Andy Farrell happy as Joe Schmidt's assistant amid succession links

Andy Farrell has insisted he is happy being an assistant to Joe Schmidt, despite appearing to get an endorsement to succeed his boss as Ireland head coach should the main man depart after next year’s World Cup.

Defence coach Farrell and his former England head coach Stuart Lancaster, now senior coach at Leinster, were both linked as successors to Schmidt, who has promised to deliver his decision by the end of this month on whether he will continue as Ireland boss after the 2019 World Cup.