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Re: Gatland
DIR By: Rocker
Date: February 18, 2026, 2:53 am
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He had a lot of success with Pests back in the day but hasn't
really done anything of note for several years now. Is he a bit
too much of a dinosaur?
I'd agree he might be a good choice to come in to mentor a
younger coach to take over. Still not ideal IMHO though.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: February 18, 2026, 2:58 am
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Nay, nay and thrice nay thank you! He should be banned from the
Stoop after how he treated Robshaw, Care & Brown in 2013/2017
and is a dinosaur in rugby terms.
I feel a burning of season tickets on the pitch is in the offing
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: RodneyRegis
Date: February 18, 2026, 4:41 am
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> Difficult one.
>
> In the scenario of a choice between Mark Mapletoft or Gatland,
I’d go with Gatland.
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> My main issue though is Gatland hasn’t had that much recent
success at club level, and I think his brand of rugby is very
much dated and the game has moved on.
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> It is slightly underwhelming if that’s the outcome of
“scouring the globe”.
>
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Mapletoft or Gatland? Get Kingston on the phone.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: FishQuin
Date: February 18, 2026, 4:53 am
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I don’t understand the overwhelmingly negative reaction. He’s
got a great CV. Sure, his last couple of positions weren’t a
success. He was on to a loser with Wales. Can’t say I followed
his time in NZ closely enough to comment on that. But before
that his record is brilliant. He’s miles ahead of anyone else
we’ve hired in the last 15+ years, in my opinion. Sure, I would
prefer Robertson, Rennie, Cotter… but Gatland could do well
here.
I get there’s questions over his style. Warrenball or whatever.
To be honest, Quins could do with a bit of that hard edged
physicality added to their game. But he also was working with
what he had in previous roles. He doesn’t have the players to do
that at Quins so I think he would adapt.
Primarily, we need a DOR who can instill a bit of fight in the
team and build a squad that can compete. I think Gatland could
do both well.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: February 18, 2026, 5:28 am
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I think the problem with Gatland and the reason so many of us
are not keen on him is that when he came back to Wales he was
utterly clueless. He clearly hadn't kept up with what was
happening in Wales and expected to just swan back in and start
winning again. When he didn't, he got a bad attitude and
attacked the players.
If he's learnt his lesson and is willing to put the work in,
that's one thing. But recently he's looked like he's coasting
and building up a pension pot.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: Quinto
Date: February 18, 2026, 5:54 am
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> But recently he's looked like he's coasting and building up a
pension pot.
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Sounds ideal!
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: February 18, 2026, 6:14 am
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--- Quote from: Quinto link ---
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> Sounds ideal!
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It's my plan. But no one is thinking about employing me as head
coach.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: FishQuin
Date: February 18, 2026, 6:34 am
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--- Quote from: FrostAndFire link ---
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> when he came back to Wales he was utterly clueless. He clearly
hadn't kept up with what was happening in Wales and expected to
just swan back in and start winning again. When he didn't, he
got a bad attitude and attacked the players.
>
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Maybe. Or maybe he knew it was a tough gig and he was brutally
honest about how far behind they are and he didn’t make many
friends in the process. Wales haven’t exactly turned it round
since he left.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: mrpj1985
Date: February 18, 2026, 6:49 am
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I veer between ambivalent to apathetic
There's no denial that he's got a great body of work in the
past.
However, it's been 20 years since he left Wasps.
His brilliant Wales team didn't leave much of a legacy, as all
the resources were poured into his "here and now" methods and
out of the pathways, which is now seriously being felt.
He won't be bringing Shaun Edwards with him and his staffing
choices since then aren't exactly inspirational (Rob Howley
:'()
Outside of WC23, his career post-2019 has been very poor,
notably with The Chiefs.
I'll want to give anyone who gets the job a fair crack of the
whip, but this feels very lazy on all fronts.
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Re: Gatland
DIR By: Quinten Poulsen
Date: February 18, 2026, 6:55 am
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Yeah, I can't help feeling that his time has beeen and gone plus
his playing style is not the most suitable for Quins.
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