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style="white-space:nowrap;province">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data">Warren David Gatland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Date of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-09-17</span>) </span>17 September 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a>, New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Boys%27_High_School" title="Hamilton Boys' High School">Hamilton Boys' High School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">University</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Waikato" title="University of Waikato">University of Waikato</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Notable relative(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Gatland" title="Bryn Gatland">Bryn Gatland</a> (son)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooker (rugby union)">Hooker</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Provincial / State sides</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1986–1994</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Rugby_Union" title="Waikato Rugby Union">Waikato</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 140</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1988–1991</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 17</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Coaching career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1989–1994</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Galwegians_RFC" title="Galwegians RFC">Galwegians RFC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1994–1996</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Thames Valley Rugby Football Union">Thames Valley</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1996–1998</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Connacht_Rugby" title="Connacht Rugby">Connacht</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1998–2001</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2002–2005</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">London Wasps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2005–2007</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Rugby_Union" title="Waikato Rugby Union">Waikato</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2006–2007</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (Super rugby franchise)">Chiefs</a> (technical advisor)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2007–2019</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2009</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">British & Irish Lions</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2013–2021</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">British & Irish Lions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2020–2021</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (rugby union)">Chiefs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2021–2022</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (rugby union)">Chiefs</a> (director of rugby)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2022–</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Warren David Gatland</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (born 17 September 1963) is a New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> coach and former player who is the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales national team</a>. </p><p>As head coach of <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> from 2007 to 2019, he won four <a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations</a> titles, including three <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(rugby_union)" title="Grand Slam (rugby union)">Grand Slams</a>, and reached the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2011 Rugby World Cup">2011</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2019 Rugby World Cup">2019 Rugby World Cups</a>. Gatland was also head coach of the <a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">British & Irish Lions</a> on three tours, to <a href="/wiki/2013_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_Australia" title="2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia">Australia in 2013</a>, when they won the Test series 2–1; <a href="/wiki/2017_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand" title="2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand">New Zealand in 2017</a>, when the series was drawn; and <a href="/wiki/2021_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa" title="2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa">South Africa in 2021</a>, losing the series 2–1. </p><p>He has previously coached <a href="/wiki/Connacht_Rugby" title="Connacht Rugby">Connacht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">London Wasps</a>, where he won three <a href="/wiki/Premiership_Rugby" title="Premiership Rugby">Premierships</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Heineken_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Heineken Cup">Heineken Cup</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Rugby_Union" title="Waikato Rugby Union">Waikato</a>, with whom he won the <a href="/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Air New Zealand Cup">Air New Zealand Cup</a>. He has also coached <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (rugby union)">Chiefs</a> between 2020 and 2022 before returning to Wales in December 2022. </p><p>As a player, he played as a <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooker (rugby union)">hooker</a> and was one of Waikato's longest-serving players, playing 140 games for the province – a record at the time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gatland was born in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a>, New Zealand, and educated at <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Boys%27_High_School" title="Hamilton Boys' High School">Hamilton Boys' High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waikato_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Waikato University">Waikato University</a>. He played 17 non-international matches for <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a>, but never won an international cap. His first game as an All Black was in 1988, when he is said to have introduced a hybrid <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules</a>–<a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> game to the training sessions, which was well received by the other players.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gatland became the record-holder of the most games for <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Rugby_Union" title="Waikato Rugby Union">Waikato</a> near the end of the 1994 season.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He finished the season with 140 games in total and announced his retirement before the start of the 1995 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gatland launched his coaching career as a player/coach for Taupiri in 1989, and after the All Blacks' <a href="/wiki/1989_New_Zealand_rugby_union_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 New Zealand rugby union tour">1989 tour</a>, he remained in Ireland to act as a player/coach for <a href="/wiki/Galwegians_RFC" title="Galwegians RFC">Galwegians RFC</a> leading them to promotion into the <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_League_(rugby_union)" title="All-Ireland League (rugby union)">All-Ireland League Division 2</a>. </p><p>After retiring from the club in 1994, he became assistant coach to <a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Thames Valley Rugby Football Union">Thames Valley</a> in New Zealand. He coached the team to promotion from the third division to the second in the <a href="/wiki/National_Provincial_Championship_(1976%E2%80%932005)" title="National Provincial Championship (1976–2005)">National Provincial Championship</a>. In 1996, he returned to Ireland and became the director of rugby at <a href="/wiki/Connacht_Rugby" title="Connacht Rugby">Connacht</a>, leading them to the quarter-finals of the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_European_Challenge_Cup" title="1997–98 European Challenge Cup">1997–98 European Challenge Cup</a> after twice beating <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Saints" title="Northampton Saints">Northampton Saints</a> in the pool stages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 24 February 1998, after <a href="/wiki/Brian_Ashton_(rugby_union)" title="Brian Ashton (rugby union)">Brian Ashton</a> resigned after