Why is Andy Farrell Ireland rugby head coach while son Owen Farrell captains England in the Six Nations?
ANDY FARRELL and Owen Farrell will be on opposite sides as England face Ireland in the Six Nations. The sides face off at Twickenham today and new Ireland head coach Andy will be looking to avoid a repeat of last year when England captain Owen’s side made mincemeat of his defence. Why is Andy Farrell […]
ANDY FARRELL and Owen Farrell will be on opposite sides as England face Ireland in the Six Nations.
The sides face off at Twickenham today and new Ireland head coach Andy will be looking to avoid a repeat of last year when England captain Owen’s side made mincemeat of his defence.
Why is Andy Farrell the Ireland head coach?
After a year as Saracens first team coach, Farrell joined England’s coaching team in 2012.
In 2013, he toured with the British and Irish Lions as defence coach in Australia, earning special praise from Warren Gatland.
Farrell was then sacked by new England coach Eddie Jones in 2015 after the Australian took over following a group stage World Cup exit.
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Interestingly, son Owen would then progress to become England captain under Jones after Dylan Hartley was dropped.
Partly as a result of his successful British and Irish Lions campaign, Andy Farrell was then picked up by former Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt and named defence coach in 2016.
He then helped the Irish to a Six Nations grand slam in 2018.
Following the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Schmidt stepped down as Ireland head coach, with Andy Farrell named his successor.
