Rugby evening headlines as Warren Gatland comes out on top against Jamie Roberts and classy Dan Biggar integral in 60-point rout
Your rugby evening headlines for Saturday, June 4.
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Waratahs need 'complete' game to beat Chiefs, says Lion Roberts
SYDNEY : Jamie Roberts is looking forward to locking horns with former coach Warren Gatland next weekend but thinks the New South Wales Waratahs will need to produce a complete performance to get past the Waikato Chiefs in the Super Rugby playoffs.
Departing player reveals he turned down Wales for his own well-being as he quits game
Greg Bateman could be forgiven for thinking what might have been when he reflects on a rugby career which has just come to an end. After all, this was a man who was on the verge of playing for Wales before events dictated otherwise.
From 'Jaco Johan' to Pieter-Steph's 40 cm scar: 5 takeaways from Two Sides, Episode 2
'Rassie's burner isn't it?'
Wayne Pivac urges Welsh rugby chiefs to consider axing one region
As he surveyed the wreckage that is Welsh rugby around him and looked back on his team’s disastrous Six Nations, Wayne Pivac cut a reflective figure on Wednesday.
CHRIS FOY: Is Gatland the man to make America's Eagles fly high?
The United States have been chosen as World Cup hosts and now they need someone to turn their national team into a competitive force. It is arguably the next big job in rugby — and it may have Warren Gatlands's name on it.
On this day in 2005: Martin Johnson stung by Wasps on Leicester farewell
Martin Johnson’s Leicester farewell fell flat on its face on this day in 2005 as a brilliant Wasps performance saw them surge to their third successive Premiership title.
Shane Williams tells Pivac he should have picked 'Wales' Sam Simmonds' 18 months ago
Wayne Pivac has handed starts in the Wales back row to 15 players since taking over from Warren Gatland as national coach, but he has strangely ignored a forward who has been as consistent as anyone.