round one of the <a href="/wiki/1998_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1998 Five Nations Championship">1998 Five Nations Championship</a>, Gatland was appointed coach of <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first match in charge was against a rampant <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">French</a> side who had already scored over 70 points in their opening two fixtures. However, Gatland led Ireland to a close 18–16 defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_France" title="Stade de France">Stade de France</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>. Ireland finished in last place with zero points. Gatland quickly improved Ireland's performances. This included a 29–23 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Welsh</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1999 Five Nations Championship">1999 Five Nations Championship</a> and a 32–24 win over <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a>. Ireland had a disappointing <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">1999 Rugby World Cup</a> campaign and failed to make it to the quarter-finals after losing narrowly to Argentina in a <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup#Quarter-final_Play-offs" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">play-off game</a> 28–24. </p><p>On 19 March 2000, Ireland beat France in Paris for the first time since 1972, when a hat-trick of tries from <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">Brian O'Driscoll</a> led them to a 27–25 win. Ireland also beat France at <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Road" title="Lansdowne Road">Lansdowne Road</a> in the return fixture in the <a href="/wiki/2001_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2001 Six Nations Championship">2001 Six Nations Championship</a>. Ireland also beat Italy in a six-try romp, 60–13 in Dublin. In 2001, Gatland's last year as coach, Ireland finished the championship with the same points as winners England, losing on points difference. In the same year, Gatland's Irish team played against the touring <a href="/wiki/All_Blacks" class="mw-redirect" title="All Blacks">All Blacks</a>, losing 29–40 in Gatland's last match in charge of Ireland. He was sacked and was replaced by his assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Eddie_O%27Sullivan" title="Eddie O'Sullivan">Eddie O'Sullivan</a>. Overall, Gatland moved Ireland from eighth to sixth in the <a href="/wiki/IRB_World_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="IRB World Rankings">IRB World Rankings</a>, with a 47% win rate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="London_Wasps">London Wasps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: London Wasps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After losing his job with Ireland, he joined the coaching staff at <a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">London Wasps</a> under director of rugby <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Melville" title="Nigel Melville">Nigel Melville</a>. The team was bottom of the <a href="/wiki/English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="English Premiership (rugby union)">Premiership</a> at this time, but Gatland helped steer them away from the relegation zone and develop one of the meanest defences in Europe. He took over as director of rugby when Melville left for <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Rugby" title="Gloucester Rugby">Gloucester</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 English Premiership (rugby union)">2001–02</a> season. Under Gatland's guidance, Wasps won three Premiership titles; in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="2002–03 English Premiership (rugby union)">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="2003–04 English Premiership (rugby union)">2004</a> and <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="2004–05 English Premiership (rugby union)">2005</a>. </p><p>In Europe, Wasps won the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_European_Challenge_Cup" title="2002–03 European Challenge Cup">2002–03 European Challenge Cup</a>, winning eight from eight matches, and beating <a href="/wiki/Bath_Rugby" title="Bath Rugby">Bath</a> 48–30 away in the final. After qualifying for the <a href="/wiki/Heineken_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Heineken Cup">Heineken Cup</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Heineken_Cup" title="2003–04 Heineken Cup">2003–04</a> season, Wasps won the title, beating <a href="/wiki/Stade_Toulousain" title="Stade Toulousain">Toulouse</a> 27–20 in the final. At the end of the 2004/2005 season, Gatland returned to New Zealand, where he was installed as coach at <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Rugby_Union" title="Waikato Rugby Union">Waikato</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_New_Zealand_(Waikato)"><span id="Return_to_New_Zealand_.28Waikato.29"></span>Return to New Zealand (Waikato)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return to New Zealand (Waikato)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On his return to New Zealand to coach <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Rugby_Union" title="Waikato Rugby Union">Waikato</a> in the National Provincial Championship (NPC), he led the side to seventh in the Division 1 table. However, under the new competition format, the <a href="/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Air New Zealand Cup">Air New Zealand Cup</a> in 2006, Gatland took Waikato to the final of the <a href="/wiki/2006_Air_New_Zealand_Cup" title="2006 Air New Zealand Cup">2006 Air New Zealand Cup</a>, beating <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Wellington Rugby Football Union">Wellington</a> in the final 37–31, losing only one match in the run up to the knock out stages. However, in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Air_New_Zealand_Cup" title="2007 Air New Zealand Cup">2007 Air New Zealand Cup</a>, Gatland was only able to lead Waikato to the quarter-finals, losing to 38–35 to <a href="/wiki/Hawke%27s_Bay_Rugby_Union" title="Hawke's Bay Rugby Union">Hawke's Bay</a>. In addition to his role as head coach of Waikato, during the off-season, he acted as technical advisor for the <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (Super rugby franchise)">Chiefs</a> Super 14 team in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales">Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhodri_Morgan_meets_Warren_Gatland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rhodri_Morgan_meets_Warren_Gatland.jpg/220px-Rhodri_Morgan_meets_Warren_Gatland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Rhodri_Morgan_meets_Warren_Gatland.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Gatland (right) meets <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister of Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a> (left) in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>On 9 November 2007, Gatland was named head coach of Wales, and took up his position on 1 December 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gatland's first game as coach of Wales was in the opening week of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2008 Six Nations Championship">2008 Six Nations Championship</a>, which was a major upset as Wales beat <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> 26–19 after trailing 19–6 with nearly sixty minutes played. It was Wales' first win at Twickenham since 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After victories over Scotland and Italy, Wales went on to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(rugby_union)" title="Triple Crown (rugby union)">Triple Crown</a> holders <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> at <a href="/wiki/Croke_Park" title="Croke Park">Croke Park</a> 16–12, thus winning the Triple Crown themselves. This was the first time Wales has held this trophy since 2005. In the final round of fixtures, Wales beat <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a> 29–12, to clinch their 10th Grand Slam, 100 years after they won their first. Despite being Six Nations Champions, Gatland led Wales to a 2–0 test series defeat to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2008_mid-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 mid-year rugby union tests">2008 mid-year rugby union tests</a>, losing 43–17 and 37–21. Wales then went on to lose to South Africa at home during the <a href="/wiki/2008_end-of-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 end-of-year rugby