Gatland's Law Must Be Laid to Rest After Hook's Big Exit ; Rugby Writer Delme Parfitt On Why James Hook's Move to France Signals the End of 'Gatland's Law'

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YOU have to go back to January 2008 to recall the beginnings of so-called 'Gatland's Law'.

In a solemn declaration, Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Roger Lewis decreed that, from then on, "considering the location of a player outside Wales was an important selection factor for the national side".

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Gatland's Law Must Be Laid to Rest After Hook's Big Exit ; Rugby Writer Delme Parfitt On Why James Hook's Move to France Signals the End of 'Gatland's Law'

His national coach backed him up, extolling the virtues of closer contact with those who would do his bidding on the Test stage, drawing understandable backing from the regions in the process.

Four years and a whole host of def...

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