Thursday 13 November 2014
Winners of Japanese rugby tournaments (far from complete)
Top League (2003-present)
Toshiba: 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10
Sanyo/Panasonic: 2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
Suntory: 2007-08, 2011-12, 2012-13
Kobe Steel: 2003-04
All-Japan Championship (1960-present)
Kobe Steel: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1999-2000, 2000-01 (shared)
Nippon Steel Kamaishi: 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85
Toshiba Fucha: 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2005-06 (shared), 2006-07
Suntory: 1995-96, 2000-01 (shared), 2001-02, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13
Sanyo/Panasonic: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2015-16
Waseda University: 1965-66, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1987-88
Nippon Steel Yawata: 1960-61, 1962-63, 1964-65
Kintetsu: 1966-67, 1967-68, 1974-75
Toyota Motor: 1968-69, 1977-78, 1986-87
NEC: 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06 (shared)
Doshisha University: 1961-62, 1963-64; Ricoh: 1972-73, 1973-74
Nippon Sport Science University: 1969-70; Meiji University: 1975-76; Keio University: 1985-86, Yamaha: 2014-15
All-Japan Company Championship (1949-2003)
Nippon Steel Yawata: 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66
Kobe Steel: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1999-2000, 2000-01
Nippon Steel Kamaishi: 1970-71 (shared), 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85
Kintetsu: 1953-54 (shared), 1956-57, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1974-75
Toyota Motor: 1968-69, 1977-78, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1998-99
Toshiba Fucha: 1987-88, 1996-97, 1997-98
Ricoh: 1970-71 (shared), 1972-73, 1973-74
Suntory: 1995-96 (shared), 2001-02, 2002-03
Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto: 1971-72, 1975-76
Kotobank: 1948-49; Mitsui Chemicals: 1949-50; Kyushu Electric Power: 1953-54 (shared)
Sanyo: 1995-96 (shared)
Kanto League Champions/Top League East
Sanyo: 1969-70, 1970-71, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97
Suntory: 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02
Kubota: 1995-96, 1996-97, 2011-12
IBM: 2002-03, 2004-05; Mitsubishi Sagamihara: 2005-06, 2012-13; Canon Eagles: 2009-10, 2010-11
Secom: 2003-04; Yokogawa Musashino: 2006-07; Ricoh: 2007-08; NTT Communications: 2008-09
Kansai League Champions/Top League West
Kintetsu: 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67 (shared), 1967-68, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1976-77 (shared), 1987-88, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07
Kobe Steel: 1982-83 (shared), 1983-84, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95 (shared), 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 (shared), 2000-01
Toyota Motor: 1969-70 (shared), 1975-76, 1976-77 (shared), 1977-78 (shared), 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82 (shared), 1982-83 (shared), 1984-85, 1994-95 (shared), 1997-98 (shared), 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2002-03
Toyota Industries: 2003-04, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12
Honda: 2007-08, 2012-13
Kyoto City Hall: 1966-67 (shared), 1968-69
World Corporation: 1993-94; Yamaha Motor: 2001-02
Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto: 1969-70 (shared), 1974-75 (shared), 1977-78 (shared)
Osaka Police: 1981-82 (shared), 1982-83 (shared)
Kyushu League Champions/Top League Kyushu
Mazda: 1971-72, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
Nippon Steel Yawata: 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1979-80
Kyushu Electric Power: 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2010-11
Coca Cola West: 2002-03, 2011-12; Fukuoka: 2003-04, 2012-13
Traditional playing colours of New Zealand provinces
Auckland (1892-present): dark blue & white hooped jerseys, white shorts
Bay of Plenty (1911-present, split from South Auckland): dark blue & gold hooped jerseys, dark blue shorts
Buller (1894-present): red & blue hooped jerseys, white shorts
Bush (1893-1970, merged with Wairarapa): dark red jerseys with 2 blue bands
Canterbury (1892-present): red & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Central Vikings (1997-98, brief merger of Hawke's Bay and Manawatu): orange & blue jerseys split by white & orange lightning bolts, white shorts
Counties (/South Auckland Counties/Counties-Manukau; 1955-present): red ,white & black hooped jerseys, white shorts
East Coast (1922-present, split from Poverty Bay): light blue jerseys, white shorts
Golden Bay-Motueka (1920-67, merged with Nelson to form Nelson Bays): brown & white hooped jerseys, white shorts, dark? & white hooped socks
Hawke's Bay (1892-1996/1999-present): black & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Horowhenua (/Horowhenua-Kapiti; 1893-9?/98-1924/1934-present): blue jerseys with red & white bands, white shorts
King Country (1922-present): sky & green (1922-48); dark red & gold hooped jerseys; white shorts (1949-79); dark red jerseys with gold collars, white shorts (1980-present)
Manawatu (1892-24/1934-96/1999-present): green jerseys with hoops consisting of 2 white bands each, dark green shorts
Manawhenua (1925-33, brief merger of Horowhenua and Manawatu unions): ?
