The All Blacks play Wales in the final game of their northern tour on November 23, following Wales' earlier games against Argentina and Japan.
Wales ended a 17-game losing streak in July when beating Japan 31-22 in the second Test of the tour, having lost the first Test 19-24. During their losing streak, they suffered a 14-68 loss to England in the Six Nations, a 0-43 loss to France, a 12-45 loss to South Africa, and a 20-52 loss to Australia.
Wales has not beaten the All Blacks since 1953.
No scrum coach has been appointed for the side that has slipped to 12 in the World Rugby Test rankings after a horror run of results. It sits behind Georgia (11th), Italy (10th) and Fiji (9th), and just ahead of Japan in the rankings.
And each of the Welsh sides competing in the United Rugby Championship has been struggling with their scrums.
The Western Mail said the scrum problems have been brewing for a long time.
This is for a country that used to be able to trawl its numerous coal mines for top-quality front row props.
The Mail said: "As a nation, Wales just doesn't seem to breed too many strong scrummagers.
"There was a time when Adam Jones was the cornerstone of the Welsh scrum, cementing his place as one of the world's finest tightheads.
"After Jones left the stage, Tomas Francis proved a very solid option for a number of years.
"Now though, Wales finds itself a little lost."
For a side that once fielded the much-heralded Pontypool front row of props Graham Price and Charlie Faulkner and hooker Bobby Windsor, it is a worrying situation.
Faulkner said the motto of the trio was, "We may go up, we may go down, but we never go back."
More recently, players like Dai Young, Adam Jones, and Gethin Jenkins have been world-ranked performers who have also contributed their abilities to British & Irish Lions sides.
But now, one of last season's starting props, Archie Griffin, is battling to get starts for his English club, Bath.
And other contenders are struggling to make an impact against club sides from Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and South Africa.
