But he was on target two minutes later from a penalty which saw Bath lock Peter Short sent to the sin bin for pulling back Blues number eight Xavier Rush off the ball.
When Master Lock looked at their numbers, they saw that union workers in America could do the same job at competitive costs as non-union workers in China.
In the past, Gatland has rounded on lock Alun Wyn Jones for the trip on Dylan Hartley that saw him sin-binned and England score 17 points at Twickenham in 2010 during his absence, describing his act as "stupid".