WARREN Gatland got his retaliation in early with a pre-emotive strike aimed at 2001 Lions coach Graham Henry. As New Zealand’s 2011 World Cupwinning coach, Henry is no stranger to making stealth attacks against any outfit who threaten the hegemony of the All Blacks, but Gatland did not stand on ceremony, pointing out his predecessor as Lions coach made the cardinal error of immediately splitting his squad.
“Graham Henry lost half the 2001 team on day one because he went, ‘you guys over here, and you guys over there’, and the players knew straight away, ‘well th...