Warren Gatland’s side are favourites against Australia in Tokyo but recent history is not on their sideBernard Foley was quick with a retort when asked why, four years after the Six Nations failed to provide a
World Cup semi-finalist for the first time, the prospect of an all-European final with
England,
Ireland and Wales all confident of making the last four, was far from fanciful. Foley said: “They all have southern hemisphere coaches, don’t they?”
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