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Warren Gatland, will go head to head with former All Black teammate Kieran Crowley when his Welsh side plays Canada in Cardiff on November 14.

Crowley, recently appointed Canada head coach told the Welsh Rugby Union website he is keen on renewing old rivalries with Gatland.

The two coaches traded verbal blows at provincial level in New Zealand as recently as 2007, with Crowley at the helm in Taranaki and Gatland back in charge at Waikato.

"We first met when Warren was a pretty hard uncompromising hooker, performing week in week out for Waikato, they were extremely successful at the time and he was very much a part of all of that," Crowley said.

"I also coached against him fairly recently when he was back with Waikato for a couple of years and with Warren you know you are always going to get attention to detail and a positive game out of his sides.

"I'm not at all surprised by the success he has had with Wales."

Gatland said the chance to catch up with an old foe and teammate in Crowley will add extra spice to his meeting with the Cannucks.

"He's taken a big step to travel round the other side of the world to coach which is another thing we have in common and we must be careful not to under-estimate him and his team," he said.

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