Marlborough (1892-2005, merged with Nelson Bays to form Tasman): red jerseys, white shorts
Mid Canterbury (1927-51 as Ashburton Country, Mid Canterbury 1952-present): green & gold hooped jerseys
Nelson (1892-1967, merged with Golden Bay-Motueka to form Nelson Bays): light blue & dark blue hooped jerseys, dark blue shorts
Nelson Bays (1968-2005, merged with Marlborough to form Tasman): blue jerseys, white shorts
North Auckland (/Northland; 1920-present): light blue jerseys, white shorts, dark blue socks
North Harbour (1986-present, split from North Auckland): white jerseys with black hoop between red bands, black shorts, red socks
North Otago (1927-present): gold jerseys, white shorts, dark red socks
Otago (1895-present): blue jerseys with gold collars, dark blue shorts
Poverty Bay (1893-present): red jerseys, white shorts
South Canterbury (1892-present): green & black hooped jerseys, white shorts
Southland (1894-present): dark red jerseys, white shorts
Taranaki (1892-present): black & gold hooped jerseys, white shorts
Tasman (2006-present, merger of Marlborough and Nelson Bays): red jerseys w/ navy sleeves, navy shorts
Thames Valley (1922-present, split from South Auckland): gold jerseys with red hoop, white shorts
Waikato (1909-20 as South Auckland, 1921-present as Waikato): red, gold & black hooped jerseys, white shorts
Wairarapa: (1892-1970, merged with Bush): green jerseys, white shorts
Wairarapa Bush (1971-present): dark green jerseys, red shorts
Wanganui (1892-present): blue & black hooped jerseys, white shorts
Wellington (1892-present): black jerseys with gold collars, white shorts
West Coast (1892-present): red & white hooped jerseys, white shorts
--- n.b. - socks of colours listed in jerseys and shorts unless stated.
Friday 17 October 2014
Traditional playing colours of South African provinces
Boland (/Winelands; 1939-present): black jerseys with gold collars, black shorts
Border (/Frontier; 1891-present): brown jerseys, white shorts
Eastern Free State (1968-95, merged with Northern Free State): navy & white quartered jerseys, navy shorts
Eastern Province (/Mighty Elephants; 1889-present): red & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Eastern Transvaal (/Falcons or Valke; 1948-present, split from Transvaal): red jerseys, white shorts
Far North (1986-95, merged with Northern Transvaal): blue jerseys with red collars, white shorts
Griqualand West (/Griquas; 1889-present): turquoise jerseys with white bands, black shorts
Lowveld (1985-95, merged with South Eastern Transvaal): gold & green
Natal (1890-present): black jerseys with white hoop, white shorts
North Eastern Districts (/North Eastern Cape; 1910-67 as Districts, 1968-95 as Cape, split between Border and Eastern Province): gold jerseys with black collars, black shorts OR blue jerseys with navy hoop & red collars
North Western Cape (1967-95, merged with Griqualand West): blue jerseys with orange hoop & collars, white shorts
Northern Free State (/Griffons; 1968-present): purple jerseys, white shorts, purple socks with gold tops
Northern Natal (1973-95, merged with Natal): green jerseys with gold hoop, white shorts
Northern Transvaal (/Blue Bulls; 1938-present): sky jerseys, navy shorts
Orange Free State (/Orange River Colony/Free State Cheetahs; 1895-present: white jerseys with orange collars, black shorts, red socks
Rhodesia (/Zimbabwe-Rhodesia; 1898-1980): green & white hooped jerseys, white shorts
South Eastern Transvaal (/Pumas; 1969-present): grey jerseys; black shorts; red socks
South West Africa (/Damaraland/later Namibia; ?-1989): blue jerseys with red hoop, navy shorts
South Western Districts (1899-present: green jerseys, white shorts
Stellaland (1975-95, merged with Western Transvaal): tan jerseys, white shorts, red socks with tan hoop OR red, tan & white hooped jerseys, white shorts
Transvaal (/Gauteng Lions; 1889-present): white jerseys with red hoop, black shorts
Vaal Triangle (1984-95, merged with Eastern Transvaal): turquoise jerseys with orange collars
Western Province (1889-present): blue & white thin-hooped jerseys, black shorts
Western Transvaal (/North West Leopards; 1920-present): green jerseys with red hoop; white shorts
--- n.b. - socks of colours listed in jerseys and shorts unless stated.
