Warren Gatland "has the intellectual capacity of a tub of Flora", says Neil Francis

The build-up to an encounter between Warren Gatland’s Wales and Ireland is prone to descend into controversy and this weekend’s match is no exception with the Wales management hitting back at a former Irish international who has claimed the Kiwi coach “has the intellectual capacity of a tub of Flora”.

Neil Francis, the lock who won 36 caps between 1987-96, let loose on Gatland in his column in an Irish newspaper.

Bizarrely, Francis tipped Wales to win at Millennium Stadium, and so deny his country the chance of a second grand slam in six years; but only after a string of insults against …