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Wales coach Warren Gatland before a Test. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Wales coach Warren Gatland before a Test. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Warren Gatland offered to resign after Wales finished bottom of the Six Nations for the first time since 2003.

Wales coach Gatland said the side had reached "rock bottom" after a 24-21 defeat by Italy in Cardiff on Saturday meant they had lost all five of their matches in this tournament and 12 of their past 13 Six Nations encounters in total.

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