Coach Warren Gatland has to instil confidence in his Welsh players if they are to beat the All Blacks. Photo / Getty Images

Coach Warren Gatland has to instil confidence in his Welsh players if they are to beat the All Blacks. Photo / Getty Images

Wales - this is your big chance. Go on, we dare you. Break the habit of a few generations, and don't blow it.

I for one will be cheering you all the way when the enormous All Black squad descends upon Cardiff, intent upon continuing more than half a century of domination that has turned into an almighty bore.

This particular rugby rivalry, not to mention the pompous All Black coaching panel, needs a giant kick up the behind. It's time for Wales to stop just singing about the romance of the game in their wonderful national stadium and set about writing a decent chapter to savour.

The thought of enduring another woeful Welsh effort isn't the only reason to hope against hope for a historic if unlikely victory.

The latest instalment of grandiose nonsense out of New Zealand rugby, involving the All Black coaches swapping their jobs, only makes the thought of a Welsh victory, however remote, even more mouth-watering.

After a fair-to-hopeless season, a shock defeat would be a welcome comeuppance for the Teflon trio, a panel which escapes the serious scrutiny that has shaped All Black history and been a cross to bear for their predecessors.

Having scuppered the prospects of other genuine All Black coaching aspirants, the NZRU and its wonder-boys are engaging in more of their mad-scientist schemes, arranging new job descriptions for themselves, minor tweaks they claim, apparently at the suggestion of senior players.

Of course it had to be accompanied by the usual blather about "growing as a group" from these new-age gobbledygook gurus.

Moving forward ... although let's quickly look back.

The last super-brilliant idea they had was resting their best players so they were under-done for a World Cup, although all that gym work meant the boys looked fantastic swimming in Corsica.

Now, having struggled in specialist roles, the coaches are confident of doing a better job at poking their noses into areas they aren't supposed to be experts in.

Is this being filmed perhaps for one of those unrealistic reality shows? If not, why not?

This is an asylum, but it isn't being run by lunatics. They are clever men, when it comes to self-preservation.

Here's a novel concept: if Steve Hansen really isn't good enough to coach the forwards any more, then get someone in who is rather than let these 2007 World Cup failures become insiders trading places.