This takes the total number of President’s Caps holders to 48 since the honour was introduced in Wales three years ago.
Most of the new beneficiaries played in one of the five matches called the Victory Internationals in 1946 while the other game from which players are honoured is Wales v Canada in Edmonton in 1989.
President’s Cap records are held separately to the senior international list to avoid any confusion over cap numbers.
The new beneficiaries were identified and honoured after the WRU continued its review of historic games for which international caps were not awarded at the time. WRU President Dennis Gethin said: “It is with great pleasure that we now award President’s caps to these individuals who represented Wales across previous decades.
“It is a great honour to represent your country and to have now received this recognition will be a source of great pride. I am delighted that the contribution of these talented players to Welsh international rugby is now recorded in this way.”
At the presentation ceremony the only surviving player honoured was Ceri John Jones who took part in the Edmonton match against Canada. The other players honoured were represented at the ceremony by surviving family.
Victory International Wales v Kiwis 1946 – 5th January 1946 at Cardiff
Graham Bagnall Hughes
William George Jones
Leslie Morgan Thomas
Victory International Wales v England 1946 – 19th January 1946 at Cardiff
Alfred Thomas Brickell
Eifion Davies
Victory International Wales v Scotland 1946 – 2nd February 1946 at Swansea
Henry Raymond Hughes
Douglas Haig Steer
Victory International Scotland v Wales 1946 – 30th March 1946 at Murrayfield
Tyssul Griffiths
Victory International France v Wales 1946 – 22nd April 1946 at Colombes, France
William Eric Williams
Canada v Wales – 3rd June at Edmonton, Canada 1989
Mike Budd
Ceri John Jones
