Andy Farrell challenges Robbie Henshaw to show Lions pedigree against England

Warren Gatland was at Murrayfield last Sunday as Henshaw excelled in the narrow 27-24 win over Scotland

Robbie Henshaw of Ireland is tackled by Finn Russell of Scotland. Picture: Paul Devlin/Sportsfile

Andy Farrell has challenged Robbie Henshaw and his Ireland team-mates to continue their good form into tomorrow’s Guinness Six Nations finale with England and onto Warren Gatland’s squad list for the British & Irish Lions this summer.

Gatland was at Murrayfield last Sunday as Henshaw excelled in the narrow 27-24 win over Scotland and has been in Dublin all week monitoring Ireland’s training sessions as decision day looms on who he will select for the summer’s scheduled Test series with South Africa, plans for which are proceeding despite uncertainty in the current pandemic.