union tests">2008 Autumn internationals</a>. Their Autumn campaign saw Wales win two, lose two – the two wins being a 34–13 win over <a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a> and a 21–18 win over <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a>. This was Wales' first win over the Wallabies since 2005. </p><p>Wales were unable to retain their Six Nations title in <a href="/wiki/2009_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2009 Six Nations Championship">2009</a>, finishing fourth with just three wins; England, Italy and Scotland. Due to his commitments to the British & Irish Lions, he was unable to coach Wales to their Summer tour of North America against Canada and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a>. However, he led the team in their <a href="/wiki/2009_end-of-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 end-of-year rugby union tests">2009 Autumn internationals</a> campaign, which consisted of wins against <a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a>, but losses to <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> and Australia. Wales remained fourth in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2010 Six Nations Championship">2010 Six Nations Championship</a>, with victories over Italy and Scotland. </p><p>Their <a href="/wiki/2010_mid-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 mid-year rugby union tests">Summer tour</a> consisted of a 2–0 test series defeat to the All Blacks (42–9 and 29–10), and their <a href="/wiki/2010_end-of-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 end-of-year rugby union tests">2010 Autumn campaign</a> saw Wales at best get a 16–16 draw with Fiji – losses to Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. For the third consecutive year, Wales finished fourth in the Six Nations table, but on top of their wins over Scotland and Italy, Gatland led Wales to their first victory over Ireland since 2008. </p><p>Gatland led Wales to fourth in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2011 Rugby World Cup">2011 Rugby World Cup</a>, winning three of their four <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup_Pool_D" title="2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D">Pool D</a> matches; 17–10 win over Samoa, 81–7 win over <a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a> and a record breaking 66–0 win over Fiji, their loss was a 17–16 defeat to the Springboks. Wales beat Ireland 22–10 in the quarter-final, but lost to France 9–8 in the semi-final. They lost the Bronze final to Australia 21–18 to finish fourth. This meant that Wales were ranked fourth in the world, their highest ever ranking again under Gatland, previously fourth in 2009. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2012_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2012 Six Nations Championship">2012 Six Nations Championship</a>, Gatland won a second Grand Slam in four years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Gatland was unable to see Wales' great form in their <a href="/wiki/2012_Wales_rugby_union_tour_of_Australia" title="2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia">Summer tour of Australia</a>, as in April 2012 Gatland broke both his heels while on holiday in New Zealand, and needed reconstructive surgery on his right heel. Initial hopes were that he would recover in time to lead Wales for their three-test tour,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but on 19 April 2012 it was announced that he would not recover before the tour, and assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Robert_Howley" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Howley">Robert Howley</a> was appointed as caretaker.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to his success with Wales, Gatland was named head coach for the <a href="/wiki/2013_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_Australia" title="2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia">2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia</a>. This meant that Gatland was unable to coach Wales in their <a href="/wiki/2012_end-of-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 end-of-year rugby union tests">2012 Autumn campaign</a>, but was allowed to coach the side against Australia and New Zealand. With Wales suffering three defeats on their summer tour, and their winless Autumn campaign, Wales dropped to ninth in the IRB World Rankings, their second-lowest ever ranking and a position they had not been in since 2007, before Gatland's appointment. </p><p>Gatland returned to his post with Wales ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2013_end-of-year_rugby_union_internationals" title="2013 end-of-year rugby union internationals">2013 Autumn internationals</a>, where Wales claimed their first Autumn international win since 2009, when they beat Argentina 40–6, a record winning margin, in their second test of their campaign. Despite there being mostly Welsh players on the British & Irish Lions tour earlier that year, Wales failed to defeat Australia at home, going down 30–26 in their final match of the series. Gatland led Wales to third in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2014 Six Nations Championship">2014 Six Nations Championship</a>, defeating Italy 23–15 in their opening match, before they were convincingly beaten by Ireland a week later 26–3. They returned to winning ways when they beat France 27–6, however they lost to England at Twickenham to end any hopes of retaining their Championship. In their match of the Championship, Wales defeated a 14-man Scotland side, 51–3, a record winning margin. Ahead of <a href="/wiki/2014_Wales_rugby_union_tour_of_South_Africa" title="2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa">Wales' 2014 South African tour</a>, Wales were without key players, like <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hibbard" title="Richard Hibbard">Richard Hibbard</a>, captain <a href="/wiki/Sam_Warburton" title="Sam Warburton">Sam Warburton</a> and fullback <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Halfpenny" title="Leigh Halfpenny">Leigh Halfpenny</a>. Despite this, and despite Wales' defeat in the first test 38–16, Wales were within seconds of beating South Africa in the second test, having led 17–14 at half time, with those 17 points being scored in the opening 22 minutes to lead 17–0. By the 65th minute, Wales led 30–17, but a <a href="/wiki/Willie_le_Roux" title="Willie le Roux">Willie le Roux</a> try brought South Africa within 6 points of a draw. With 2 minutes left on the clock, Wales conceded a penalty try to lose the match 31–30.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wales earned two victories during the <a href="/wiki/2014_end-of-year_rugby_union_internationals" title="2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals">2014 autumn internationals</a>, one of which came against the Springboks, 12–6. This was Wales' first victory over South Africa since 1999, and Wales' first victory over a Southern Hemisphere giant since 2008, ending a 22 match losing streak. </p><p>He was appointed an <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Birthday_Honours" title="2014 Birthday Honours">2014 Birthday Honours</a> for services to rugby.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wales were within a chance of claiming the <a href="/wiki/2015_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2015 Six Nations Championship">2015 Six Nations Championship</a> title heading into the final week. Having beaten Scotland, France, Ireland before the closing week, Ireland, England and Wales were all even on 6 points, while France were also still in contention on 4 points. For Wales to claim the title, they needed to beat Italy by 26 points or more to get ahead of England and Ireland. They defeated Italy by 41 points, winning 61–20 scoring 8 tries. However, Ireland overtook Wales when they beat Scotland 40–10, which meant when England won 55–35, Ireland retained their 2014 title.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gatland was heavily criticised ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2015 Rugby World Cup">2015 Rugby World Cup</a>, having played some key players in Wales' final <a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_warm-up_matches" title="2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches">RWC warm-up</a>, Wales lost Leigh Halfpenny and <a href="/wiki/Rhys_Webb" title="Rhys Webb">Rhys Webb</a> to injury.