 Coached by Mike Ruddock , Wales won their first Grand Slam since 1978 and their first ever Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005 . A late long range penalty from Gavin Henson gave them a victory over England at Cardiff for the first time in 12 years , and after victories over Italy , France , Scotland , they faced Ireland in front of a capacity crowd at the Millennium Stadium where Wales ' 32 – 20 victory gave them their first Championship since 1994 . Later that year they suffered a record home loss , 41 – 3 to New Zealand . 
 Coached by Mike Ruddock , Wales won their first Grand Slam since 1978 and their first ever Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005 . A late long range penalty from Gavin Henson gave them a victory over England at Cardiff for the first time in 12 years , and after victories over Italy , France , Scotland , they faced Ireland in front of a capacity crowd at the Millennium Stadium where Wales <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>32 – 20 victory gave them their first Championship since 1994 . Later that year they<a href='been_done' title='2'><mark></mark></a> suffered a record home loss , 41 – 3 to New Zealand . 
Coached by Mike Ruddock , Wales won their first Grand Slam since 1978 and their first eva Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005 . A late long range penalty from Gavin Henson gave em a victory over England at Cardiff for the first time in 12 years , and after victories over Italy , France , Scotland , they faced Ireland in front of a capacity crowd at da Millennium Stadium where Wales  32 – 20 victory gave themheir first Championship since 1994 . Later that year they done suffered a record home loss , 41 – 3 to New Zealand .