WALES COACH Warren Gatland has suffered a foot injury during a fall from a ladder in New Zealand.

The 48-year-old Kiwi’s return to Wales has been delayed as he recovers from the incident on Easter Monday.

WRU chief executive Roger Lewis said: “We all wish Warren a speedy recovery from the injuries he has suffered in this extremely unfortunate accident.”

Gatland’s return to Wales has been delayed as he recovers from leg injuries sustained in the fall while working at his family beach house on Waihi Beach on Monday morning.

He was cleaning windows when he lost his balance and fell around 10 feet on to concrete, taking the full impact on his heels. He suffered multiple fractures to the right calcaneus and also a fracture to the left calcaneus. He is in leg casts and requires surgery to reconstruct his right heel.