Former international Rob Howley has been named as Wales caretaker coach for the upcoming tour of Australia.
Howley will take charge of the side while head coach Warren Gatland recovers from injuries he suffered when he fell off a ladder in a domestic accident.
Gatland was cleaning the windows at his family beach house in New Zealand when he lost his balance and fell some three metres on to concrete, taking the full impact on his heels.
He suffered multiple fractures to the right heel bone and also a fracture to the left heel and will not be fit enough to lead the party.
Howley was one of Gatland's first appointments when he took charge of the Welsh coaching set-up in 2008. The former half-back won 59 caps for Wales, captaining his country 22 times.
Wales faces the Barbarians at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on June 2 before leaving for a three-Test series in Australia, with the first match against the Wallabies in Brisbane on June 9.
Reuters
Tags: rugby-union, sport, wales, united-kingdom First posted April 20, 2012 06:38:50
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