Winners of Canadian rugby tournaments (far from complete)
Thursday 16 October 2014
Merit Table era in Anglo-Welsh rugby (far from complete)
Before the introduction of a national league system for the 1987-88 season (and, to a lesser extent, the more comprehensive John Smith's Merit Table system introduced for the 1985-86 season) the only way of calculating the best-performing teams each year were the merit tables. Some were official RFU and WRU tables; the most important ones otherwise were the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mail tables. Listed below is all the data currently available to me: please comment or contact me with any further information.
Sunday Telegraph English-Welsh Merit Table winners: 1964-65: London Scottish, 1967-68: London Welsh, 1969-70: Bedford, 1970-71: London Welsh, 1971-72: Bristol, 1972-73: Coventry/Moseley (both claim it), 1976-77: Newport, 1980-81: Bridgend, 1981-82: Gloucester, 1982-83: Pontypool, 1983-84: 1st Pontypool/5th Bath, 1984-85: Pontypool, 1985-86: Bath, 1987-88: 1st Leicester/10th Bath, 1988-89: 2nd Bath
Daily Mail Anglo-Welsh Merit Table winners: 1976-77: Moseley, 1978-79: 1st Bridgend/2nd Bath, 1982-83: Swansea
RFU Merit Table
1979-80: Bath
Sunday Telegraph English Merit Table winners: 1963-64: London Scottish, 1964-65: London Scottish, 1965-66: Bristol, 1966-67: London Welsh, 1967-68: London Welsh, 1968-69: London Welsh, 1969-70: Coventry, 1970-71: London Welsh, 1971-72: Bristol, 1972-73: Coventry, 1973-74: Bristol, 1974-75: Rosslyn Park, 1975-76: Northampton, 1976-77: Moseley, 1977-78: London Welsh, 1978-79: London Welsh, 1979-80: Leicester, 1980-81: Leicester, 1981-82: Gloucester, 1982-83: Coventry OR Gloucester, 1983-84: Wasps, 1984-85: Bath, 1985-86: Leicester OR Bath, 1987-88: n/a OR Leicester
Daily Mail English Merit Table winners: 1982-83: Gloucester
WRU Merit Table winners (results between Welsh clubs): 1973-74: Swansea, 1975-76: Pontypridd, 1977-78: Maesteg, 1978-79: Maesteg, 1979-80: Swansea, 1980-81: Swansea, 1982-83: Swansea
Western Mail Welsh Championship winners (results by Welsh clubs against all first-class opposition):
1894-95: Newport, 1895-96: Newport, 1896-97: Llanelli, 1897-98: Cardiff, 1898-99: Swansea, 1899-1900: Swansea, 1900-01: Swansea, 1901-02: Swansea, 1902-03: Newport,
1905-06: Cardiff, 1906-07: Cardiff, 1908-09: Cardiff, 1909-10:
Neath, 1910-11: Neath, 1911-12: Newport, 1913-14: Pontypool,
1919-20: Newport, 1920-21: Pontypool, 1921-22: Newport, 1922-23:
Newport, 1923-24: Aberavon, 1924-25: Aberavon, 1925-26: Aberavon,
1926-27: Aberavon, 1927-28: Llanelli, 1928-29: Neath, 1929-30:
Abertillery, 1930-31: Llanelli, 1931-32: Pontypool, 1932-33: Llanelli,
1933-34: Neath, 1934-35: Neath, 1935-36: Cross Keys, 1936-37: Cardiff,
1937-38: Cardiff, 1938-39: Cardiff, 1946-47: Neath, 1947-48: Cardiff,
1948-49: Cardiff, 1950-51: Newport, 1952-53: Cardiff, 1954-55: Cardiff,
1955-56: Newport, 1957-58: Cardiff, 1958-59: Pontypool, 1960-61:
