Gatland has another chance to prove his final credentials

By PAUL REES

WALES
Coach: Warren Gatland
Co-captains: Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake
One of the more interested spectators at England’s tussle with Fiji last weekend was Warren Gatland. Wales’s head coach had a dual interest with the islanders being his team’s first opponents in the World Cup and the home side being potential quarter-final opposition.
Wales seem to be grouped with Fiji every World Cup – 2003 was the last time they were kept apart. The result has gone the way of Gatland’s side in the last three tournaments, but in 2007 the islanders prevailed in Nantes to qualify for the quart...

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