Warren Gatland ‘top contender’ to lead British and Irish Lions in New Zealand

• Lions chief executive John Feehan says Gatland is ‘clearly a leading candidate’• If chosen Wales coach would lead 10-match tour of his home country in 2017Warren Gatland has been described as the “leading contender” to coach the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand in 2017.The Wales coach, who is a New Zealander, was in charge of the Lions’ Test series-winning tour of Australia in 2013 and is widely expected to retain that post for a 10-game tour that includes three Tests against the All Blacks, who retained the World Cup in 2015. Continue reading...