<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuvuselelwa kwaphazamiseka eNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2007, njengoba iWales yehlulekile ukudlulela ngaphesheya kwesigaba se-pool ngemuva kokulahlekelwa yiFiji. Umqeqeshi uGareth Jenkins wabe eselahlekelwa umsebenzi wakhe, kwathi uWarren Gatland, waseNew Zealand nowayengumdlali we-All Black, waqokwa njengomqeqeshi omusha we-Wales ngomhlaka-9 Novemba 2007. Ngaphambilini wayeqeqeshe isifundazwe saseNew Zealand iWaikato ebaholela empumelelweni ku-2006 Air New Zealand Cup. Umdlalo wakhe wokuqala njengomqeqeshi kwakuwumdlalo wokuqala waseWales we-2008 Six Nations Championship, ngokumelene neNgilandi eTwickenham. INgilandi yayithandwa kakhulu futhi yahola ngamaphuzu ayi-13 ngesikhathi sokuphumula, ngaphambi kokuba iWales ilwe futhi iwine 2619 ukunqoba kwayo kokuqala eTwickenham kusukela ngo-1988. I-Wales ayihlulwa kulo lonke umqhudelwano, futhi yawina i-Grand Slam yayo yesibili emincintiswaneni emine ngemuva kokunqoba iFrance ngo-2912 eMillennium Stadium. I-Wales yavuma ukuzama kabili kuphela kulo lonke umqhudelwano, yavala irekhodi langaphambilini lemizamo emine eyavunyelwa yiNgilandi ngo-2002  <response>: futhi ngo-2003. 