SHANE WILLIAMS
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

It doesn’t take much to change the mood of Welsh rugby. A win here, a sidestep there or even a good performance against a top side. We’ve had that and more in the past few weeks, but there is perhaps one stand out reason for the current mood of optimism and that is Warren Gatland.
Where poor old Wayne Pivac was a dead man walking after the defeats to Italy and then Georgia, Warren has returned with no baggage – other than three Grand Slams, two World Cup semi-finals and three British & Irish Lions tours in which he won a series in Australia, drew ...