Wales v New Zealand: How can Wales end All Blacks hoodoo?
There was a time, shortly after World War Two, when Wales' record against the All Blacks was something to make the nation proud: a 75% win-rate, only one defeat in half a century to the men in black.
And then the next 61 years happened. There are bad runs in sport, ghastly hoodoos impermeable to passing years or pity, and there is Wales against New Zealand since 1953.
Played 25, lost 25.
It is the longest losing sequence against one opponent in tier-one Test history. Sure, Ireland and Scotland have never beaten the All Blacks at all. But both have at least drawn, and - with five Grand Slams between them to Wales' 11 - neither have they shared the same burden of expectation.
Occasionally it has been close: the 26-25 heart-breaker a decade ago, the 19-12 defeat five years later that might just have been different had Alun Wyn Jones not run horribly out of steam when cantering towards an unguarded try line.
Most of the time it has not. The average winning margin is 20 points.
So how can Wales possibly hope to overturn a side widely being touted as possibly the greatest ever? It's not logically possible. Or is it?
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