An Evening With Warren Gatland

On Saturday 27th June 2015, the club was privileged to welcome to Moss Lane the legendary International coach, Warren Gatland, to partake in a question and answer session embracing his rugby career from All Black to head coach of the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia in 2013, and now as head coach of Wales.

It need hardly be said that the occasion was a sell out.

In the course of answering  a wide range of questions, both humorous and serious, he outlined some particularly difficult selection decisions needing to be made on a Lions tour by the coaching staff.

Sadly for our President, he saw little future at the highest level for the small, lightning,  sidestepping stand-off of yore, but added that the tactic of kicking deep to drive back the defence was opening space in midfield for more enterprising back play to develop.

Warren informally opening the newly refurbished Wilmott Lounge with. left to right, Jan Lourens (club captain), Andy Northey (head coach) and Tom Jackson  (club chairman)