Editing Rob Howley (section)

==Coaching career==
Following his retirement from playing, Howley coached Cardiff RFC.

In 2008, he was named as the attack coach as part of [[Warren Gatland]]'s [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] coaching staff.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7188763.stm |title=Howley eager for Wales challenge |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=15 January 2008 |access-date=13 March 2008}}</ref> Over the next 12 years, the national side won four Six Nations titles, including three Grand Slams, and reached the [[Rugby World Cup]] semi-finals in [[2011 Rugby World Cup|2011]] and the quarter-finals in [[2015 Rugby World Cup|2015]].

He was attack coach during [[2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa]] under head coach [[Ian McGeechan]], and retained the role under Warren Gatland in the [[2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia]], helping the Lions secure their first series win since 1997.

===Wales caretaker coach===

====2012–2013====
In April 2012, Howley temporarily covered the day-to-day running of the coaching team, after Warren Gatland suffered two broken heels while on holiday in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17681716 |title=BBC Sport - Wales coach Warren Gatland suffers double heel injury |publisher=BBC |date=11 April 2012|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> Warren Gatland was unable to lead Wales on their [[2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|2012 tour to Australia]] because of his injury, and Rob Howley took charge as caretaker coach during the tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2012/04/19/warren-gatland-ruled-out-of-leading-wales-on-australia-tour-91466-30794782/ |title=Warren Gatland devastated to be ruled out of Wales' Australia tour |publisher=WalesOnline |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> Rob Howley continued his caretaker role in the [[2012 end-of-year rugby union tests|2012 Autumn Internationals]] as Gatland was selected as head coach of the [[2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Ian Robertson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/19470974 |title=Warren Gatland named coach for Australia series |publisher=BBC |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> However, Howley would only coach Wales in the opening 2 matches; [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] and [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]], and that Gatland would return to coach the side against [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] in week 3 and 4. Due to Gatland's role as head coach of the Lions, he was unable to coach Wales in the [[2013 Six Nations]], therefore Howley continued his role through the 2013 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/19477768 |title=BBC Sport - Lions 2012: Rob Howley appointed Wales caretaker coach |publisher=BBC |date=4 September 2012|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref>

As Wales coach, Howley faced much criticism. Wales beat the [[Barbarians F.C.|Barbarians]] 30–21 in his opening match as caretaker, but after that, Wales suffered eight consecutive defeats, six of which were under Howley. This included a 3–0 series defeat against Australia during their 2012 tour, a series whitewash in the 2012 Autumn internationals and a loss in the opening round of the 2013 Six Nations against [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]]. The last five defeats were all at home, setting a new Wales record for consecutive home defeats. The streak was broken in round 2 of the Six Nations with a 16–6 win over [[France national rugby union team|France]]. Howley led Wales to a Championship win in the 2013 Six Nations after beating England by a record winning margin, 30–3 at the Millennium Stadium. This was Wales' fourth Championship win since it became the Six Nations in 2000, and the first time Wales won back-to-back championships since 1979.

====2016–2017====
On 7 September 2016, Howley was once again given the head coaching duties for the Welsh national side after Gatland retained his head coaching role of the British & Irish Lions for their [[2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand|2017 tour to New Zealand]]. Howley took charge of Wales effective immediately,<ref>[http://www.wru.wales/eng/news/37135.php#.V-kkyPkrLIU HOWLEY NAMED WALES HEAD COACH]</ref> coaching Wales in all [[2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals|2016 Autumn internationals]], which saw Wales win 3 from 4. He also coached the side during the [[2017 Six Nations Championship]], and assisted the British & Irish Lions during their 2017 Summer tour.

===2019 suspension===

On 17 September 2019 Rob Howley was sent home from Wales' [[2019 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] training camp in Japan for a breach of sports betting rules.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/49733089|title = Wales coach Howley sent home from Japan|work = BBC Sport}}</ref> He was later banned for 18 months with nine suspended after being found guilty of placing 363 bets on rugby union, covering 1,163 matches in total.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50629124|title = Howley banned for betting breach|work = BBC Sport}}</ref> Howley linked his betting to his sister's depression, alcoholism and early death.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/rob-howley-deserves-a-second-chance-i-definitely-rushed-to-judgment-qhrmf5hpt|title = Rob Howley deserves a second chance – I definitely rushed to judgment|last1 = Slot|first1 = Owen}}</ref>

===Results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Home
!Score
!Away
!Notes
|-
!colspan=6|2012
|-
| 2 June
| [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 30–21
| [[Barbarians F.C.|Barbarians]]
| 
|-
| 9 June
| [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]], [[Brisbane]]
|rowspan=3| {{ru-rt|AUS}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 27–19
|rowspan=3| {{ru|WAL}}
|rowspan=3| [[2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|2012 Welsh tour to Australia]]
|-
| 16 June
| [[Docklands Stadium|Etihad Stadium]], [[Melbourne]]
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 25–23
|-
| 23 June
| [[Sydney Football Stadium (1988)|Sydney Football Stadium]], [[Sydney]]
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 20–19
|-
| 10 November
| [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 12–26
| {{ru|ARG}}
| rowspan=2| [[2012 end-of-year rugby union tests]]
|-
| 16 November
| [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 19–26
| {{ru|SAM}}
|-
!colspan=6|2013
|-
| 2 February
| [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 22–30
| {{ru|IRE}}
|rowspan=5| [[2013 Six Nations]]
|-
| 9 February
| [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
| {{ru-rt|FRA}}
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 6–16
| {{ru|WAL}}
|-
| 23 February
| [[Stadio Olimpico]], [[Rome]]
| {{ru-rt|ITA}}
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 9–26
| {{ru|WAL}}
|-
| 9 March
| [[Murrayfield Stadium]], [[Edinburgh]]
| {{ru-rt|SCO}}
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 18–28
| {{ru|WAL}}
|-
| 16 March
| [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 30–3
| {{ru|ENG}}
|-
!colspan=6|2016
|-
| 5 November
| [[Principality Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|rowspan=4| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 8–32
| {{ru|AUS}}
| rowspan=4| [[2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals]]
|-
| 12 November
| [[Principality Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 24–20
| {{ru|ARG}}
|-
| 19 November
| [[Principality Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 33–30
| {{ru|JPN}}
|-
| 26 November
| [[Principality Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 27–13
| {{ru|RSA}}
|-
!colspan=6|2017
|-
| 5 February
| [[Stadio Olimpico]], [[Rome]]
| {{ru-rt|ITA}}
|bgcolor=CCFFCC|7–33
| {{ru|WAL}}
| rowspan=5| [[2017 Six Nations Championship|2017 Six Nations]]
|-
| 11 February
| [[Principality Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 16-21
| {{ru|ENG}}
|-
| 25 February
| [[Murrayfield Stadium]], [[Edinburgh]]
| {{ru-rt|SCO}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 29-13
| {{ru|WAL}}
|-
| 10 March
| [[Principality Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| {{ru-rt|WAL}}
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC| 22-9 
| {{ru|IRE}}
|-
| 18 March
| [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
| {{ru-rt|FRA}}
|bgcolor=#FFCCCC| 20–18
| {{ru|WAL}}
|}