Wales calls out

Clearly Wales refuse to stand idly by while their national team slips into the second division of International rugby

Clearly Wales refuse to stand idly by while their national team slips into the second division of International rugby. Safe in the knowledge that a successful side stuffed with southern hemisphere accents is infinitely more acceptable than a down at heel team with accents from the valleys, Wales have taken to a furious recruitment campaign.

Coach Graham Henry has launched the global plan by appearing in an advertisement wrapped in a Welsh flag beside a message exhorting Kiwis, Aussies and South Africans to shake their family trees for a parent or grandparent with the right connections.

Wales are following up the campaign by appointing a full time recruiting officer in England, the country with the biggest rugby playing population in the world.

The ad asks a number of questions. "Are you good enough to play at the world's greatest rugby stadium ? Gifted enough to represent one of the great rugby nations ? Ambitious enough to play in the Five Nations and the World Cup ? Brave enough to commit yourself to a whole new ball game ?

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If the answer is yes to each of the above then check your lineage for a parent or grandparent born in Wales. Embrace the dragon !" Eat your heart out Jack Charlton.