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Today's rugby news as former WRU chief calls on Gatland to resign and Borthwick future questioned
Here's your round-up of all the latest rugby news for Sunday, November 17.
Gatland 'should have resigned''
Former WRU chief executive David Moffett has called on Warren Gatland to resign.
Moffett, who was boss of Welsh rugby the last time the national side lost 10 games in a row with Steve Hansen as head coach, claimed in an interview with the Daily Mail that Wales would be better off without Gatland.
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Gatland's Wales will break the record of consecutive defeats if they lose to Australia today and could even slip below Georgia to 12th in the world rankings.
He said: "A fish rots from the head. The fish head of Welsh rugby starts with the board, the chief executive, and the head coach. And quite clearly, it's not working. I notice Gatland is trotting out all his usual excuses. The chief executive should have accepted his resignation offer after the Six Nations.
"He's clearly not able to communicate effectively with the players and the latest loss to Fiji, at home, is symptomatic of where Welsh rugby has been for many years.
"Gatland should have been gone long ago. He should have looked in the mirror, done the right thing, and resigned. Is Welsh rugby going to be better off without Gatland?' The answer is absolutely yes."
England coach has backing despite fifth defeat
By Duncan Bech, PA England Rugby Correspondent
England head coach Steve Borthwick is confident he has the backing of the Rugby Football Union despite presiding over a fifth successive defeat after South Africa triumphed 29-20 at Allianz Stadium.
Borthwick is facing question marks over his future, with multiple English media outlets describing the results as unacceptable and questioning his position.
Cheslin Kolbe’s 62nd-minute try placed the Springboks in a commanding position and even when replacement prop Gerhard Steenekamp was sent to the sin-bin England could not break through, making error after error in the final quarter.
It completes their worst sequence of results since 2018 and this year they have managed only four wins in 11 Tests.
With New Zealand and Australia already storming Twickenham this month, it is the first time they have lost three in a row at home since 2006.
Borthwick’s win rate has now dipped below 50 per cent and he is under growing pressure
When asked if he has been given guarantees over his position by the RFU, he replied: “I’m not going to be talking about private conversations here. What’s actually more important is the feeling I get.
“The feeling I get from the RFU is one of absolute support and absolute belief that this team is going in the right direction.
“I feel the frustration of the players, the disappointment of the supporters. Whilst there’s much to be proud of and positive about, we want to win games.
“We’ve put ourselves in a position to win the games but not converted those positions. These are challenging days right now and it’s painful.
“We will work through this and we will ensure that we are a better team coming out of it.
“I’m very confident that we are on the right path and I’m very confident that I’m working with a great group of coaches and players.
“We want things to happen now. It’s not happened now. We aim to put in a better performance against Japan when we’re back here next Sunday.”
For a fifth successive match England established a final-quarter lead only to see victory slip from their fingertips.
“We’re playing against very good teams. You have to credit them and it’s important to recognise just how good South Africa are,” Borthwick said.
Warburton urges Gatland to be given time
Sam Warburton says under-pressure Wales boss Warren Gatland needs more time to turn fortunies around.
The former Wales and British Lions captain believes the end of the 2025 Six Nations campaign represents the most logical timeline on which which to judge the current boss, who's come under increased pressure ahead of Sunday's clash with Australia in Cardiff.
“If you give someone two years [Gatland retook the role as Wales head coach ahead of the 2023 Six Nations], I think that’s fair,” Warburton told The Independent. “Two years sounds like a long time but that’s around 25 Tests and I think that’s a good number. You’ve had the boys for a good amount of time.
“Fiji was one week into the autumn, I’ve always said get to the end of the campaign before making a decision. I mean, if it’s disastrous over the next two weeks, then obviously you might have to re-evaluate that.
“There’s a lot of credit in the bank there with Warren. Let it get to the end of the campaign, then you can do whatever you want but do a full, thorough review before they make a decision.”
Warburton says many of the problems facing Wales are more to do with quality of personnel, but says he's optimistic about their chances against the Wallabies.
“Wales have got some great young players,” he added. “Dewi Lake, Archie Griffin, Jac Morgan, Tomos Williams – we’ve got some brilliant players but honestly, I think other countries have more quality in their wider squads than Wales right now.
“To operate at the top level in the Six Nations, you need 10 to 15 of those guys and I don’t think we’ve got 15 players who are of Jac Morgan, Archie Griffin, Dewi Lake’s quality – not now anyway. That’s why coaches are talking about progress because they’re waiting for players to maybe come through.
“But I think Wales will be more competitive this weekend. They’re the sort of team that react quite well to the sort of weeks we’re going through right now when it’s backs up against the wall.
“I like the selection this week. Go-forward, carrying ability is so big in the international game and you need that ability to have gain-line dominance through physicality, through smart plays and through deception and running lines."
Farrell bemoans 'shy' Ireland despite victory
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell claims his players were too ‘shy’ in their ‘ugly’ victory over Argentina.
Ireland led 22-9 at half-time on Friday night, but were ultimately left to hold on to claim a 22-19 victory on the back of a slow second half.
“If I try and sum up where we’re at, it looks like we’re still trying to find our feet in this intensity,” he said.
“New Zealand and Argentina have been playing those games for the past five or six months.
“It looks like our lads are a little bit shy of that intensity. Hopefully, we’re building through this month and we’ll see the best of us in the next few games.”