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite many injuries before and during the World Cup, Gatland guided the team out of the "pool of death", with victories over Uruguay 54–9, England 28–25 and Fiji 23–13. They played South Africa in the quarter-final, and with 5 minutes to go, Wales were leading 19–18, but a try to Springbok captain and scrum half <a href="/wiki/Fourie_du_Preez" title="Fourie du Preez">Fourie du Preez</a>, saw South Africa claim a 23–19 win. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2016_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2016 Six Nations Championship">2016 Six Nations Championship</a>, Gatland led Wales to second with 7 points, 3 points behind victors England. The Championship started with a 16–all draw against Ireland in Dublin, before Wales went on to secure a 27–23 victory over Scotland in Cardiff. They backed up the Scottish victory with a 19–10 win over the French, before going down to England 25–21. At one point in that match, Wales were down 19–0, but scored three tries in the second half to come with in 4 points of the victory. In the final match, Wales earned their biggest winning margin in a six nations match, winning by 53 points in a 67–14 victory over Italy. In June 2016, Gatland took Wales on a <a href="/wiki/2016_Wales_rugby_union_tour_of_New_Zealand" title="2016 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand">three-test series</a> against the world champions New Zealand. The All Blacks were without many of their World Cup winning side, with <a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter" title="Dan Carter">Dan Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richie_McCaw" title="Richie McCaw">Richie McCaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keven_Mealamu" title="Keven Mealamu">Keven Mealamu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ma%27a_Nonu" title="Ma'a Nonu">Ma'a Nonu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Smith" title="Conrad Smith">Conrad Smith</a> all retiring. The first test saw Wales put up a convincing display, leading the World Champions 18–15 at half time. However, Wales dropped off after the 60th minute, conceding three tries to lose the game 39–21. Wales then went down to <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby" title="Super Rugby">Super Rugby</a> side the <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (rugby union)">Chiefs</a>, 40–7 in a mid-week match. In the second test, the teams were level after 40 minutes 10–all, but 26 unanswered points in the second half, including 4 tries with in 15 minutes saw the All Blacks secure the series after winning 36–22. The final test saw New Zealand clinch the series 3–0, winning 46–6. </p><p>Following a sabbatical from Wales due to his 2017 British and Lions commitments, Gatland led Wales to 2 victories in four matches during the <a href="/wiki/2017_end-of-year_rugby_union_internationals" title="2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals">2017 Autumn Internationals</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a> in the countries first ever meeting, 13–6, and South Africa 24–22. Their defeats came at the hand of Australia 29–21 and New Zealand 33–18. In the buildup to the <a href="/wiki/2018_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2018 Six Nations Championship">2018 Six Nations Championship</a>, Gatland stated that Wales "will win the Six Nations".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His statement was backed up after Wales convincingly beat Scotland 34–7 in the opening round, earning themselves their first ever try bonus point. The following week, despite keeping England scoreless for 60 minutes, Wales lost 12–6. In round three, Wales came within moments of stealing the game from Ireland, only losing by 3 points in over time. However, an intercept from <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Stockdale" title="Jacob Stockdale">Jacob Stockdale</a>, saw Wales go down to Ireland 37–27, ending their chance of winning the Six Nations. In rounds 4 and 5, Wales returned to winning ways, defeating Italy 38–14 and France 14–13 to finish the Championship in second behind victors Ireland. </p><p>In June 2018, Gatland led his side to three from three victories, defeating South Africa in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> in a one-off test match 22–20, before securing a 2–0 series win over Argentina. The first test victory (23–10) was Wales' first win in Argentina since 2004, and with the second test victory, meant Wales won a first series over Argentina since 1999. </p><p>In the buildup to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2019 Six Nations Championship">2019 Six Nations Championship</a>, Gatland said that should Wales start off the campaign with a victory over France, "we can win it given we have home games against England and Ireland."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Down 0–16 after the first half in Paris, Wales rallied to win 24–19, and subsequent wins over Italy (26–15), England (21–13), Scotland (18–11) and Ireland (25–7) saw them win the Grand Slam, stretching their winning run to 14, breaking their previous record of 11 set in 1910, and making Gatland the first-ever coach to win three Grand Slams in the Five or Six Nations era.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2019 Rugby World Cup">2019 Rugby World Cup</a>, Gatland repeated the success of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2011 Rugby World Cup">2011</a> tournament by taking Wales to a World Cup semi-final after they finished top of <a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup_Pool_D" title="2019 Rugby World Cup Pool D">Pool D</a> with four wins from four. Wales then faced <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> in a thrilling come-from-behind 20-19 victory, after France's <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Vahaamahina" title="Sébastien Vahaamahina">Sébastien Vahaamahina</a> was shown a red card for an elbow to <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Wainwright" title="Aaron Wainwright">Aaron Wainwright</a>'s face. Gatland admitted after the match that he believed that France were "the better team", and had deserved to win.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Wales' subsequent 16-19 loss to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> in the semi-final, as well as <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>'s win over <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> beforehand, Gatland stated that it would have been "his dream" to face England in his final game in charge of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As it was, Wales played their final game of the tournament, and Gatland's final game as Head Coach (prior to his reappointment in 2022<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) against New Zealand in the bronze medal match - a convincing 40-17 win for the All Blacks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_&_Irish_Lions"><span id="British_.26_Irish_Lions"></span>British & Irish Lions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: British & Irish Lions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/2009_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa" title="2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa">2009 tour of South Africa</a>, Gatland was named as an assistant coach, specialising as the forwards coach under <a href="/wiki/Ian_McGeechan" title="Ian McGeechan">Ian McGeechan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2012, in the wake of his second Six Nations Grand Slam with Wales, he was interviewed for the position of head coach for the Lions' <a href="/wiki/2013_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_Australia" title="2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia">2013 tour of Australia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being appointed in September that year.