• Coach’s 12 years in charge ends with loss to All Blacks• ‘It would break my heart if Wales went back to doldrums’
Warren Gatland’s 124th match in charge of Wales ended in defeat against his native New Zealand, but he finished his 12 years considerably in credit and said he would be heartbroken if the gains made since he took over, at a time when they were 10th in the world rankings, are squandered in the coming seasons.
Gatland, who is taking charge of the Chiefs in
New Zealand next year before having a sabbatical to prepare for the 2021 Lions tour to New Zealand, will be back in Cardiff at the end of the month. He will be coaching the Barbarians against Wales who will be under his successor as head coach, Wayne Pivac, for the first time.