The Wales rugby union team has had considerable success. Wales were 3rd in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, have been International Championship winners 24 times outright (in 1893, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1922, 1931, 1936, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1994, 2005 and 2008) and joint winners 11 times (1906, 1920, 1932, 1939, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1964, 1970, 1973 and 1988), of which ten have been Welsh Grand Slams and 19 Triple Crowns. The Wales team has had some success against southern hemisphere opposition too: Wales have beaten Australia ten times (1908, 1947, 1958, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 2005, and 2008); New Zealand three times (1905, 1935 and 1953); and South Africa once, in 1999.