NO international coach can have been subjected to a more brutal sacking than Gareth Jenkins, on the Sunday morning after Fiji had given Wales the heave-ho from the 2007 World Cup.
The indecent haste of the WRU’s action forced the man himself to take evasive action on the last lap of the journey home.
The extent of the humiliation felt by Jenkins is captured in Ross Harries’ revealing book, Behind The Dragon (Polaris Publishing, £20). The deflated squad and their demoralised ex-head coach landed at Cardiff airport as a battalion of fans waited to board a flight to Marseille...