Lions give Gatland punch line

PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able to afford him. With speculation as to the New Zealander running England post-World Cup rife a few months ago, even Wales captain Alun-Wyn Jones aligned himself to the ‘never-say-never’ brigade.
The Lions’ official confirmation of Gatland’s reappointment for the 2021 tour of South Africa prompted the man himself to declare that he would not be coaching England. It amounted to a statement of the obvious for two reasons.
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