Lions coach was once asked what he actually does. It is his fervent hope that the All Blacks are about to find the answer <\/p>\n
Stephen Jones, Rugby Correspondent <\/p>\n
Warren Gatland has been a success wherever he has coached. He revived Galwegian RFC in Connacht when he became their player\/coach; he revived Connacht, Ireland and then Wasps the club were bottom of the Premiership when he took over as head man in 2002. Waikato were successful when he made one of his occasional prodigal returns to his homeland in New Zealand; he came back again to revive Wales and made them the best team of the era in the Six Nations. <\/p>\n
The only black mark on his career is the almost complete failure against the three southern hemisphere nations, because against all other teams, his record is in the black. The traditional and bitterly frustrating inability of Wales to show anything like their <\/p>\n
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