Andy Farrell

Andy Farrell
	Farrell in 2020
Full name	Andrew David Farrell
Date of birth	30 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Wigan, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Notable relative(s)	Owen Farrell (son); Phil Farrell (brother); Liam Farrell (cousin); Connor Farrell (cousin); Sean O'Loughlin (brother-in-law)
Rugby league career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Loose forward, Second-row
Senior career
Years	Team
1991–2004	Wigan
	Correct as of 14 May 2023
International career
Years	Team
1993–2004	Great Britain
1995–2001	England
2001–2003	Lancashire
	Correct as of 14 May 2023
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre, Fly-half, Flanker
Current team	Ireland (head coach)
Senior career
Years	Team
2005–2009	Saracens
	Correct as of 14 May 2023
International career
Years	Team
2007	England
	Correct as of 14 May 2023
Coaching career
Years	Team
2010–2012	Saracens
2011–2015	England (assistant)
2013	British & Irish Lions (defence)
2016–2019	Ireland (assistant)
2019–	Ireland
2025–	British & Irish Lions
	Correct as of 11 January 2024

Andrew David Farrell OBE (born 30 May 1975) is an English professional rugby union coach and former player for both rugby league and rugby union. Farrell has been head coach of the Ireland national team since 2019.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Farrell earned 34 caps for Great Britain and 11 for England in rugby league, including the 1995 and 2000 World Cups, and 8 for England in rugby union, including the 2007 World Cup.

He was a goal-kicking loose forward in rugby league, who played for Wigan between 1991 and 2004, winning six Championships and four Challenge Cups, as well as numerous individual awards. He frequently captained Wigan, England and Great Britain. 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. He coached them to a 2–1 series victory in New Zealand in 2022 and two consecutive Six Nations Championships wins in 2023 and 2024, including a Grand Slam in 2023.

In January 2024, Farrell was appointed coach of the Lions tour to Australia in 2025. As a result, he will miss the 2025 Six Nations Championship.

^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[Statistics_at_rugbyleagueproject.org-1] "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[England_Statistics_at_englandrl.co.uk-2] "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[Great_Britain_Statistics_at_englandrl.co.uk-3] "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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