British and Irish Lions

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The Rugby Paper Team
2 July 2017

Nick Cain looks at The Week That Was for beleagured Lions coach Warren Gatland

ARE there any volunteers out there ready to audition for a week in the life of Warren Gatland? If the week in question was the one between the first and second Tests of the 2017 Lions tour, somehow I doubt it.
While a slice of his sumptuous six figure salary as Lions head coach might be tempting, the remainder of the brief would only attract those who get excited by the prospect of ritual public humiliation. At worst Gatland has been lampooned and pilloried – including a humourless depiction of him as a c...

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