Andy Farrell has confirmed his British & Irish Lions coaching team for this summer’s tour to Australia.
The Ireland boss is leading the trip Down Under after three consecutive tours under Warren Gatland, on two of which Farrell served as an assistant in both 2013 and 2017.
He had already started to put together his backroom staff, with former Australia international and current Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) performance director David Nucifora joining as general manager along with Ireland’s head of athletic performance Aled Walters and head of analysis Vinny Hammond.
Farrell was waiting until the conclusion of the Six Nations to confirm the rest of his coaching team, which was completed in an official announcement made on Wednesday morning.
Also heading to Australia is Simon Easterby, who will take up the role as defence coach after leading Ireland in the Six Nations as interim head coach in Farrell’s absence.
He is joined by fellow Ireland coaches Andrew Goodman and John Fogarty, responsible for the attack and scrum respectively.
