Cika wannan jumla:
Gasar Kasashe shida ta 2016, Gatland ta jagoranci Wales zuwa na biyu tare da maki 7, maki 3 a bayan masu nasara Ingila. Gasar ta fara ne da wasa 16 a kan Ireland a Dublin, kafin Wales ta ci nasara 27-23 a kan Scotland a Cardiff. Sun goyi bayan nasarar Scottish tare da nasara 19-10 a kan Faransa, kafin su sauka zuwa Ingila 25-21. A wani lokaci a wannan wasan, Wales sun yi rauni 19 zuwa 0, amma sun zira kwallaye uku a rabi na biyu don zuwa da maki 4 na nasara. A wasan karshe, Wales ta sami nasarar cin nasara mafi girma a wasan kasashe shida, inda ta ci maki 53 a nasarar da ta samu a kan Italiya 67-14. A watan Yunin 2016, Gatland ya dauki Wales a jerin wasanni uku da suka buga da New Zealand. All Blacks sun kasance ba tare da yawancin ƙungiyar cin Kofin Duniya ba, tare da Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Keven Mealamu, Ma'a Nonu da Conrad Smith duk sun yi ritaya. Gwajin farko ya ga Wales ta gabatar da abin da ya gamsar da shi, yana jagorantar 'Yan Wasan Duniya 18<unk> 15 a rabin lokaci. Koyaya, Wales ta sauka bayan minti na 60, ta yarda da ƙoƙari uku don rasa wasan 39 zuwa 21. Wales sannan ya sauka zuwa Super Rugby gefen Chiefs, 40 zuwa 7 a wasan tsakiyar mako. A cikin gwaji na biyu, ƙungiyoyin sun daidaita bayan minti 40 10<unk> duka, amma maki 26 da ba a amsa ba a rabi na biyu, gami da ƙoƙari 4 tare da a cikin mintuna 15 sun ga All Blacks sun tabbatar da jerin bayan sun ci 36<unk>22. Gwajin ƙarshe ya ga New Zealand ta ci jerin 3 × 0, ta lashe 46 × 6.