Aberavon, 1961-62: Newport, 1962-63: Pontypridd, 1963-64: Bridgend, 1965-66: Bridgend, 1966-67: Neath, 1967-68: Llanelli, 1968-69: Newport, 1969-70: Bridgend, 1970-71: Bridgend, 1972-73:
London Welsh/Pontypool (both claim it), 1973-74: Llanelli, 1974-75: Pontypool, 1975-76: Pontypridd,
1976-77: Llanelli, 1977-78: Pontypridd, 1978-79: Pontypridd, 1979-80: Swansea, 1980-81: Swansea, 1981-82: Cardiff, 1982-83: Swansea,
1983-84: Pontypool, 1984-85: Pontypool, 1985-86: Pontypool, 1986-87:
Neath, 1987-88: Pontypool, 1988-89: Neath, 1989-90: Neath, 1990-91: Llanelli
Sunday Telegraph Welsh Merit Table winners:1970-71: London Welsh, 1971-72: London Welsh, 1983-84: Pontypool, 1984-85: Pontypool, 1986-87: Neath, 1987-88: Pontypool
Whitbread Welsh Merit Table winners (no Cardiff, South Wales Police or Tredegar until 1987-88): 1971-72: London Welsh, 1976-77: Newport, 1977-78: Maesteg, 1980-81: Swansea, 1988-89: Llanelli
RFU Northern Merit Table winners: 1976-77: Gosforth, 1980-81: Gosforth, 1981-82: Wakefield (first Yorkshire-based winners), 1982-83: Sale, 1983-84: West Hartlepool
Sunday Telegraph Northern Merit Table winners: 1967-68: Harrogate, 1971-72: Gosforth, 1972-73: Gosforth, 1973-74: Gosforth, 1974-75: Fylde, 1976-77: Gosforth, 1984-85: Waterloo, 1987-88: Wakefield
RFU Midland Merit Table winners (9 team table, at one stage in the 70s consisted of; Bedford, Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Moseley, Northampton, Nottingham, Nuneaton, Rugby): 1976-77: Moseley, 1977-78: Bedford, 1979-80: Leicester, 1980-81: Leicester, 1981-82: Leicester, 1982-83: Leicester, 1983-84: Leicester, 1984-85: Nottingham, 1985-86: Stourbridge
RFU South West Merit Table winners (6 team table, consisting of; Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth Albion, the winners of previous season's Cornwall Senior Cup): 1976-77: Exeter, 1977-78: Exeter, 1978-79: Gloucester, 1979-80: Bristol, 1980-81: Bristol, 1981-82: Bristol, 1986-87: Bath
Sunday Telegraph South West Merit Table winners (table did not include Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Lydney or Stroud): 1977-78: Exeter, 1984-85: Plymouth Albion, 1987-88: Plymouth Albion
Bass Merit Table (southwestern 16 team table from 1979, consisting of 16 from; Avon & Somerset Police, Barnstaple, Bridgwater, Cheltenham, Clifton, Devonport Services, Exeter, Exeter Univ, Lydney, Penryn, Plymouth Albion, St Ives, St Luke's Coll, Stroud, Taunton, Torquay, Weston-super-Mare)
RFU London Merit Table winners: 1976-77: London Irish, 1979-80: London Irish, 1981-82: London Irish, 1982-83: London Scottish, 1983-84: Harlequins
Romanian victories over Big Eight nations
Romania 3-0 France (1962)
Romania 15-14 France (1968)
Romania 15-10 France (1974)
Romania 15-12 France (1976)
Romania 15-0 France (1980)
Romania 13-9 France (1982)
Romania 24-6 Wales (1983)
Romania 28-22 Scotland (1984)
Wales 9 -15 Romania (1988)
France 6-12 Romania (1990)
