Mike Forshaw and Alex King join Warren Gatland’s Wales coaching staff

Mike Forshaw has left his role with Sale to become Wales’ defence coach (Mike Egerton/PA)

Mike Forshaw has left Sale to become Wales’ new defence coach with Alex King returning to the set-up to complete Warren Gatland’s backroom staff ahead of the Guinness Six Nations.

Gatland, who was parachuted in by the Welsh Rugby Union after the sacking of Wayne Pivac last month, has hired King and Forshaw as replacements for Stephen Jones and Gethin Jenkins.