Warren Gatland isn’t making the best out of this Wales team, but his troubled reign could finally force the country to confront the state they are in
Warren Gatland’s second coming as Wales coach has seen them pick up a record 11 defeats in a row, with double world champions South Africa to come this weekend.Warren Gatland’s second coming as Wales coach has seen them pick up a record 11 defeats in a row, with double world champions South Africa to come this weekend.
Wales have fallen a long way in very little time. This time last autumn, or near enough, they were 10-6 upof the World Cup. They lost 29-17, and haven’t won a Test since bar an-end-of-season match against the Barbarians. That’s. Almost everyone reckons it will be 12 by the time of the final whistle in their match against South Africa on Saturday. A couple of bookmakers have the Springboks at 100-1 on, which is a consequence of the funereal gloom that surrounds Welsh rugby now.
But most worrying of all is losing someone like Kane James, a talented 20-year-old back row who was born and raised in Haverfordwest. James took a scholarship to Sedburgh, was signed by Exeter, who agreed to sponsor him through university on the condition that he made himself available for England, who have picked him for their under-20 team. He’s not the only one. Welsh centre Gethin O’Callaghan and hooker Kepu Tuipulotu are in the England Under-20 squad too.
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