Warren Gatland backs Andy Farrell to be next British and Irish Lions Head Coach

The former three time head coach of the B&I Lions Warren Gatland will not be putting his name forward for the job for a fourth time.

PASSING ON THE BATON: Warren Gatland has announced that he will not be putting his name forward for the 2025 British and Irish Lions Tour and is backing Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell for the job. 

Warren Gatland will not be putting his name in the hat for the head coach role for the next British and Irish Lions tour of Australia in 2025. 

Gatland has a deep seeded love for the British and Irish Lions having faced them in 1993 in the tour of New Zealand. He then went on to be assistant coach to Sir Ian McGeechan in that 2009 tour of South Africa.