Romania 18-12 Scotland (1991)
Winners of major British sevens tournaments
Hawick: 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1966, 1967
Gala: 1884, 1890, 1891, 1903, 1932, 1937, 1959, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1994, 1999
Melrose: 1883, 1885, 1889, 1931, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1975, 1997, 1998, 2011
Watsonians: 1905, 1906, 1907, 1914, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1996
Heriot's FP: 1923, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1954, 1957, 1958
Kelso: 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
Jedforest: 1899, 1902, 1904, 1974
Stewart's FP/Stewart's Melville FP: 1920, 1956, 1979
Edinburgh Accies: 1928, 1930, 1949
Boroughmuir: 1963, 1976, 2002
Royal HS: 1921, 1934; London Scottish: 1962, 1965; Loughborough Colleges: 1968, 1969; Stellenbosch University: 2004, 2005; Saracens: 2012, 2013; Glasgow: 2014, 2015.
Tynedale: 1886; Edinburgh City Police: 1941; Rosslyn Park: 1951; Cambridge University: 1960; Edinburgh Wanderers: 1973; French Barbarians: 1983; Harlequins: 1987; Randwick: 1990; Irish Wolfhounds: 1991; Bay of Plenty: 1992; Co-Optimists: 1993; Manly: 1995; Nawaka: 2000; Barbarians: 2001; Sale: 2003; Newcastle: 2006; University of the Free State: 2007; Scottish Thistles: 2008; University of Johannesburg: 2009; Hamilton (SAf): 2010; Edinburgh: 2016.
Middlesex Sevens: (ceased after 2011)
Harlequins: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1967, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2008
Richmond: 1951, 1953, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983
London Welsh: 1930, 1931, 1956, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1984
London Scottish: 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1991
St Mary's Hospital: 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946
Wasps: 1948, 1952, 1985, 1993, 2006
Loughborough Colleges: 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1976
Rosslyn Park: 1947, 1950, 1954, 1981
Barbarians: 1934, 1997, 1998
Blackheath: 1932, 1958; St Luke's College: 1957, 1969; Penguins: 1999, 2000; Army: 2001, 2004; Samurai: 2010, 2011
Sale: 1936; Metropolitan Police: 1938; Cardiff: 1939; Cambridge University: 1941; Nottingham: 1945; Heriot's FP: 1949; Stewart's Melville FP: 1982; Western Samoa: 1992; Bath: 1994; Leicester: 1995; Wigan (RL): 1996; Bradford (RL): 2002; Northampton: 2003; Gloucester; 2005; Newcastle: 2007; London Irish: 2009.
Snelling Sevens: (ceased after 1995)
Newport: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1985
Cardiff: 1955, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984
Bridgend: 1968, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1987
Llanelli: 1960, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1988
Swansea: 1982, 1989, 1991, 1995
Neath: 1964, 1970; Newbridge: 1990, 1992
Ebbw Vale: 1958; Glamorgan Wanderers: 1986; South Wales Police: 1993; Bath: 1994.
