Why Andy and Owen Farrell are a father and son duo like no other

With Farrell Sr in line for the world coach award and his son Owen set for his 100th cap, a big weekend looms for the formidable pair

FATHER AND SON: Owen Farrel (L) talks to his father and Lions defence coach Andy Farrell during the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour in New Zealand. Pic: David Rogers/Getty Images

The list of successful British sporting fathers and sons is not as long as you might think. The Redknapps and the Cloughs in football, Damon and Graham Hill in motor racing and Sir Ian and Liam Botham in cricket are perhaps the most widely known. In rugby union the Youngs and Vunipola dynasties have achieved plenty, as has the extended Hastings clan.

Has there ever been a duo, though, to match Andy and Owen Farrell? Take this weekend’s diary for example: Andy is on the shortlist for the World Coach of the Year award, due to be announced in Monte Carlo on Sunday, while Owen is set to win his 100th England cap against the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday. As double whammies go, it is a genuine collector’s item.