Warren Gatland and Stuart Lancaster, the Mourinho and Wenger of rugby union? | Paul Rees

The Rugby World Cup is beckoning and Wales’s head coach is cranking up the mind games, an approach avoided by his England counterpartWarren Gatland and Stuart Lancaster exchanged views this week, but only like two tennis players practising before the start of their match. It befitted the four weeks of warm-ups, the phoney war before the real battles start and the barbs become sharper.Gatland, after announcing his World Cup squad on Monday, had what is called a media huddle, sitting down with a group of print reporters for an interview that was embargoed until 10pm that night. He used to do the…

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