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lions won the test series against Australia 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was given a 10-month contract with the Lions, taking a sabbatical from coaching Wales, although he did coach Wales against Australia and New Zealand in the <a href="/wiki/2012_end-of-year_rugby_union_tests" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 end-of-year rugby union tests">2012 Autumn internationals</a>. Gatland promised impartial selection and said he believed that <a href="/wiki/Graham_Henry" title="Graham Henry">Graham Henry</a> in 2001 picked too many Welsh players who were insufficiently good for the tour. He named <a href="/wiki/Rob_Howley" title="Rob Howley">Rob Howley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graham_Rowntree" title="Graham Rowntree">Graham Rowntree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Farrell" title="Andy Farrell">Andy Farrell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Jenkins" title="Neil Jenkins">Neil Jenkins</a> as his assistants for the tour. </p><p>During the tour, Gatland led the Lions to a 2–1 series victory over the Wallabies, the first series win since the <a href="/wiki/1997_British_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa" title="1997 British Lions tour to South Africa">1997 tour of South Africa</a>. Including the non-test matches, Gatland coached the Lions to win eight out of the ten matches played, the losses coming against Australia in the second test, and the <a href="/wiki/Brumbies" class="mw-redirect" title="Brumbies">Brumbies</a> in a mid week match. In the first test, he named ten Welsh players in the match day-23, four Irish, eight English and one Scot. This team won the first test 23–21, following a missed penalty by <a href="/wiki/Kurtley_Beale" title="Kurtley Beale">Kurtley Beale</a> post 80 minutes. His team in the second test, consisting of nine Welsh, six Irish, seven English and one Scot, lost the test in Melbourne 16–15. In the third test, Gatland was heavily criticised for naming 11 Welsh players in the matchday squad, as well as for the dropping of <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">Brian O'Driscoll</a>. Despite this, the Lions won the final test 41–16, which was a record winning margin for the Lions against Australia. </p><p>Since the 2013 tour, Warren Gatland has been very vocal over his desire to lead the Lions in 2017 against his home nation New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2013 Gatland was named UK coach of the year at the 2013 UK Coaching Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015, he was criticised, by former <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Irish international</a> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Francis_(rugby_union)" title="Neil Francis (rugby union)">Neil Francis</a>, who described him as having "the intellectual capacity of a tub of <a href="/wiki/Flora_(margarine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flora (margarine)">Flora</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 September 2016, Gatland was announced as head coach for the <a href="/wiki/2017_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand" title="2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand">2017 Lions Team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gatland this time took a full 10-month sabbatical from Wales, handing his coaching reins to Rob Howley. Gatland wanted continuity in his coaching staff, with the only change being <a href="/wiki/Steve_Borthwick" title="Steve Borthwick">Steve Borthwick</a> coming in as forwards coach, while retaining Rob Howley as attack coach and Andy Farrell as defence coach. Graham Rowntree and Neil Jenkins remained, however specialising in scrummaging and kicking.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 April, Gatland and his team named a 41-man squad, consisting of 16 English, 12 Welsh, 11 Irish and 2 Scottish players.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His Welsh captain Sam Warburton remained as captain. Gatland was heavily criticised for the lack of Scottish players in squad, considering Scotland had beaten both Ireland and Wales during the <a href="/wiki/2017_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2017 Six Nations Championship">2017 Six Nations Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The criticism continued into the tour, especially after he called up 6 players to the squad on 17 June (a further 4 Welsh players) that was based purely on geography rather than skill.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was depicted as a clown in the New Zealand media after he continued to complain about "foul" tactics of the All Blacks.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite all the criticism from both British and New Zealand press and fans, Gatland persisted with his style and selections and gained 4 wins in the non-test games; <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Barbarians" title="New Zealand Barbarians">New Zealand Provincial Barbarians</a> (13–7), <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a> (12–3), <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_All_Blacks" title="Māori All Blacks">Māori All Blacks</a> (32–10) and <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (rugby union)">Chiefs</a> (34–6). In the test series, Gatland led the Lions to a single victory, winning the second test 24–21, to become the first team to beat <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> at home since <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> in 2009. It was the Lions first win over the All Blacks in the professional era, with the last victory coming in <a href="/wiki/1993_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand" title="1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand">1993</a>, coached by Ian McGeechan, 20–7. With the first test being won by the All Blacks 30–15 and the third and final test being drawn 15–15, the test series was drawn, with the draw being the first time since 1994 that the All Blacks has failed to win at <a href="/wiki/Eden_Park" title="Eden Park">Eden Park</a>. The series was the first drawn series since their <a href="/wiki/1955_British_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa" title="1955 British Lions tour to South Africa">1955 tour to South Africa</a>. </p><p>Following the tour, Gatland was in the running to be the next All Blacks head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gatland was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Birthday_Honours" title="2020 Birthday Honours">2020 Birthday Honours</a> for services to rugby in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 Gatland was once again named head coach of the British and Irish Lions ahead of their <a href="/wiki/2021_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa" title="2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa">2021 tour of South Africa</a>. <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> won the series by two games to one.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chiefs">Chiefs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chiefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 28 June 2019, it was announced Gatland would return home to Hamilton to coach the Chiefs on a four-year deal which would include a sabbatical in 2021 to coach the British & Irish Lions. His first season in charge was a disaster, with his side losing all eight games in the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition. This led to him being voted as the worst coach in the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2022, Gatland left his role at the Chiefs and returned to coach the Welsh national team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Wales">Return to Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Return to Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2022, Wales head coach <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Pivac" title="Wayne Pivac">Wayne Pivac</a>, who had replaced Gatland, was sacked by the Welsh Rugby Union after a poor period of results.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gatland returned to Wales on a contract to take him through to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2023 Rugby World Cup">2023 Rugby World Cup</a>. The contract also contains the potential to extend another four years, through the <a href="/wiki/2027_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2027 Rugby World Cup">2027 Rugby World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2023_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2023 Six Nations Championship">2023 Six Nations Championship</a> saw Gatland's Wales fall to a second consecutive finish in fifth place, after only winning one match away against <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a> in the fourth round of the competition. During this tournament, player disputes with the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">WRU</a> nearly caused the Welsh players to go on strike before the match against England on the 25th February 2023 - on which Gatland commented of his players that there had been "quite a significant split in the group" over the option to strike<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - the match, a 10-20 loss for Wales, eventually went ahead. </p><p>Gatland's Wales went on to show signs of improvement during the <a href="/wiki/2023_Rugby_World_Cup_warm-up_matches" title="2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches">warm-up matches</a> played in the summer of 2023, despite only winning one of their three tests. This form continued during the pool stages of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2023 Rugby World Cup">2023 Rugby World Cup</a> in France, where Wales won all of their matches in Pool C: a narrow 32-26 victory against <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a>, a 28-8 win over <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_rugby_union_team" title="Portugal national rugby union team">Portugal</a>, a record-breaking 40-6 win over <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a>, and a 43-19 victory against <a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a>. Wales finished top of their pool with 19 out of a possible 20 points, taking Wales to a fourth consecutive <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> quarter-final under Gatland.