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Ex-England assistant Gustard touted for Wales role under Gatland
By PA
Former England defence coach Paul Gustard could be in line for a key job with Wales. Wales boss Warren Gatland has a defence coach vacancy following Gethin Jenkins’ departure from the role and it is understood that the 46-year-old Gustard is a leading contender to fill it.
Gustard was appointed by Eddie Jones as England defence coach in 2016 before he became head of rugby at Harlequins two years later. He left that position in 2021 and took up a coaching post with the Italian URC club Benetton.
Gatland, who was last month appointed for a second stint as Wales head coach, is currently finalising his support staff ahead of the Guinness Six Nations Championship. Jonathan Humphreys and Neil Jenkins, who were both part of his predecessor Wayne Pivac’s team, have been retained.
But Gethin Jenkins and attack specialist Stephen Jones left at the end of a year in which Wales won just three Tests and suffered home defeats against Italy and Georgia. Wales kick off their Six Nations campaign against Ireland in Cardiff on February 4.
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True, you might having something in this being their WC Final and not being able to last three big games in three weeks (ala RWC acclimatizing), that was Razor's impetus behind his selections and leadups/preparation for these first 3 weeks (for us).
With these guys being in the first two (into third) months of their season too.
Haha he certainly looked like he'd spoiled the party after the game too, we'll both have to expect he makes it up somehow 😁 I thought your 1 point win over them were the two best performances of the RWC, I think that was NZ's best performance this season too. Too bad we couldn't put a nail in the coffin like we did last week 😉
Go to commentsI know, it's going to be ugly.?! 😁
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