WARREN Gatland on the start of his second coming as Wales head coach, December 13, 2022: “How do you create an environment where there are no excuses? That’s what I’ve done in the past, a no-excuses environment.’’ Six months later, Gatland, via a BBC Wales podcast, effectively admits he made a mistake. “I didn’t realise a lot of the things that were going on,” he said. “If I had known, I would have probably gone somewhere else.” So much for the no-excuse culture.

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