Simon Easterby and Richard Wigglesworth set for Lions coaching roles
Head coach Andy Farrell will name his assistants for the tour of Australia on Wednesday.
Simon Easterby and Richard Wigglesworth look set to be the headline appointments among Andy Farrell’s British and Irish Lions coaching staff for this summer’s tour of Australia, according to reports.
Head coach Farrell will reveal his team of assistants in London on Wednesday.
Easterby took on the job of Ireland interim head coach for this season’s Guinness Six Nations campaign while Farrell concentrated on Lions business, and he and Wigglesworth are now reportedly poised for Lions roles.
Former England scrum-half Wigglesworth, 41, succeeded current England head coach Steve Borthwick as Leicester boss in 2022.
He then linked up with Borthwick’s England coaching team the following summer, and became senior assistant coach in October 2024.
Farrell will announce the playing squad for Australia on May 8, with the Lions facing Argentina in Dublin six weeks later before flying to Perth and a June 28 clash against Western Force.
A three-Test series against Australia kicks off in Brisbane on July 19, followed by games in Melbourne and Sydney.
