Chris Rattue: Sorry, but Wales are rubbish  By Chris Rattue
This sure is an exciting week for rugby.  Everywhere, people are
biting their nails in anticipation of the All Blacks' clash
against ... snorrrrrrrrrrr ... Wales.  The last time I was this
excited about a rugby occasion was when I spied a touring
Venezuelan team eating hamburgers in Onehunga.  It's pointless
at this point going on about the great history of All Black and
Welsh rugby because there isn't one. About the only thing of
interest that has happened between the two countries in the past
half century was the time Andy Haden dived out of a lineout at
Cardiff Arms Park. Welsh rugby sure learns its lessons, because
they've been heading nose first into the turf ever since.
Every year they turn up with a lot of gibbidy-gib in the talk
department, and every year they play like a reserve grade team
on an end-of-year trip to Majorca.  Looking at the general state
of the Welsh game, the big question isn't so much, "Why haven't
they beaten the All Bl