when was the last time wales won the rugby world cup sevens
2009
title: Rugby World Cup Sevens text: World Cup Sevens held in Dubai. In men's Rugby World Cup Sevens, the New Zealand have won the tournament three times, Fiji have won it twice, and England and Wales have won a single tournament each, while , Australia and South Africa have reached tournament finals but not secured a title. For women's Rugby World Cup Sevens, Australia won the first tournament in 2009 and New Zealand won the second and third tournaments in 2013 and 2018. New Zealand are the current men's and women's world champions having won both tournaments in 2018. In May of 2009, the International Rugby title: History of the Wales national rugby union team (2004–present) text: Wales since 1953, and South Africa have only been defeated five times since 2005: a 12–6 victory in 2014, a 27-13 victory in 2016, a 24-22 victory in 2017, a 24-22 victory in Washington DC in 2018 followed by a 201-11 win in Cardiff in 2018. Wales defeated Australia in November 2005, and also in November 2008. Following this, Wales suffered a thirteen-match losing streak to the Wallabies. This ended in 2018, when Wales defeated Australia 9-6. Wales were defeated by Fiji in a crucial 2007 Rugby World Cup match, which saw the side eliminated from the tournament in pool title: Rugby World Cup Sevens text: every four years since. England won the inaugural tournament, defeating Australia 21–17 in the final. Hong Kong, which had played a major role in the international development of the Sevens game, hosted the 1997 event. The final was won by Fiji over South Africa. The 2001 tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The 2005 event returned to Hong Kong. At the 2009 tournament, Wales, Samoa, Argentina and Kenya combined to stun the rugby world by defeating the traditional powerhouses of New Zealand, England, South Africa and Fiji in the quarter-finals, guaranteeing a new Melrose Cup winner. Wales and title: Wales national rugby union team text: 1883, as a contest between the four component nations of the United Kingdom. Wales first won it in 1893, when they achieved a Triple Crown. Wales have won the tournament outright 26 times, and shared eleven other victories. Their longest wait between championships was 11 years (1994–2005). Wales first won a Grand Slam in 1908although France did not officially join the Five Nations until 1910and their first Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005. Their latest Grand Slam was won against France on 17 March 2012, and they claimed their most recent Triple Crown on 25 February 2012 against England. Wales title: Wales national rugby union team text: from home. Wales won two more Grand Slams in 2008 and in 2012, and in 2011 came fourth in the Rugby World Cup. Their home ground is the Millennium Stadium, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Principality Stadium, completed in 1999 to replace the National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park. Eight former Welsh players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame; ten were inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame prior to its 2014 merger into the World Rugby Hall. Rugby union took root in Wales in 1850, when Reverend Rowland Williams became Vice-Principal at