Victory over Ireland would be sweeter than most for Warren Gatland

The IRFU axeing of Warren Gatland as head coach may have been the making of the Kiwi. It ensured he would never lack for any gravel in his gut, says Peter Jackson. Victory in Dublin is sweeter than most for the Wales supremo.

WHAT transpired at a Dublin hotel one Monday night in late November 2001 has long since passed into history, how a firing squad from the Union’s high command summoned Warren Gatland to a room within a punt of the old Lansdowne Road

It was reputedly all over in eight minutes.