Warren Gatland | “Sport has gone woke, you need mental toughness!”

Up Front

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Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This is Up Front with Simon Jordan. A show brought to you by William Hill that pulls no punches and tells it EXACTLY like it is. This week we are joined by one of the most successful rugby coaches of the modern era. Warren Gatland has won multiple Six Nations Championships, coached the British & Irish Lions but his toughest challenge is just around the corner… On the eve of the Rugby World Cup in France, Warren joins the show to discuss the current state of Welsh rugby whilst also giving an insight into what it takes to coach on the elite, international stage. Subscribe for future episodes and head to www.youtube.com/@UpFrontWithSimonJordan for full video episodes. 18+ please gamble responsibly. Warning: this episode contains language that some people may find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I set realistic targets. So what's our target?
0:02.0	Our targets make quarterfinals.
0:04.0	Some of the things that I would have said to players in the past,
0:06.0	you know, there's no way that I would be as direct as I would have been.
0:10.0	Is it proving the old adage that you should never go back?
0:13.0	Some people have said that, but I'm not afraid of that.
0:15.0	Players throw toys out the cot. They're not going to be in my squad for too long.
0:18.0	You called England bottle drugs. Did I say that? Waste time talking about the sex nation.
0:21.6	Gats has already said, Wales are going to win.
0:23.6	And I sit at my soap and going, oh my God.
0:26.6	Could you not have parts of the stands that were integrated and families?
0:30.6	You're going to woke on us here.
0:32.6	You've gone woke there, mate.
0:33.6	You've been in the studio for too long.
0:35.6	We've gone all woke. This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. I believe there are a lot of vacuous, uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there. I want
0:41.8	to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense. So with this podcast with William Hill,
0:46.0	I'm going to get people with strong views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny.
0:50.4	There's a good chance I might learn something along the way, and more importantly, so might you.
0:57.8	Joining me in today's episode, a legendary rugby coach on the international stage,
1:02.2	winning multiple six-nation titles and reaching two World Cup semifinals.
1:06.8	He's also led the British and Irish Lions on three separate occasions and this September
1:12.2	he'll be taking Wales to the World Cup final.
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