{"id":35220,"date":"2025-07-31T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/35220\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:25:08","slug":"andy-farrell-tipped-for-ashes-role-after-bi-lions-success-over-wallabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/35220\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Farrell tipped for Ashes role after B&I Lions success over Wallabies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Farrell will be more \u201cobsessed\u201d than ever about winning this weekend as he bids to guide the British and Irish Lions to a famous 3-0 series whitewash against the Wallabies.<\/p>\n

That is the view of England rugby league head coach Shaun Wane, who plans to tap into Farrell\u2019s expertise when his side faces Australia in the Ashes later this year.<\/p>\n

Farrell<\/a> has already worked wonders by guiding his men to a series victory after wins in Brisbane and Melbourne in the opening two Tests.<\/p>\n

Whitewash on cards<\/p>\n

Now he will look to inflict more pain and misery on the Aussies in their own backyard by winning again in Sydney on Saturday \u2013 clinching the Lions<\/a>\u2018 first series whitewash since 1927.<\/p>\n

Asked if he believes Farrell can complete a hat-trick of Test wins over the Wallabies<\/a>, fellow Wiganer Wane told Planet Rugby: \u201cI bloody hope so.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing Andy how I know him, he will be more obsessed about winning this week than he was in the first and second Tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would love nothing more than to achieve a 3-0 series whitewash \u2013 and I\u2019d love to see the Lions do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Andy to be the head coach of a British and Irish Lions side who have gone up 2-0 up to already clinch a really tough series is fantastic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s everything I would expect from Andy because he\u2019s just a born winner no matter where he goes or what he does, as a player or coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wane, who enjoyed a brief spell working at the Scottish Rugby Union before returning to rugby league, is an admirer of the 15-a-side code.<\/p>\n

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He has watched the Lions series with interest as he prepares for his own meeting with Australia\u2019s rugby league side \u2013 the Kangaroos \u2013 in the home Ashes series later this year.<\/p>\n

Asked which Lions players had particularly impressed against the Wallabies, Wane replied: \u201cThe Lions have a lot of good athletes in the outside backs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much rugby union talent in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland but the standout player for me in Melbourne last weekend was Maro Itoje.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the way he led from the front and I was watching it thinking \u2018there\u2019s so much pressure in those games at Test-match level\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo for Maro to do what he did and make the decisions he did was fantastic and spoke volumes about his character.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot everything he did was always very visible to us on TV, but his performance and no doubt everything he did behind the scenes as Lions captain makes him such an impressive leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wane is a proud Englishman and admits he would love to emulate what the Lions have achieved by beating Australia in a Test series.<\/p>\n

It will be first rugby league Ashes series since 2003 and Wane will get Farrell into camp to address his players before they face the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n

Ashes on the horizon<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOur series against Australia is going to be full on, so I\u2019ve been watching the Lions series against the Wallabies very closely and all the warm-up games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been really impressed with the Lions and the fact they have beaten the Wallabies absolutely gives our Ashes series against the Kangaroos added spice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia are a nation of sporting winners \u2013 whether that be in cricket, rugby union or rugby league \u2013 so at the Kangaroos will come here not wanting to lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be as prepared as the Lions have been.\u201d<\/p>\n

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