Andy Farrell, Ireland’s head coach, has extended his contract for two years. He will remain in charge until August 2025.
After their historic win over New Zealand, Ireland is now the number one team worldwide.
The team won the Triple Crown at the 2022 Six Nations Championship.
Kevin Potts, Chief Executive of IRFU, stated that Andy is “one of the best coaches in the world” and has helped to elevate the game.
Farrell’s contract was to end at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. However, he was considered to be “very highly” by the Rugby Football Union when they set out to replace Eddie Jones as England manager.
The eight-capped England international was first appointed assistant coach to the Irish coaching setup in 2016. Joe Schmidt became the head coach after the 2019 World Cup.
Potts released a statement by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) stating that Andy Farrell accepted a two year extension to his contract as head coach of the men’s international team. This will keep Farrell at the helm until August 2025. There is also an option to extend the contract for another two years based on mutually agreed performance indicators.
Andy has the team playing a brand new style of rugby that excites, entertains, and engages people while producing important winning results.
“I want to thank Andy for his outstanding impact on Ireland’s performance to date. We look forward to the next year, which will include the Rugby World Cup in France.”
Farrell commented on the new deal and said that he was happy to extend his contract with Irish Rugby for an additional two years. We as a team have made it very clear that we are moving towards the 2023 Rugby World Cup. In recent months, we have made good progress in that direction.
David and I discussed the New Zealand tour ahead of time. [Nucifora] We looked at the challenges and opportunities facing the national team after the France tournament. I look forward to continuing my work with the group as well as the next generation of international Irish players.”
