Wales

Johnson described England's performance as, "What we wanted€ as they edged out Wales 23-19. Tries from Samoan born Manu Tuilagi and James Haskell proved enough for England to come out of their first World Cup warm up game victorious

With less than 50 days to go until the most anticipated event in the rugby calendar kicks off, World Cup fever is well and truly kicking in.

March 2008 Warren Gatland steers Wales to a six nations grand slam just months after taking charge of the national side

The inclusion of several youth players in Wales' 45 man preliminary World Cup squad has lifted the fans' expectation of their team's prospects in future tournaments, starting with the World Cup in September.

Mike Phillips has been reinstated back into the Welsh World Cup squad after he apologised to Welsh Rugby Union bosses and agreed to counselling.

Every time a national squad is announced it sparks debate. There always seems to be someone who doesn't deserve their place in the eyes of fans and journalists

The game was hyped up with Gavin Henson being named in the starting 15 for Wales at 12, Stephen Jones was making his 100th cap for Wales

This is my prediction for Wales's strongest World Cup starting 22. Let us know your thoughts and who would you include in your starting 22?

He may have signed a contract to see him through till after the 2015 World Cup but if Warren Gatland was to finish after this World Cup who could be his replacement

March 19, on a Saturday night in Paris, Wales were comprehensively beaten by a France side who only a week earlier had been humiliated when they were defeated by Italy

We caught up with Wales & Scarlets Scrum Half Martin Roberts

Will there ever be another Shane Williams is the question on the minds and lips of all welsh rugby fans and a lot of rugby fans too with 53 try's in 75 caps he is one of the greatest wingers the modern game has seen

Having their star-studded core of Welsh talent combined with high-profile All Blacks, the Ospreys have been described as 'the Real Madrid of Wales'

After a mixed Six Nations and the Rugby World Cup just around the corner what have we got to look forward to from Wales in the future

Let's get one thing straight first of all. This guy is one of the most talented rugby players the British Isles has produced for the last 20 years

Wales were outplayed by a very different French team to the one we saw in Rome last week. They picked up their tempo in the second half

Wales ended Ireland's hopes of a triple crown after recording a 19-13 win in a thrilling and controversial encounter in Cardiff

First half tries from Stoddart and Warburton helped Wales along their way and as they went into half-time Wales had a comfortable lead

Italy and Wales line up

Wales beat Scotland in a interesting encounter at Murrayfield with Shane Williams scoring two tries