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Warren Gatland left his role as head coach of Wales by “Mutual Agreement” after a record of 14 consecutive defeats, the Welsh Rugby Union announced on Tuesday.
Cardiff coach Matt Sherratt will take the temporary charge for the three remaining games of the Six Nations team against the favorites of the title Ireland, Scotland and England.
WRU director general, Abi Tierney, said the two parties had agreed that an immediate change “was in the best interests of the Wales team.”
“We are grateful to Warren for everything he has done for the match in Wales. He remains our oldest and most decorated head coach in terms of silverware he won,” -It added.
Gatland was renewed in his functions for a second passage in Wales in December 2022 after winning the Grand Colem of three six nations and reached two semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup during his first spell.
The 61-year-old New Zealander said: “I would like to thank the WRU board of directors for the faith shown in me after a difficult campaign throughout 2024 and to give me time and resources to try To reverse things for this 2025 tournament.
“We have worked hard, we have a young talented team that is developing and who desperately wants to transform the potential into results, but that’s the right time for a change.”
Wales, which ended at the bottom of the Six Nations last year with five defeats, is on the right track for another embarrassing whitening after a defeat of 22-15 in Italy this weekend.
They faced an intimidating task against the two reigning champions in Ireland in Cardiff on February 22 before a trip to Scotland and a home match against England.
Gatland’s position underwent an official review after the international internationals, which presented defeats against Fiji, Australia and South Africa.
Speaking at the time, Tierney said that she “would make no secrets that her position was at stake when we undertook our exam”.
Wales was hammered 43-0 by France during their opening match for this year before their defeat on Saturday, which was their first defeat in Rome for 18 years.
– Rankings collapse –
The proud rugby nation fell to a new 12th hollow in the world ranking, below Georgia.
Gatland succeeded compatriot Wayne Pivac, returning to a job in which he had had a success marked during his first fate, from 2007 to 2019.
This gave four titles of six nations – including three Grand Chelem – and two appearances in the semi -finals of the World Cup.
Wales briefly occupied first place in the world ranking in 2019.
The Gatland team recorded only one victory in the six nations of 2023, but the former coach of the British and Irish Lions led them in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in France later this year- There, including 40-6 destruction of Australia.
Wales has not won a test match since he beat Georgia in the pool stages of this tournament, with a defeat against Argentina in the quarter -finals marking the start of their miserable race.
In total, Gatland won only six tests out of 26 in charge during his second fate as a coach of Wales.
He had to work in the context of a threatened strike by players in the first months, linked to a deep financial crisis in the Welsh match.
He also had to face the pensions of a multitude of experienced players, including Alun Wyn Jones, Justin Tipuric, Rhys Webb, Dan Biggar, Josh Navidi, Leigh Halfpenny and George North.
Tierney said the WRU aimed to have a permanent appointment in place before the two test tour in Japan later this year “with all the open options”.
The former coach of Australia Michael Cheika, Franco Smith from Glasgow and the acting boss of Ireland, Simon Easterby, would be in the context.
Sherratt said he “could not refuse” the possibility of causing Wales, although he added that he would not present his name for the full -time role.
The Englishman, speaking at the Wales training base, said that he would encourage his players to be “courageous”.
“It will be very difficult to change an enormous amount technically and tactically in what will probably be three or four sessions before playing in Ireland,” he said.
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