Cardiff have given Matt Sherratt permission to serve as interim boss
head coach “by mutual agreement”, with the Welsh Rugby Union appointing Cardiff’s head coach Matt Sherratt as the national side’s interim boss until the end of the current
Former international coaches currently or soon to be available include Joe Schmidt, Michael Cheika, Stuart Lancaster and Vern Cotter. But in his second, Wales have won just six of their 26 Tests, with their last win coming over Georgia at the 2023 World Cup, where they also beat Australia, Portugal and Fiji.The 61-year-old guided Wales to four Six Nations titles including three Grand Slams The Italy defeat means Wales have slipped to a record-low 12th in the world rugby rankings, below Georgia, and was their eighth Six Nations loss in a row.
“We are grateful to Warren for all he has done for the game in Wales. He remains our longest-serving and most decorated head coach in terms of the silverware he has won. “Our intention is to have a permanent appointment in place before this summer’s two-Test tour to Japan, with all options open.”They say “never go back” and this has been savagely true for Gatland.
A wholesale raft of international retirements by a golden generation of players including Alun Wyn Jones, Sam Warburton and Dan Biggar in the space of a few years,, left Gatland in charge of a youthful squad further undermined by trouble with the administration at the WRU, and ongoing rows over funding with the four regional teams.
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