Afrigather Wales head coach Warren Gatland’s future is beneath intense scrutiny amid Wales’ report 11-match dropping streak in worldwide matches forward of their ultimate tie within the Autumn Nations Sequence in opposition to world champions South Africa on Saturday.
Gatland’s aspect have now gone 13 months with out tasting victory after struggling a quarter-final defeat to Argentina within the 2023 Rugby World Cup and in whole have misplaced 17 of 23 video games within the New Zealander’s second stint in cost.
So do Gatland and the Welsh Rugby Union now have some huge choices to make? Sky Sports activities Information reporter James Cole assesses three of the massive questions across the scenario…
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Might Gatland depart after Saturday’s South Africa match?
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“It might effectively be his final recreation.
“That is statistically now the worst Welsh aspect in historical past.
“In the event that they lose to South Africa, they may have misplaced each recreation within the calendar yr for the primary time because the Nineteen Thirties.
“Now the choice the WRU, or certainly perhaps Gatland, has to make is what would life appear to be with out him within the position?”
Who’re the choice choices?
Warren Gatland has not tasted victory in his second spell as Wales head coach since final yr’s World Cup (AP Picture/Rui Vieira)
“The primary difficulty is, in the event you eliminate Gatland, who is available in? There aren’t an enormous quantity of world-class coaches on the market.
“Michael Cheika’s title has been talked about loads. He is on a one-year deal at Leicester Tigers within the Premiership, however would he actually need the job? It is a job that lots of people assume is a little bit of a poisoned chalice.
“The second query you have to ask is, whoever is available in, can they do a greater job than Warren Gatland?
“Some could say, effectively, it is onerous to do a worse job, however they will have the identical gamers, a younger squad, inexperienced gamers.
Wales’s report 11-match dropping run in Assessments
| Opponent | End result | Occasion |
| Argentina | 17-29 | Rugby World Cup |
| Scotland | 26-27 | Six Nations |
| England | 14-16 | Six Nations |
| Eire | 7-31 | Six Nations |
| France | 24-45 | Six Nations |
| Italy | 21-24 | Six Nations |
| South Africa | 13-41 | Take a look at |
| Australia | 16-25 | Take a look at |
| Australia | 28-36 | Take a look at |
| Fiji | 19-24 | Autumn Nations Sequence |
| Australia | 20-52 | Autumn Nations Sequence |
“Towards Australia, Wales fielded a beginning 15 that averaged 19 caps per man. Within the again line, in the event you take Gareth Anscombe, their fly-half, out of the equation then that quantity drops to 4.
“It is an extremely inexperienced group. Wales’ participant pool in the meanwhile just isn’t huge. They’ve misplaced plenty of gamers in a brief area of time. Lions, the likes of Dan Biggar, Alan Wynne-Jones, and that’s actually telling.”
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Wales alternative scrum-half Kieran Hardy scores a match-winning 79th-minute attempt as Warren Gatland’s aspect beat Queensland Reds 36-35 in Brisbane
The monetary query: Can the WRU afford to alter head coach?
“Gatland is reported to be on between £500,000-£600,000 a yr.
“So, to pay him out of his contract goes to value the WRU round about £1m, until, there is a performance-related clause in there or Gatland decides, as he hinted post-match on Sunday, that he could resign.
Scrum-half Tomos Williams sustained a critical shoulder harm in opposition to Fiji so as to add to Wales and Warren Gatland’s woes (Getty Pictures)
“The WRU then must weigh up what it was the monetary implications of getting to pay that sum versus the bums-on-seats impact in Wales. On the recreation on the weekend, there have been 56,000 followers in a 74,500 stadium. For Wales v Australia, that’s unimaginable.
“They should weigh all of this up and resolve if life is healthier with out Gatland and have deep conversations.
“No fast determination must be made. It must be an intensive overview. In addition they have to know what is going on on in camp and whether or not gamers are nonetheless behind the teaching workers.”
