versus england match finished a 15–15 draw so england won the inaugural competition on points difference. wales finished bottom. the next european nations cup brought better fortunes to the welsh and they kicked off the competition, which was staged across winter 1935 and 1936, with a 41–7 thrashing against france. the team were cheered on by 25,000 people at llanelli and three months later wales did the unexpected and squeezed past england, winning 14–17 away at hull. this was a huge result for wales, having not beaten england since 1923, and they had won the cup for the first time. for the next two competitions wales successfully defended the cup. a 3–2 win against the english in pontypridd, coupled with a 9–3 victory in paris saw wales clinch the cup for the second time, and then in 1938 the dragons beat england again by one point in bradford before beating the french 18–2. this represents perhaps the highest point in welsh rugby league history with great players such as jim sullivan, gus risman, alan edwards and alec givvons featuring. in 1935 welsh rugby league would produce its first black international in george bennett (some 48 years before welsh rugby union would do so). in the 1938/1939 tournament, the last to be held for six years because of the second world war, wales beat their main rivals england before dramatically losing 16–10 in bordeaux against les tricolores. because of the french's victory against england, wales finished second and the cup was taken across the channel.
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france national rugby team may refer to national teams in the different varieties of rugby:





























bullet::::- france national rugby union team, often nicknamed les bleus, administered by "fédération française de rugby".





























bullet::::- france national rugby sevens team compete in the world sevens series





























bullet::::- france women's national rugby union team





























bullet::::- france a national rugby union team compete in various tournaments including the churchill cup





























bullet::::- france national rugby league team, often nicknamed les chanticleers, administered by "fédération francaise de rugby à xiii".
france national rugby team