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Italy victories and draws in the Six Nations (updated after 2020 competition)
Italy 30-22 Wales (2003)
Italy 20-14 Scotland (2004)
Wales 18-18 Italy (2006)
Scotland 17-37 Italy (2007)
Italy 23-20 Wales (2007)
Italy 23-20 Scotland (2008)
Italy 16-12 Scotland (2010)
Italy 22-21 France (2011)
Italy 13-6 Scotland (2012)
Italy 23-18 France (2013)
Italy 22-15 Ireland (2013)
Scotland 19-22 Italy (2015)
Pacific Islands' and Japanese victories over Big Eight nations (updated October 2023)
Australia 15-17 Fiji (1952)
Australia 16-18 Fiji (1954)
Australia 11-16 Tonga (1973)
Wales 13-16 Western Samoa (RWC, 1991)
Western Samoa 34-9 Wales (1994)
Ireland 25-40 Western Samoa (1995)
Fiji 51-26 Scotland (1998)
Wales 31-38 Samoa (RWC, 1999)
Tonga 20-16 France (1999)
Fiji 38-34 Wales (RWC, 2007)
Australia 23-32 Samoa (2011)
France 14-19 Tonga (RWC, 2011)
Wales 19-26 Samoa (2012)
Scotland 15-21 Tonga (2012)
Samoa 27-17 Scotland (2013)
Japan 23-8 Wales (2013)
Japan 34-32 South Africa (RWC, 2015)
Fiji 27-22 Scotland (2017)
France 14-21 Fiji (2018)
Japan 19-12 Ireland (RWC, 2019)
Japan 28-21 Scotland (RWC, 2019)
England 22-30 Fiji (2023)
Fiji 22-15 Australia (RWC, 2023)
Traditional playing colours of Welsh clubs
Glamorgan - navy jerseys with white bands, navy shorts
Monmouthshire - sky jerseys, black shorts
BIG FOUR CLUBS
Cardiff (Glamorgan) - sky & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Newport (Monmouthshire) - black & gold hooped jerseys, black shorts
Swansea (Glamorgan) - white jerseys & shorts, black socks
Llanelli (Carmarthenshire) - red jerseys, white shorts
OTHER MAJOR TEAMS
Bridgend (Glamorgan) - blue jerseys with white bands, white shorts
London Welsh (England) - red jerseys, white shorts
Neath (Glamorgan) - all black, white trim
Pontypool (Monmouthshire) - red, white & black hooped jerseys, white shorts
Pontypridd (Glamorgan) - black jerseys with white bands, black shorts
OTHER FIRST CLASS CLUBS
Aberavon (Glamorgan) - red & black hooped jerseys, white shorts
Abertillery (Monmouthshire) - green & white hooped jerseys, white shorts
Cross Keys (Monmouthshire) - black & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Ebbw Vale (Monmouthshire) - red, white & green hooped jerseys, white shorts
Glamorgan Wanderers (Glamorgan) - sky & white hooped jerseys with black bands, black shorts
Maesteg (Glamorgan) - black jerseys with gold bands, black shorts
Newbridge (Monmouthshire) - sky & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Penarth (Glamorgan) - blue jerseys, white shorts
South Wales Police (Glamorgan) - red jerseys, white shorts, navy socks
Tredegar (Monmouthshire) - black jerseys with red hoop & white bands, black shorts
OTHER TEAMS
Abergavenny (Monmouthshire) - maroon & gold hooped jerseys, black shorts
Bangor (Caernarfonshire) - green & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Bedwas (Monmouthshire) - black & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Blaenavon (Monmouthshire) - black & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Bonymaen (Glamorgan) - red & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Caerphilly (Glamorgan) - green & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Carmarthen (Carmarthenshire) - red, amber & black hooped jerseys, black shorts
Dunvant (Glamorgan) - red & green hooped jerseys, black shorts
Haverfordwest (Pembrokeshire) - blue jerseys, navy shorts
Llandovery (Carmarthenshire) - red & white hooped jerseys, navy shorts
Pembroke (Pembrokeshire) - red jerseys, white shorts
Pembroke Dock (Pembrokeshire) - black & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Pontarddulais (Glamorgan) - black & gold hooped jerseys, black shorts
Tonmawr (Glamorgan) - green & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
Treorchy (Glamorgan) - black & white hooped jerseys, black shorts
--- n.b. - socks of colours listed in jerseys and shorts unless stated.
