It has been a long week in Welsh rugby, and the hardest part has not even started. On Thursday the Wales head coach, Warren Gatland, spoke of wanting to “draw a line in the sand” before Saturdays match against England, which he admitted will be “absolutely massive” for both teams given that his side have already lost to Ireland and Scotland and Steve Borthwick’s still have to play Ireland and France.
However, even Gatland seemed to be struggling to move on. Hard as he tried, he could not disguise his irritation at the position he has been in this week, or his frustration about the state that Welsh rugby union is in. He stopped short of criticising his players, and reiterated his support for their cause, but did say that he felt they had been “a little bit impulsive” in pushing for a strike, and that they could have given the authorities “more warning” about what they wanted.
