Letters: Welsh wails

Sir: I look forward, optimistically, to Alan Watkins' Rugby column each week. However, my confidence is invariably misplaced as each time the bias with which the article is delivered leaves me feeling that this particular scribe should be consigned to the Pontypridd edition of your splendid newspaper! When will the wider view be expressed? Why no mention of Scotland's marvellous revival and awe-inspiring performance against the French? (Wales find redemption at church of Wembley, 13 April)

Also, what of the decline of our Gallic cousins? Mr Watkins' views on his countrymen are welcome, but remember, a balanced perspective will always be more absorbing than blatant partiality.

IAN MacKINNON

London