Ireland aren’t the big worry for Welsh rugby: it’s Swansea and Cardiff City

Like the little girl with the curl, when Welsh rugby is good it’s very good. When it’s bad it can be rotten.

Last year proved to be both as Wales clinched their 11th Grand Slam only to end 2012 amid their worst run of results for a decade.

How the Irish, with a mere two Slams in their history, and those some 61 years apart, would have loved such a rich return from their so-called ‘golden generation’.