The question is: why would you go hunting elsewhere when you already have the best coach available right in front of you?
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hether Andy Farrell is the British & Irish Lions head coach on the 2029 tour of New Zealand should ultimately come down to if he wants to do it. He has earned the right to choose. Those responsible for making the decision should not be looking at any other candidate. Why would you go hunting elsewhere and try to find someone else when you already have the best coach available right in front of you?
Put simply, Farrell has delivered. He was told in no uncertain terms to deliver a first series win in 12 years and that is precisely what he has done. The Lions are closing in on a 3-0 series whitewash, something Farrell targeted from the start of the tour and that would bring about another significant slice of history.
I’ve had the privilege of working with him and I know that the players love him. Putting together an international team is hard enough but choosing from four international teams and pulling them together is all the more difficult. Farrell has provided them with clarity from the outset. They’re not England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales players – they are Lions. Fostering that culture has been one of his greatest strengths.
