Head coach gets underway with licence to foster a more expansive type of game over the next few weeksThe last time Wales hired a former policeman as head coach he used the skills he had learned on the beat in
New Zealand to trap a player who claimed to have spent the night in the team hotel in the Vale of Glamorgan. Steve Hansen rose before breakfast, walked to the suspected party’s car and felt the bonnet, which was warm.
Wayne Pivac, who takes charge of his first competitive match next Saturday, 18 months after being named as Warren Gatland’s successor, will also be drawing on his former job as a copper, but in a different way as he looks to build on his predecessor’s successful 12 years.