Gatland Reveals His Stance On Succeeding Steve Hansen

Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland is the latest coach to remove his name from contention as a potential candidate to succeed Steve Hansen as the All Blacks head coach.

Like Ireland’s Joe Schmidt, Gatland, will step away from his role with Wales after this year’s World Cup in Japan and is undecided when it comes to his future.

In an interview with The 1014 Rugby, Gatland commented on the impending vacancy.

“I’ve seen the speculation like everyone else,” Gatland said. “To be honest with you, I’m finishing with Wales after the World Cup and the plan was to come back home, I’d love to come back and coach in New Zealand and do some Super Rugby if there’s an opportunity.

“That’s where I see that being important for me: to come back and to get involved in some level of New Zealand rugby, not at All Black level, but ideally if there was an opportunity at Super Rugby, to spend my time there and reintegrate into New Zealand Rugby and then if you’re successful other opportunities might come along in the future.”

Gatland coached the British and Irish Lions on the latest tours to Australia and New Zealand and has been incharge of the Wales national team since 2007 winning two Six Nations Grand Slams.

Watch the full interview below: