After autumn defeats in opposition to Fiji, Australia and South Africa, the WRU introduced it might be conducting a assessment into performances, led by Tierney.
Tierney introduced the assessment’s findings to a WRU board assembly this week.
Whereas Gatland stays in put up, the New Zealander has been warned there will likely be an extra assessment of performances after the event.
“I’ve had numerous trustworthy conversations with Warren and I’ll make no secret of the very fact his place was on the road as we undertook our assessment,” mentioned Tierney.
“Additional than that, like several head coach in any sport, he is aware of the safety of his place is straight associated to the performances of the workforce and this can be a state of affairs that can proceed to accentuate.
“There’s a powerful problem forward however Warren is greater than up for that problem. We additionally consider he is the same as it.”
Tierney says the WRU board thought-about extra wholesale rapid adjustments however concluded that difficult Gatland to alter Wales’ fortunes on the pitch was the perfect strategy.
“We’ve got assessed intimately the planning and preparation, the enabling and controllable elements that are the duty of the coaches in addition to the tradition in camp, the psychological fortitude of gamers, their experiences to this point and their very own heartfelt ideas on the path of journey for the squad,” mentioned Tierney.
“We’ve got included experience and opinion from a variety of respected and educated sources and we now have seen what many pundits and followers have expressed, that we aren’t performing to our potential in the intervening time.”