Five nations-based representative teams to have played touring international sides post-war
ENGLAND
Barbarians (Ar90, Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, 84, 88, 92, 96, 01, 08, 09, 11, C62, Fi70, 13, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 74, 78, 89, 93, 04, 09, SA51/2, 69/70, 94, 00, 07, 10)
Bristol (Fi98)
Cambridge University (Au47/8, 57/8, Fi70, 82, 98, J76, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 78, SA51/2)
Combined Services (Ar96, 00, Au47/8, 57/8, 75/6, 81/2, 84, 88, Fi70, J76, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 78, SA51/2)
Cornwall (C79)
Coventry (P07)
Cumberland & Yorkshire (Au47/8)
Devon & Cornwall (Au47/8, 66/7, 75/6, 81/2, Fi70)
Eastern Counties (Ar90)
England Counties/National Divisions (Au01)
England Students (Ar78, Au88, Fi82, J76)
England Under-23s (J73, 76)
England Under-25s (Fi70)
Gloucester (Au09, Fi12, J13, Ru11)
Gloucestershire (J76)
Gloucestershire & Somerset (Au47/8, 75/6)
Gosforth/Newcastle (T12)
Hampshire & Sussex (Au47/8)
Harlequins (WS07)
Lancashire (Au81/2)
Lancashire & Cheshire (Au47/8)
Leeds (Fi98)
Leicester (Au81/2, 10, Fi73, 98, SA09)
London Counties/Division/Metropolitan Counties (Ar78, Au47/8, 47/8[2], 57/8, 66/7, 73, 75/6, 81/2, 84, 88, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 78, 79, SA51/2)
London & South-East (Ar96)
London Welsh (Fi85, P07)
Midland Counties/Division (Ar96, Au81/2, 84, 88, Fi82, J73, NZ78, 79)
Midland Counties (East) (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
Midland Counties (West) (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
Moseley (Fi73)
North & Midlands (Ar76)
North Midlands (Ar78)
North of England/Northern Counties/Division (Ar78, 96, Au73, 81/2, 84, 88, Fi82, NZ78, 79)
North-East Counties (Au57/8, 66/7, 75/6, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
North-West Counties (Au57/8, 66/7, 75/6, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
Northampton (Ru11)
Northumberland & Durham (Au47/8)
Oxford University (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, 81/2, 01, Fi70, 98, J76, NZ53/4, 63/4, Ru12, 13, SA51/2, 69/70)
Penzance & Newlyn (Fi98)
Sale (WS07)
Saracens (SA09, US10)
Somerset (C79)
South & South-West Counties/Division (Au73, 81/2, 84, Fi82, NZ78, 79)
South-East Counties (Au57/8, 57/8[2], NZ53/4, 63/4, SA51/2)
South-West Counties/Division (Ar96, Au57/8, 88, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
Southern Counties (Ar78, Au57/8, 66/7, 75/6, C79, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3)
Western Counties (Au57/8, 66/7, Fi70, NZ53/4, 63/4, SA51/2)
Worcester (Ar11)
WALES
Aberavon (Ar76, WS88)
Abertillery (J83)
Abertillery & Cross Keys (Au47/8)
Abertillery & Ebbw Vale (Au57/8, 66/7, NZ53/4, 63/4)
Abertillery & Newbridge (Fi64)
Bridgend (Au81/2, NZ78, T97, WS88)
Bridgend & Maesteg (Fi64)
Cardiff (Ar76, Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, 84, 09, C79, Fi85, 95, It56, 76, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 78, 80, 89, Ro55, SA51/2, 60/1, 69/70, 94, WS96)
Combined Clubs (J76)
Counties Under-23s (WS88)
Cross Keys (Fi85)
East Glamorgan (J73, NZ72/3)
East Wales (Ar76, Au73, T74)
Ebbw Vale (Ro79, US87)
