Do the Welsh have the depth?

Sad sam is sad. (http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/)

The Chiefs ran riot on Tuesday as they dismantled Wales to win the exhibition match. This begs the question. Do the Welsh have the depth to compete with the All Blacks? The results suggest, no.


For Wales, this is to be expected. Just like the rest of the hemisphere sides, All Blacks included. Things were very rough going as they stepped
out onto the field for their first international game of the season. This being the Welsh stand in players, who were up against a super rugby side that can easily run around the best in the club/franchise rugby scene. So, from that perspective, the Welsh should not be overly concerned. What they should be concerned about is the ease at which the Chiefs scored. If someone had told me the game had ended in a 40-7 score line, I would have jumped straight to a Welsh dominant win. But boy was I wrong. The defence seemed to be something that players chose to do at random, and a number of the tries that the Chiefs ran in were nothing more than rookie mistakes. Tackling high, leaving holes and not marking men. Something you are taught at the very beginning of your rugby playing days. So that's something that Wales will need to work on.

I expect this loss to be a shock to the system for the Welsh. Even though it was not considered a full strength side, they should never see a scoreline of 40-7 as an international side playing against a club side. No matter how good that club side may be.