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Warren Gatland staying with Wales, WRU boss insists

Wales head coach Warren Gatland during the captain's run at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
Image: Warren Gatland is contracted to Wales until 2019

Warren Gatland will see out his contract with Wales, the country's rugby union has insisted.

A report in Friday's Daily Mail claimed Gatland would be open to an offer from the Rugby Football Union as it seeks an England coach with international experience to replace Stuart Lancaster.

But Gatland is under contract to Wales until 2019, and Welsh Rugby Union chairman Gareth Davies expects the New Zealander to lead the side into the next World Cup in Japan.

"Warren is happy in Wales and as far as I am concerned he isn't going anywhere," said Davies, quoted on Wales Online. "He is staying with us until 2019.

"We have not had an approach from the RFU to speak to Warren. As he is under contract to us for the next four years, anyone wishing to speak to him would be obliged to seek permission from us first.

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"That has not happened, we want to keep him and as far as I am concerned he is staying with us until 2019. England may have ambitions of winning the World Cup in four years but so do we."

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