WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) No one has more to lose in Saturday’s second rugby test between the All Blacks and the British and Irish Lions than Lions coach Warren Gatland.
While Gatland made his coaching reputation in the northern hemisphere with Ireland, then Wales and the Lions, he could lose it in his native New Zealand if his team loses the second test and with it the three-test series.
Gatland guided the Lions to a 2-1 series win in Australia in 2013, but it is the current series for which he is most likely to be remembered and Saturday’s test which will shape his legacy.