Gatland defends himself after more Lions coaching criticism

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By Adam Evans

British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says "jealousy" is behind criticism of his coaching style.

During his time as Wales' boss, Gatland's tactics have often been described as 'Warren-ball'.

The accusation is that his teams lack flair and instead overly rely on power.

Gatland's reacted angrily to such suggestions and said, "a few years ago, Brian Smith (former England attack coach) coined the phrase Warren-ball. Because he was jealous of how much success we had? I don't know, but we had a group of players who came through Wales at the time who ended up being big physical players".

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