Posting at the top table won’t lessen Farrell’s hunger to learn

This is the time Andy Farrell has been planning for. The moment that has been in his mind since he was a teenager at the outset of a glittering professional rugby life.

As the 2020 Six Nations approaches, with round one kicking off on Saturday, February 1, the rugby league playing legend has finally arrived at the high table of Test-match rugby union coaching as he prepares to lead Ireland for the first time as head coach.