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In rugby union, he played for Saracens from 2005 to 2009, mostly as a centre. After retiring as a player, Farrell continued in rugby union as a coach, working as an assistant coach with Saracens, Munster, England, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He became head coach of Ireland in 2019.
Dec 4, 2016 · Ethnicity: Irish, English. Andy Farrell is an Irish rugby coach, and English rugby union coach and rugby league and rugby union footballer. He is the coach of the Ireland rugby union team, and has captained the Great Britain rugby league team. Andy is the son of Carol and Peter Farrell.
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It should come as no surprise that, despite the fact he was born in Wigan, and represented England at rugby union and league, Farrell can trace his family heritage to Dublin.
Farrell was capped 34 times by Great Britain’s in rugby league and another 11 times for England’s rugby league team. He also won eight more caps as an England rugby union international. Farrell started his rugby union career as a forward before moving into the midfield at international level, while staying in the pack for his club, English Premiers...
Farrell’s rise up the coaching ranks has been swift. He retired as a Saracens’ player in 2009 to join the club’s coaching set-up under a certain Eddie Jones. Within two years, he was defence coach for Stuart Lancaster’s England, before being snapped up by Schmidt to join the Ireland ticket, soon after he was sacked following England’s disappointing...
Things very definitely didn’t go according to plan in the 2019 World Cup quarter-final, but Farrell has one of the finest coaching records against the All Blacks, with four wins and a draw on his CV. Two of those wins came with Ireland. The others were with England and the British and Irish Lions. He’s was also the only defence coach of any rugby n...
It is well known that his son is England captain and fly-half-cum-centre Owen Farrell. Ireland’s new head coach is also the cousin of England rugby league international Liam Farrell and is married to the sister of former Great Britain rugby league captain Sean O’Loughlin.
Jan 12, 2024 · Andy Farrell became Ireland‘s head coach after Joe Schmidt stepped down following the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Here is the background info you need on the dual-code star… Ten things you should know about Andy Farrell. 1. Andy Farrell was born 30 May 1975 and he started in rugby as a player.
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Jan 31, 2024 · His father Andy Farrell moved with his family to Dublin in 2019 when taking over the role of head coach for Ireland. He himself is of Irish descent and has said: “Everyone from the...
Mar 18, 2022 · In 12 months Andy Farrell has built a clear Irish identity to put himself in position of strength Talking Point Ireland head coach Andy Farrell at squad training at Carton House in...
2 days ago · Andy Farrell will be delighted with Ireland set to strengthen key area. Rory Keane. 28/09/2024. Just before Ireland were about to embark on the most gruelling of summer tours in deepest, darkest New Zealand, Andy Farrell set his stall out to the playing squad. It was June 2022 and Ireland were facing into a three-Test series against the All ...
