Handy at rugby at a time when ever fewer teams were competing internationally than the eight who play now. Nice one.

The answer, as ever, is individual sports.

Because when you're a tiny nation, you can come up with a handful of people capable of competing on an international stage. Far harder to be able to put even half a dozen people of a similar standard into a single unit when you've got a fraction of the player/competitor base of massive nations.

It's also useful if you can build The Sesh into any competitive endeavour. Find a sport traditionally played inside a public house and your potential for yer average Welsh or Scotsman to thrive increases tenfold.