When Warren Gatland relinquished fulltime coaching duties with Wales in the summer, his side had just won the Six Nations and was still feasting on its run to the World Cup semifinals.
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How things have changed.
The New Zealander retook the reins on Monday with Welsh rugby on its knees and the national team in crisis after five straight losses, most recently to Argentina and Samoa over successive weekends.
It could get a whole lot tougher for Gatland and Wales, with New Zealand and Australia still to come at the end of a chastening month of autumn tests.
The latest IRB rankings show how far the Dragons have fallen – they are now No 8 and struggling to stay in the second band of seeds for the 2015 World Cup.