Gatland

:Wales have reappointed their most successful and longest-serving coach Warren Gatland as their head coach to replace Wayne Pivac after a review of the Autumn internationals, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said in a statement on Monday.Wales…

MELBOURNE : Warren Gatland will return to the Waikato Chiefs as director of rugby instead of head coach for the 2022 season with the Super Rugby side retaining his former assistant Clayton McMillan in the role after turning around the…

WARREN GATLAND says his Lions players will need to be ready for a furious South African backlash when the two side meet again in round two of this summer’s three match Test series next Saturday.   While his side were worthy winners by…

Right. First things first. The 2021 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa was mince. Oh, sure, plenty tries in the warm-up games, but when it came to the Tests, the play was mostly dire. Exciting if you like muscle fests, but…

Lions head coach Warren Gatland said last night that it was far too soon to be making specific selection decisions ahead of next Saturday’s winner-takes-all third Test against South Africa, but he did acknowledge that he is likely to…

Gatland said the losses of scrum-half Faf de Klerk and flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, who were injured in the second match, will be blows to South Africa.…

Warren Gatland spoke of his pride for his British and Irish Lions despite acknowledging they had allowed a series victory against South Africa to slip from their grasp.Morne Steyn stepped off the bench to land a 79th-minute penalty as the…

FINN Russell could yet play a crucial role in the Lions series against South Africa after being named on the bench for Saturday’s third and decisive Test in Cape Town. The Racing 92 stand-off has been out of action in recent weeks…