Gatland gets Wales job

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The 44-year-old New Zealander - a former All Blacks hooker - was unveiled at a Millennium Stadium press conference on Friday.

He becomes Wales' third Kiwi coach of rugby's professional era, following Graham Henry and Steve Hansen.

Gatland, who led Wasps to a hat-trick of Premiership titles from 2003 to 2005 and landed Heineken Cup glory with the Londoners in 2004, succeeds Gareth Jenkins.

Jenkins was sacked in September following a dismal World Cup campaign when Wales failed to progress beyond the pool stage, losing their final game against Fiji in Nantes.

Jenkins' World Cup assistant Nigel Davies will take charge for the one-off Test against world champions South Africa in Cardiff on November 24.

Gatland will return home after this weekend, and will be back in Wales from early December to begin his new job.

He said: "This is a great honour, and I feel a tremendous sense of pride in having been chosen as the new head coach of Wales.

"I have been given the opportunity to coach at the highest level, and I am very grateful to get this chance.

"There is a lot of hard work ahead, but I know there is enormous talent in Wales and I feel extremely positive about what can be achieved."