Mick Cleary: Mission Impossible – Can Wales do a Tom Cruise?

Sherratt has made the right first move in recalling the likes of Gareth Anscombe, Max Llewellyn and Jarrod Evans to the training squad.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Matt Sherratt will take over Wales this weekend and will be hoping to upset Ireland's party and put a stop to Wales losing run.

1. New Manager Bounce 

David Moyes has managed it at Everton. Eddie Jones did it with England in 2016. Can Matt Sherratt produce a rabbit from the hat only five days after taking his first training session with Wales? It would be quite the turnaround, all the more so given Sherratt’s inexperience and the fact that he’s an Englishman so would struggle to play to Welsh hwyl for an emotional boost. The Sherratt uplift factor is a real consideration, however, if only for the negative of what has gone before.