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gatland offered his resignation following Wales' sixth place finish in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2024 Six Nations Championship">2024 Six Nations Championship</a>. Wales finished the tournament with no wins including a loss to Italy at the Millennium Stadium. This was Wales' first wooden spoon finish for 21 years. His resignation offer was rejected by the WRU.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2024, Gatland's Wales lost 24-19 to Fiji in the <a href="/wiki/Autumn_rugby_union_internationals" title="Autumn rugby union internationals">Autumn Nations Series</a>. This was their tenth loss in a row, equalling a record set by head coach Steve Hansen from 2002-2003. It was also the first time Wales had ever lost to Fiji at then Millenium Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later Wales went on to lose against Australia extending their losing run to eleven, breaking Hansen's record.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Pld </th> <th>W </th> <th>D </th> <th>L </th> <th>Win% </th> <th>PF </th> <th>PA </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </td> <td>1998–2001 </td> <td>38</td> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td>19</td> <td>47.37%</td> <td>1,127</td> <td>884 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> </td> <td>2008–2019 </td> <td>130</td> <td>72</td> <td>2</td> <td>56</td> <td>55.38%</td> <td>2,995</td> <td>2,565 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="link=British & Irish Lions {{{altlink}}}"><img alt="British & Irish Lions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg/23px-British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg/35px-British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg/45px-British_and_Irish_Lions_flag_with_no_Lion.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="616" data-file-height="412" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">British & Irish Lions</a> </td> <td>2013–2021 </td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>50.00%</td> <td>165</td> <td>167 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> </td> <td>2022–present </td> <td>24</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>17</td> <td>29.17%</td> <td>323</td> <td>342 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>202</th> <th>102</th> <th>4</th> <th>96</th> <th>50.50%</th> <th>4,567</th> <th>3,902 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland_2">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations Championship</a></b> <ul><li>Runner-up: 2001</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Trophy" title="Millennium Trophy">Millennium Trophy</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2001</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Centenary_Quaich" title="Centenary Quaich">Centenary Quaich</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2000</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="London_Wasps_2">London Wasps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: London Wasps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="English Premiership (rugby union)">English Premiership</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/European_Rugby_Champions_Cup" title="European Rugby Champions Cup">Heineken Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2003–04</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/European_Rugby_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="European Rugby Challenge Cup">European Challenge Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2002–03</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waikato">Waikato</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Waikato"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Mitre_10_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitre 10 Cup">Air New Zealand Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2006</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales_2">Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations Championship</a> (* = <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(rugby_union)" title="Grand Slam (rugby union)">Grand Slam</a>)</b> <ul><li>Winner: 2008*, 2012*, 2013, 2019*</li> <li>Runner-up: 2016, 2018</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_&_Irish_Lions_2"><span id="British_.26_Irish_Lions_2"></span>British & Irish Lions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: British & Irish Lions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Richards_Cup" title="Tom Richards Cup">Tom Richards Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2013</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">Lions–New Zealand test series</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: <a href="/wiki/2017_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand" title="2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand">2017</a> (shared)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Coach_Award" title="BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award">BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2013<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_Team_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award">BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award</a></b> <ul><li>Winner: 2013</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outside_rugby">Outside rugby</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Outside rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, Gatland made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the UK TV comedy drama <i><a href="/wiki/Stella_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stella (UK TV series)">Stella</a></i>. The same year, he was honoured by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Waikato" title="University of Waikato">University of Waikato</a> as one of the year's three distinguished alumni.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Gatland received a honorary fellowship from <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_University" title="Cardiff University">Cardiff University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gatland published his autobiography, <i>Pride and Passion</i>, in November 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_Gatland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_union/59832.stm">"Gatland takes over as Ireland coach"</a>. <i>BBC Sport</i>. 