D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Warren Gatland leaving Wales coaching role

Warren Gatland has left his role as Wales head coach by 'mutual agreement' after a record run of 14 straight Test defeats, the Welsh Rugby Union announced today.

Cardiff head coach Matt Sherratt will take temporary charge for the side’s remaining three Six Nations games against title favourites Ireland, Scotland and England.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy Waldgrave joins me, I want your chair.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm sorry you cannot have it. I know what you mean,
because that's Matt Heath's chair and it always sits extraordinarily low,
because there's something about math that Matt likes to take
the lower seat.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
It's like it's like being a low ride a bike.
You're quite right, like being on one of those bikes
that the kids ride, but your yours is food tall
and high and upset. Yes, thank you, Tyler. Finally, Warren
Gatlin got marched.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well, he marched and got marched. It's always the same line,
isn't it. By mutual agreement. You can read into that
what you want. But when push comes to shove, we
know one thing that is fourteen consecutive losses. It ends
now because he's no longer coaching this.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
If I went into a meeting and the guy said
we don't really want you anymore, and then how do
you feel about it? I say, well, by mutual agreement,
I don't want to work for you anymore. So it's
mutual agreement.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
But you know that you started it.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Yeah, that's exactly.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
It's understandable for theory around this is that Welsh rugby.
You've only got themselves to blame. Warren was amazing, like
four six Nations, three Grand Slams, two semi finals of
the World Cup between two seven and twenty nineteen. I
want to say, that's astonishing, that's that's fantastic. Don't don't

(01:14):
go back to the past. Past results started to doom.
What's happening in the future. I think they made a
huge error. I'm not quite sure what he was thinking
going back there again, but he did. But he's gone
and now the assistant's taken the role. And we see
because I believe after getting beaten by Italy last week,
which is the nail in the coffin, they've got the
Irish sharp in front of them next week.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Oh look, I respect one great greatly and his and
his kid and all that sort. The turning point for
Warren was went great. The turning point for for for
mister Gatlin was when mister Emerson did that cartoon and
put it during the Lions tour and made him look
like a clown.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Oh the clown knows that so Oh that was a
huge fraw, wasn't that. I remember that he was very.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Good artist as a confidence game, and maybe maybe Warren
got kicked a few mill Anyway, we've got all the press.
Is the new guy any good one of his insistence?

Speaker 2 (02:06):
I don't know. We'll find out. But he's got nothing
to lose, is he?

Speaker 1 (02:09):
So I just got stuck into Jim Radcliffe before.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Mate, he's rich, I make it a call.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
No, but he's spent five billion dollars on a whole
heap of sports over the last few years, knowing the
regulatory environment that exists in Europe. And then he's going,
oh no, actually it's a bit tough here. And now
I don't have enough money to give eight million dollars
to the Orbits.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
So you're a billionaire, it's in your change pocket. Just
but we're not talking big money here. But let's talk
about the curse of Anios. Okay, Mercedes, Yeah, nothing, all right,
because that's the Formula One team he's supporting, right, it's
the white guy. Okay, let's go to I think it's
the Grinity cycling team.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Used to be good when they were Sky, used to
be good when there were Sky.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
Go to the America's Cup. You know that didn't work
from either. Let's go now to rugby and it's.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Going Downhill two points seven billion on Manchester United.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
That was the next that's five. I don't know if
I've got any more in there, but not a good
track record. So if you're out there looking for money,
don't knock on Jim's door. It's awful that he's made
that commitment. He's plainly personally really wealthy. And if his
company's tanking a wee bit, well that's your propers a week.
Don't say, oh it's gone backwards. You sign the deal.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
You know how it works. I say it's reputational damage.
A deal is a deal, A contract is a contract.
If you can't do a deal with him in sport,
why would you do a deal with him in business?

Speaker 2 (03:34):
What's King Charles going to say about it? Old on, mate,
you're a night of the realm. You can't behave like this?

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Step in line, son, What are you talking about tonight?

Speaker 2 (03:43):
What am I talking about tonight? We're talking about the
start of SUPERGA Pacific gets underway on Friday. What's changed?
It's Andrew horre joins us the CEO of the Championship Blues.
How have they worked on their championship? What are the
deals coming up this weekend? What has to change, and
what's changing amongst the relationship between the fans and the

(04:04):
players and the clubs and Super Rugby. It sounds to
me like they're all actually talking to each other and
listening to each other. Oh Lord, we're excited, you're excited,
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