British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell says will probably be a “bit totally different” watching the Six Nations unfold this 12 months as an alternative of main the Eire workforce.
The 49-year-old Englishman has guided Eire to back-to-back Six Nations titles however is taking a sabbatical from the function to teach the Lions on this summer time’s tour to Australia.
“I will be intrigued to observe from the sidelines – will probably be a bit totally different for me, watching the Six Nations from the sidelines,” Farrell advised RTE.
“Not simply that, [there’s] the large video games in Europe, the URC and Premiership and many others. Good luck to everybody”
Simon Easterby has taken over from Farrell as interim head coach as Eire bid for third straight Six Nations triumph.
Farrell succeeds Warren Gatland as Lions head coach after serving as his assistant for the 2013 and 2017 collection.
He’ll put together the Lions for 10 video games, together with a gap Check towards Argentina in Dublin and ending with a three-Check collection towards Australia in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Farrell added that he’s solely targeted on deciding on the proper workforce for the Lions.
“It is all the time the job of a head coach – everybody all the time asks concerning the troublesome selections to be made, but it surely’s my job to do the proper factor by the workforce.
“And the workforce I’ll be teaching in the summertime is the British and Irish Lions.”
