{"id":484397,"date":"2026-06-05T10:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484397\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:57:12","slug":"farrell-extends-ireland-contract-until-2031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484397\/","title":{"rendered":"Farrell Extends Ireland Contract Until 2031"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland rugby head coach Andy Farrell has signed a new contract with the IRFU until after the 2031 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>His current deal had been due to expire after next year\u2019s Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>There had been speculation he would take either the England job or possibly return to Saracens.<\/p>\n<p>He took up the role following Jee Schmidt\u2019s exit in late 2019, having served as a back\u2019s coach since since 2016 \u2013 meaning his association with the team will now run for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland won two Six Nations championships under Farrell\u2019s leadership, including a Grand Slam in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud to continue this journey with Irish Rugby,\u201d Farrell told the IRFU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege to work with such a talented group of players and staff, and to represent the supporters whose passion and unwavering support drive this team forward and inspire us every time we take the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-603356\" title=\"Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship Launch\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3329258-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship Launch\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland rugby head coach Andy Farrell has signed a new contract with the IRFU until after the 2031&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-484397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}