Welsh Woe

These are painful times in Welsh rugby in the wake of their 73-0 home defeat by South Africa but it is worth remembering that the national team has endured similarly dark days before. In 1998, Wales lost 96-13 against the Springboks in South Africa, only to rebound and defeat England at Wembley less than a year later. And what happened next? In the dozen years after that Pretoria mauling they went on to collect three Six Nations grand slams. Something to cling to there, perhaps, in these most difficult of days.

Memories are a fine thing (Robert Kitson writing in the Guardian).