Andy Farrell Named Head Coach for British & Irish Lions 2025 Tour

Farrell to Begin Role in December 2024, Marking First Englishman to Lead Lions Since 2005

Andy Farrell has been named as the head coach for the British & Irish Lions 2025 tour of Australia.
Farrell, the current Ireland head coach, will be the first Englishman to take charge of the Lions since Sir Clive Woodward on the 2005 tour of New Zealand.
Farrell will begin his role in December 2024 and will work solely with the Lions until the conclusion of the 2025 Tour to Australia.
Farrell's appointment was a unanimous decision and he will confirm his full British & Irish Lions coaching team in due course.
Farrell has previously served as a defence coach for the Lions, contributing to the 2013 Series win in Australia and the drawn Series in New Zealand in 2017.