Warren Gatland warns Six Nations rivals to ‘write Wales off at your peril’

“For us, the challenge was that after the World Cup we lost 18 players and so much experience,” Gatland said, speaking at the Six Nations media launch in Rome.

Warren Gatland has fired a warning to Wales’ critics ahead of the Six Nations (Ben Birchall/PA)

Warren Gatland believes that people will write Wales off at their peril in this season’s Guinness Six Nations.

The form guide suggests another difficult campaign for Wales after collecting the wooden spoon last season for the first time since 2003.