Personalised attacks on Warren Gatland a disgrace: Rob Howley

British & Irish Lions coach Rob Howley has branded the personal attacks on Warren Gatland in the New Zealand media an “absolute disgrace” and tipped his Kiwi boss to one day coach the All Blacks, writes Simon Lewis in Auckland.

Personalised  attacks on Warren Gatland a disgrace: Rob Howley

British & Irish Lions coach Rob Howley has branded the personal attacks on Warren Gatland in the New Zealand media an “absolute disgrace” and tipped his Kiwi boss to one day coach the All Blacks, writes Simon Lewis in Auckland.

Howley, 46, has served head coach Gatland as both a player and an assistant coach for the past 16 years with Wasps, Wales and on three tours with the Lions as attack coach and believes the New Zealander is one of the best coaches in world rugby. Yet he is mystified why the 53-year-old has been subjected to a media campaign which included one newspaper caricaturing him as a clown.

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