Peter Jackson: Welsh mood swings high ahead of England visit

Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit chases his own kick to score a try. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

On a routine Monday at Dublin Airport as a dejected Wales team shuffled through security, fans from the fanatical fringe of the Red Dragon Brotherhood greeted them with a spontaneous sound. They burst into a song, not of praise but damnation.

“We’ve got the worst team in the world,” they chanted ad nauseum to the tune of the old spiritual ‘He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands’. The public shaming of their players that morning 19 years ago followed a fearful hammering at Lansdowne Road where Ireland decorated Peter Clohessy’s 50th appearance with six tries and 54 points.