Warren Gatland responds to sack calls as Wales legends slam 'schoolboy' players in loss

Wales continued their nightmare commencement to this year's Six Nations with a 22-15 decision to Italy successful Rome, with calls for caput manager Warren Gatland to beryllium sacked increasing

Wales brag Warren Gatland admits that helium tin recognize fans' vexation aft their 14th consecutive decision raised much questions implicit his future.

Gatland's side, who were thrashed 43-0 by France successful their opening crippled of the 2025 Six Nations, were beaten again connected Saturday arsenic Italy claimed a 22-15 triumph astatine the Stadio Olimpico. Wales rallied precocious connected but it was excessively small excessively precocious to instrumentality thing from their travel to Rome, starring to disapproval of Gatland and his coaching team.

The Kiwi's 2nd spell successful complaint of Wales - which has seen the Dragons driblet to their lowest-ever presumption successful the world rankings (12th) - has been a acold outcry from his trophy-laden archetypal reign. Wales won 4 Six Nations titles including 3 Grand Slams nether Gatland, who's present facing questions implicit his future

"I cognize however hard we are working," helium told S4C pursuing their abject defeat. "I tin recognize people's vexation and we are frustrated and disappointed arsenic good due to the fact that we created opportunities but we person made mistakes and the punishment number was disappointing. As a coaching squad and players they are not hard fixes but we request to marque definite we absorption successful those cardinal moments."

Wales' show was slammed by a fig of erstwhile players, peculiarly ex-centre Jamie Roberts, who told ITV: "I thought that was 1 of Wales' poorest performances implicit the past 18-20 months.

"I deliberation everyone successful Wales was expecting a footwear backmost from the disappointing nighttime successful Paris past weekend. Our kicking crippled astatine times contiguous was schoolboy. You conscionable can't triumph Test matches, particularly successful the rain, against a prime Italian outfit who did it acold better."

Dan Biggar, meanwhile, declared that 'nothing was disconnected the table' regarding Gatland's position. "If you look astatine the games they person mislaid successful the past 12 months, contiguous was the poorest show successful that run," the erstwhile Wales fly-half said.

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"It is hard to accidental due to the fact that determination are a batch of bully radical determination but it is conscionable not working. Whatever is going connected Monday to Friday is not being transferred to the transportation connected a Saturday. Wales person Ireland coming to Cardiff successful 2 weeks' time, they question to Scotland and invited England.

"This squad looks 1 that is changeable of content and confidence. We support getting asked the aforesaid questions but what are the answers. I americium not rather sure. The curve has been downward."

On Gatland's aboriginal up of hosting Ireland successful a fortnight, Biggar added: "That is for radical connected a higher wage people than maine to decide. I don't deliberation thing is disconnected the array astatine the moment, it can't be. It can't transportation on.

"It is specified a shame due to the fact that determination are truthful galore bully radical determination who person had occurrence antecedently but intelligibly what is happening determination successful the week is not working."