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Warren Gatland: the diabolical situation the Welsh team finds itself in has little to do with the now departed head coach. Photograph: David Davies/PA Wire
At the next press conference the incumbent heaped scorn on the poor state that his predecessor had left the organisation in, saying he needed time to fix the many technical coaching problems.Is Dan Sheehan the best hooker in the world?None of this helped the team. The coach kept glancing at the second envelope labelled “Open after losing 10 matches”.
After the teams 15th defeat the coach opened the envelope with some trepidation. It contained a much simpler message. “Write three letters.” Powerhouse clubs like Swansea and Neath, who detested each other, were merged and neither community ever fully accepted the resulting Ospreys. The glorious history of Llanelli, which stretches back to 1872, now exists only in the lower Welsh Premier Division and the hallowed turf of their home ground, Stradey Park, was sold off to developers for 30 pieces of silver.
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