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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Luke McLaughlin

Warren Gatland urges Welsh rugby to change now and end strike standoff

Warren Gatland at Murrayfield as Wales warm up for their Six Nations game with Scotland
Warren Gatland has refused to support the notion of a potential strike by his Wales players against England. Photograph: Mark Runnacles/Shutterstock

Warren Gatland has implored Welsh rugby’s warring factions to come together and resolve the dispute that has led their Six Nations campaign to descend into crisis.

Wales are due to meet England in Cardiff next Saturday, but as a contract row with the game’s governing body continues, the former captain Alun Wyn Jones said on Thursday that the players were willing to carry out their threat of unprecedented strike action.

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