Dan Biggar believes British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell has been vindicated by his selections, and compared him to his Lions predecessor Warren Gatland.<\/p>\n
Farrell and his coaching staff were under pressure from the outset of their tour after suffering a 28-24 defeat in their first match against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium \u2013 their first Lions defeat in a tour opener since 1971.<\/p>\n
However, the tourists have been in excellent form since arriving in Australia as they have won all their matches Down Under and are on the verge of a 3-0 Test series whitewash if they beat the Wallabies<\/a> in Sydney on Saturday.<\/p>\n Biggar<\/a> appeared on The Rugby Pod podcast on Sunday and was asked by the show\u2019s host and producer Rob Graham whether Farrell<\/a> got the big calls right, referencing selection decisions around Owen Farrell being called up, Jac Morgan not being named in the matchday squad for the first Test and the big Irish contingent who were included for the second Test.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s a results business\u2019<\/p>\n When it was put to him that, despite Farrell getting those selection calls right, it did not really matter as they were still going to win regardless, because of how much better they were than the Wallabies, Biggar replied: \u201cI think there\u2019s an element of both. I do think sometimes it\u2019s a results business. Especially in a Lions<\/a> series, it\u2019s a results business.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if the result had gone the other way, how the reaction would have been. But ultimately, you have to say that Andy Farrell and his coaching team have been vindicated because they\u2019ve won the series. Now, no matter how you do it, nobody will care about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Biggar feels the end result of winning the Test series is all that matters and drew a comparison to Farrell\u2019s current situation and Gatland\u2019s in Australia in 2013.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody will be saying in 10, 15, 20, 25 years time that, \u2018Oh yeah, but the Wallabies weren\u2019t great\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd maybe he should have picked this guy or that guy, et cetera.<\/p>\n \u201cA little bit like Gats, you compare Gats almost in 2013, probably the biggest Lions selection of all time. You could argue, dropping Brian O\u2019Driscoll for Jonathan Davis.<\/p>\n \u201cDo you know what I mean? It\u2019s like, if that hadn\u2019t gone the way of the Lions, then all of a sudden I think there\u2019s huge, potentially the way that it falls out is very different.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Gats has been completely vindicated from that, as has Andy Farrell.<\/p>\n