Andy Farrell Lions Head Coach 2025

[Leonormous Boozer]

Only option really and worst kept secret. Very neutral on it, would rather he stayed with Ireland.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeah, best choice available
More interested in who the assistants will be as it was always going to be Farrell in charge

 

[Groundhog]

O'Connell is rumoured to be involved anyway

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Townsend as backs coach? Shaun Edward's defence?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Townsend as backs coach? Shaun Edward's defence?

I'd be very surprised if Townsend is willing to work with Farrell and vice versa. No love lost between Scottish and Irish rugby currently.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Anyone know if Edwards would be available or whether he's on good terms with Farrell? The whole point of the Lions is to put aside differences for the greater cause.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Good luck to the ****.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Anyone know if Edwards would be available or whether he's on good terms with Farrell? The whole point of the Lions is to put aside differences for the greater cause.

He might have had it explicitly written into his contract but I doubt the FRU would let him have the time off to go play jollies while they've got a tour

 

[Bada-Bing!]

He might have had it explicitly written into his contract but I doubt the FRU would let him have the time off to go play jollies while they've got a tour

Yeh you're probably right. And France don't owe the Lions anything.

POC as forwards coach is an obvious one especially being ex captain and an Ireland coach.

Scrum coach is an obvious one to get right.

Any Welsh, England coaches?

 

[Welsh Exile]

Yeh you're probably right. And France don't owe the Lions anything.

POC as forwards coach is an obvious one especially being ex captain and an Ireland coach.

Scrum coach is an obvious one to get right.

Any Welsh, England coaches?

I can see him going for his fellow Wigan (ite?) (er?) what do you call someone from Wigan? Anyway, I could see him going for Foreshaw as defence coach.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

what do you call someone from Wigan?

The automatic censoring on this forum means you can't spell it out.

 

[Saintjay]

Eddie Jones - local liason officer.
Steve Borthwick - Personality skills and media coach.
Rob Howley - Extra curricular activities officer.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Eddie Jones - local liason officer.
Steve Borthwick - Personality skills and media coach.
Rob Howley - Extra curricular activities officer.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Eddie Jones - local liason officer.
Steve Borthwick - Personality skills and media coach.
Rob Howley - Extra curricular activities officer.

Gatland - Head of team unity

 

[Welsh Exile]

Gatland - Head of team unity

To be fair, Gatland was excellent at unifying the Irish, English and Scots to utterly hate him.

 

[ncurd]

To be fair, Gatland was excellent at unifying the Irish, English and Scots to utterly hate him.

Didn't he even get the Welsh onside last tour?

 

[McTallshort]

Hope ROG is involved

 

[General Melchett]

I wonder if there will be another Geography 6.

Sexton is on holiday in Tasmania and just so happens to have taken his boots with him. He gets an SOS call after OF gets sent back to tackle school. It's the stuff fairytales are made of.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Im hoping we actually see some Scottish players on this tour rather than some players from South Africa who pretend to be Scottish.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Hope ROG is involved

Although same applies to him as it would Edwards.