Glamorgan (Au75/6)
Glamorgan & Monmouthshire (Fi64)
Gwent (Au75/6, NZ72/3)
Llanelli (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, 84, 92, Fi85, 95, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 80, 89, 97, SA51/2, 60/1, 69/70, T74)
Monmouthshire (Au92, J73, NZ78)
Neath (Au92, Fi95, NZ89, Ro07, SA94/5, US87)
Neath & Aberavon (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
Neath-Swansea (Ru11)
Newbridge (J83, Ro88, WS88)
Newport/Newport-Gwent (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, Fi85, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 80, 89, Ru11, SA51/2, T74)
North Wales (T74, WS88)
Pontypool (Au81/2, 84, Fi02, NZ89)
Pontypool & Cross Keys (Au57/8, NZ53/4, 63/4)
Pontypool & Newbridge (SA51/2)
Pontypool, Cross Keys & Newbridge (Au66/7)
Pontypool, Talywain & Blaenavon (Au47/8)
Pontypridd (Au81/2, C99, 99[2], Fi95, Ro79, SA94, US97, WS88)
Swansea (Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 73, 75/6, 81/2, 84, 92, Fi73, 85, NZ53/4, 63/4, 80, 89, SA51/2, 69/70)
Treorchy (Fi95)
Wales Under-23s (C62)
Wales Under-25s (Fi70)
Welsh Students (Au92)
West Glamorgan (J73)
West Wales/Western Cos (Ar76, Au73, 81/2, Fi64, J73, NZ78, T74)
SCOTLAND
Anglo-Scots (Fi82, NZ79)
Edinburgh (Au75/6, 88, Fi82, 98, NZ79, T07)
Glasgow (Au81/2, 84, Fi89, 98, NZ79)
Glasgow & Edinburgh (Ar73, Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 96, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
North & Midlands of Scotland (Ar73, Au47/8, 57/8, 81/2, 88, NZ53/4, 63/4, 78, SA51/2)
(Rest of) Scottish Districts (Au96, NZ72/3)
South of Scotland (Ar73, 90, Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, 84, 88, Fi82, NZ53/4, 63/4, 79, SA51/2)
IRELAND
Combined Irish Universities (Ar90, NZ74)
Connacht (Ar73, Au92, 96, C86, Fi85, 95, NZ74, 89, P08, Ro80, SA07, WS88, 10)
Leinster (Ar78, 99, Au57/8, 66/7, 92, Fi73, NZ63/4, 72/3, 74, 89)
Munster (Ar73, Au47/8, 57/8, 66/7, 75/6, 81/2, 84, 92, 96, 10, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 74, 78, 89, 08, SA51/2, US07)
Ulster (Ar73, Au47/8, 57/8, 75/6, 81/2, 84, 92, 96, Fi85, NZ53/4, 63/4, 72/3, 74, 78, 89, P08, SA51/2, WS88)
FRANCE
Agen (G07)
Albi (Fi07, G07)
Auch (Fi07, G07)
Aurillac (G11)
Auvergne (Ar82)
Basque Selection/Cote Basque (Ar75, 92, Fi89, Ir88, J12)
Bayonne (Ir07)
Biarritz (G03)
Bourges (Ar75)
Bourgoin (G11)
Drome-Ardeche (Ar82)
French Barbarians (Ar82, 92, Fi89, 98, Ir88, J12, T10, WS13)
Ile-de-France (Au47/8)
Languedoc (Ar75)
Languedoc-Pyrenees-Roussillion (Fi64)
Limousin-Auvergne (Ar92)
Midi-Pyrenees (Ar75)
Military (Ar82)
Narbonne (Ro03)
Perigueux (Ro11)
Poitou-Charentes (Ar82)
Regional XV (Avignon) (J73)
Regional XV (Brive) (J73)
Regional XV (Perpignan) (J73)
Roussillion (Ar92)
Second Division (Ar75)
Selection (based Bergerac) (Fi89)
Selection (based Bourg-en-Bresse) (Au76)
Selection (based Clermont-Ferrand) (Au76)
Selection (based La Rochelle) (Au76)
Selection (based Narbonne) (Au76)
Selection (based Nimes) (Fi89)
Selection (based Perigueux) (Au76)
Selection (based Tarbes) (Au76)
Selection (based Toulon) (Au76)
South-East France (Fi64, NZ63/4, SA51/2)
South-West France (Au47/8, Fi64, NZ53/4 63/4, 72/3, SA51/2)
Toulon (Au47/8)