Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Wales national rugby union team, have played all six Rugby World Cup tournaments with their best finish in 1987 when they finished 3rd.Wales have contested every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. The 1987 tournament was Wales'' most successful; they won all three pool matches and their quarter-final, before losing to the All Blacks in the semi-finals. They then faced Australia in the third place play-off match, which they won 22 21. In the next two tournaments in 1991 and 1995, Wales failed to progress beyond the pool stage, winning just one match in each tournament.