24 February 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Eric_Miller_(rugby_union)" title="Eric Miller (rugby union)">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Nesdale" title="Ross Nesdale">Nesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dion_O%27Cuinneagain" title="Dion O'Cuinneagain">O'Cuinneagain</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">c</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_O%27Kelly" title="Malcolm O'Kelly">O'Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Wallace_(rugby_union)" title="Paul Wallace (rugby union)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ward_(rugby_union)" title="Andy Ward (rugby union)">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Wood" title="Keith Wood">Wood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#029349; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #166A38, inset -1px -1px 0 #166A38;;width:1%">Backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Bell_(rugby_union)" title="Jonny Bell (rugby union)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Bishop_(rugby_union)" title="Justin Bishop (rugby union)">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girvan_Dempsey" title="Girvan Dempsey">Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Elwood" title="Eric Elwood">Elwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(rugby_union)" title="David Humphreys (rugby union)">Humphreys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Maggs" title="Kevin Maggs">Maggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Mostyn" title="Matt Mostyn">Mostyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mullins_(rugby_union)" title="Mike Mullins (rugby union)">Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">O'Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Meara_(rugby_union)" title="Brian O'Meara (rugby union)">O'Meara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_O%27Shea" title="Conor O'Shea">O'Shea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tierney_(rugby_union)" title="Tom Tierney (rugby union)">Tierney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Topping" title="James Topping">Topping</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#029349; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #166A38, inset -1px -1px 0 #166A38;"><div>Coach: <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Gatland</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_&amp;_Irish_Lions_–_2009_South_Africa_tour" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Wyn_Jones" title="Alun Wyn Jones">A. W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Mears" title="Lee Mears">Mears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euan_Murray" title="Euan Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Connell" title="Paul O'Connell">O'Connell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">c</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donncha_O%27Callaghan" title="Donncha O'Callaghan">O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Payne_(rugby_union)" title="Tim Payne (rugby union)">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Powell_(rugby)" title="Andy Powell (rugby)">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Quinlan" title="Alan Quinlan">Quinlan</a> <i>(suspended)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Rees" title="Matthew Rees">Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Shaw" title="Simon Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sheridan" title="Andrew Sheridan">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wallace_(rugby_union)" title="David Wallace (rugby union)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyn_Williams" title="Martyn Williams">M. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Worsley" title="Joe Worsley">Worsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Vickery_(rugby_union)" title="Phil Vickery (rugby union)">Vickery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Blair" title="Mike Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bowe" title="Tommy Bowe">Bowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Byrne" title="Lee Byrne">Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_D%27Arcy" title="Gordon D'Arcy">D'Arcy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Earls" title="Keith Earls">Earls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ellis" title="Harry Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Fitzgerald" title="Luke Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riki_Flutey" title="Riki Flutey">Flutey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Halfpenny" title="Leigh Halfpenny">Halfpenny</a> <i>(injured)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hook_(rugby_union)" title="James Hook (rugby union)">Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Kearney" title="Rob Kearney">Kearney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Monye" title="Ugo Monye">Monye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">O'Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronan_O%27Gara" title="Ronan O'Gara">O'Gara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_O%27Leary" title="Tomás O'Leary">O'Leary</a> <i>(injured)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Phillips_(rugby_union)" title="Mike Phillips (rugby union)">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Roberts" title="Jamie Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Shanklin" title="Tom Shanklin">Shanklin</a> <i>(injured)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Williams" title="Shane Williams">S. Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coach</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McGeechan" title="Ian McGeechan">McGeechan</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wales_squad_–_2011_Rugby_World_Cup_fourth_place" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#E00000; color:white"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wales_2011_Rugby_World_Cup_squad" title="Template:Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup squad"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wales_2011_Rugby_World_Cup_squad" title="Template talk:Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup squad"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wales_2011_Rugby_World_Cup_squad" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup squad"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wales_squad_–_2011_Rugby_World_Cup_fourth_place" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Wales squad</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2011 Rugby World Cup"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2011 Rugby World Cup</span></a> fourth place</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000; color:white;width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huw_Bennett" title="Huw Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bevington" title="Ryan Bevington">Bevington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Burns" title="Lloyd Burns">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Charteris" title="Luke Charteris">Charteris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Davies" title="Bradley Davies">B. Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taulupe_Faletau" title="Taulupe Faletau">Faletau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_James_(rugby_union)" title="Paul James (rugby union)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins" title="Gethin Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Jones_(rugby_union,_born_1981)" title="Adam Jones (rugby union, born 1981)">A. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Wyn_Jones" title="Alun Wyn Jones">A. W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Jones" title="Ryan Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Lydiate" title="Dan Lydiate">Lydiate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Mitchell_(rugby_union)" title="Craig Mitchell (rugby union)">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Owens" title="Ken Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Powell_(rugby)" title="Andy Powell (rugby)">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Warburton" title="Sam Warburton">Warburton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">c</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000; color:white;width:1%">Backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aled_Brew" title="Aled Brew">Brew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Byrne" title="Lee Byrne">Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Davies_(rugby_union,_born_1988)" title="Jonathan Davies (rugby union, born 1988)">J. Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Halfpenny" title="Leigh Halfpenny">Halfpenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hook_(rugby_union)" title="James Hook (rugby union)">Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavis_Knoyle" title="Tavis Knoyle">Knoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_North" title="George North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Phillips_(rugby_union)" title="Mike Phillips (rugby union)">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Priestland" title="Rhys Priestland">Priestland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Roberts" title="Jamie Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Williams_(rugby_union,_born_1989)" title="Lloyd Williams (rugby union, born 1989)">L. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Williams_(rugby_union)" title="Scott Williams (rugby union)">Sc. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Williams" title="Shane Williams">Sh. Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background:#E00000; color:white"><div> <ul><li>Coach: <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Gatland</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_&amp;_Irish_Lions_–_2013_Australia_tour" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:British_and_Irish_Lions_2013" title="Template:British and Irish Lions 2013"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:British_and_Irish_Lions_2013" title="Template talk:British and Irish Lions 2013"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:British_and_Irish_Lions_2013" title="Special:EditPage/Template:British and Irish Lions 2013"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="British_&amp;_Irish_Lions_–_2013_Australia_tour" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">British & Irish Lions</a> – <a href="/wiki/2013_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_Australia" title="2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia">2013 Australia tour</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Best" title="Rory Best">Best</a> <i>(replaced Hartley)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Cole_(rugby_union)" title="Dan Cole (rugby union)">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Corbisiero" title="Alex Corbisiero">Corbisiero</a> <i>(replaced Healy)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Court" title="Tom Court">Court</a> <i>(injury cover)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Croft" title="Tom Croft">Croft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Evans_(rugby_union)" title="Ian Evans (rugby union)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taulupe_Faletau" title="Taulupe Faletau">Faletau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Grant_(rugby_union)" title="Ryan Grant (rugby union)">Grant</a> <i>(replaced G. Jenkins)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Gray_(rugby_union,_born_1989)" title="Richie Gray (rugby union, born 1989)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Hartley" title="Dylan Hartley">Hartley</a> <i>(ruled out by suspension)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian_Healy" title="Cian Healy">Healy</a> <i>(ruled out by injury)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Heaslip" title="Jamie Heaslip">Heaslip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hibbard" title="Richard Hibbard">Hibbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gethin_Jenkins" title="Gethin Jenkins">G. Jenkins</a> <i>(ruled out by injury)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Jones_(rugby_union,_born_1981)" title="Adam Jones (rugby union, born 1981)">A. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Wyn_Jones" title="Alun Wyn Jones">A. W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Lydiate" title="Dan Lydiate">Lydiate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Connell" title="Paul O'Connell">O'Connell</a> <i>(ruled out by injury)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O%27Brien_(rugby_union,_born_1987)" title="Seán O'Brien (rugby union, born 1987)">O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Parling" title="Geoff Parling">Parling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Stevens_(rugby_union)" title="Matt Stevens (rugby union)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Tipuric" title="Justin Tipuric">Tipuric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mako_Vunipola" title="Mako Vunipola">Vunipola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Warburton" title="Sam Warburton">Warburton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">c</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Youngs" title="Tom Youngs">T. Youngs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Barritt" title="Brad Barritt">Barritt</a> <i>(injury cover)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bowe" title="Tommy Bowe">Bowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cuthbert" title="Alex Cuthbert">Cuthbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Davies_(rugby_union,_born_1988)" title="Jonathan Davies (rugby union, born 1988)">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Farrell" title="Owen Farrell">O. Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Halfpenny" title="Leigh Halfpenny">Halfpenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Hogg" title="Stuart Hogg">Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Kearney" title="Rob Kearney">Kearney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Maitland" title="Sean Maitland">Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Murray" title="Conor Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_North" title="George North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">O'Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Phillips_(rugby_union)" title="Mike Phillips (rugby union)">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Roberts" title="Jamie Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Sexton" title="Johnny Sexton">Sexton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Tuilagi" title="Manu Tuilagi">Tuilagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Twelvetrees" title="Billy Twelvetrees">Twelvetrees</a> <i>(injury cover)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Wade" title="Christian Wade">Wade</a> <i>(injury cover)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Williams" title="Shane Williams">Williams</a> <i>(injury cover)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Youngs" title="Ben Youngs">B. 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Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Farrell" title="Owen Farrell">Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Halfpenny" title="Leigh Halfpenny">Halfpenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Henshaw" title="Robbie Henshaw">Henshaw</a> <i>(ruled out by injury)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Hogg" title="Stuart Hogg">Hogg</a> <i>(ruled out by injury)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Joseph_(rugby_union)" title="Jonathan Joseph (rugby union)">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greig_Laidlaw" title="Greig Laidlaw">Laidlaw</a> <i>(replaced Youngs)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Murray" title="Conor Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_North" title="George North">North</a> <i>(ruled out by injury)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Nowell" title="Jack Nowell">Nowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Payne" title="Jared Payne">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finn_Russell" title="Finn Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Sexton" title="Johnny Sexton">Sexton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Seymour" title="Tommy Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Te%27o" title="Ben Te'o">Te'o</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Watson_(rugby_union)" title="Anthony Watson (rugby union)">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Webb" title="Rhys Webb">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Williams_(rugby_union)" title="Liam Williams (rugby union)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Youngs" title="Ben Youngs">Youngs</a> <i>(withdrew for personal reasons)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coach</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Warren Gatland</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wales_squad_–_2019_Rugby_World_Cup_fourth_place" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#E00000; color:white"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wales_2019_Rugby_World_Cup_squad" title="Template:Wales 2019 Rugby World Cup squad"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wales_2019_Rugby_World_Cup_squad" title="Template talk:Wales 2019 Rugby World Cup squad"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wales_2019_Rugby_World_Cup_squad" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wales 2019 Rugby World Cup squad"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wales_squad_–_2019_Rugby_World_Cup_fourth_place" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Wales squad</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2019 Rugby World Cup"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">2019 Rugby World Cup</span></a> fourth place</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E00000; color:white;width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Ball_(rugby_union)" title="Jake Ball (rugby union)">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Beard" title="Adam Beard">Beard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Carr%C3%A9" title="Rhys Carré">Carré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Davies" title="Bradley Davies">B. 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