How will the Lions coaches slice up Tour of duties?

Andy Farrell has resisted the temptation to define rigid roles for his assistants.

British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell (third left) poses with his assistants Richard Wigglesworth, Simon Easterby, John Dalziel, Andrew Goodman and John Fogarty (left to right).

Richard Wigglesworth was first subject to Andy Farrell’s powers of persuasions as a player when Saracens came calling for the scrum-half’s services in 2010.

“Wiggy, have you got the balls to do it?” the then Sarries assistant coach asked of his fellow Lancastrian, still a Sale Sharks player and sceptical about moving south, after a tour of his potential new neighbourhood.