Tag Archives: Warren Gatland

Two wins in the Six Nations would be success for Wales

Dafydd Jenkins, 21, to captain Wales in Six Nations – David Davies/PA Setting a target for Wales to finish this year’s Six Nations with just two victories doesn’t seem like the sort of motivational material they should be plastering on walls around the Valley. However, considering that the last two championships brought only one victory… Read More »

New captains, missing stars and new faces – Six Nations talking points

With the Rugby World Cup done and dusted until 2027, attention now turns to this season’s Guinness Six Nations and the battle for European supremacy. Ireland and France, who meet in the opening match of the competition, are the favorites for silverware, while the new captains include England hooker Jamie George, Wales lock Dafydd Jenkins… Read More »

Andy Farrell promises Lions will have ‘no excuses mentality’ in Australia

Andy Farrell will have two weeks of preparation before flying to Australia, unlike his predecessor Warren Gatland – PA/Yui Mok Amid the glittering fanfare surrounding Andy Farrell’s appointment this week as head coach of the British and Irish Lions for their tour of Australia next year, there was little in the way of detail. It… Read More »

I thought I was getting old, turns out I had heart disease

Alun Wyn Jones now looks forward to new career as ‘full-time family man’ – Athena Pictures/Dimitris Legakis Alun Wyn Jones feeds his eight-month-old daughter Loti in the kitchen of his home in Swansea. Moments later, as his wife Anwen looks on, he lifts the youngest of his three daughters over his knee and playfully wrestles… Read More »