Wigan lad to captain England
''Owen Farrell will captain England for the first time in Saturday's Six Nations match against France, with regular skipper Dylan Hartley ruled out through injury''
and a St Pats lad at that!
Started: 8th Mar 2018 at 10:17
He comes from a good Rugby family.....Good luck tert lad..
Replied: 8th Mar 2018 at 15:14
well done to owen thought he was bound for wigan,
Replied: 8th Mar 2018 at 18:54
Obviously this means that Uncle and nephew now captain England RL and England RU teams respectively. One for Question of Sport in the future.
Replied: 9th Mar 2018 at 00:39
And if he ever gets to captain the British Lions it will be a father and son double, albeit at different codes
Replied: 9th Mar 2018 at 07:29
Only just remembered that Keiron O’Loughlin is father of the England RL captain and grandfather of the England RU captain. Must be a very proud guy.
Replied: 9th Mar 2018 at 11:52
And he and their Kevin were fine players as well
Replied: 9th Mar 2018 at 12:30
The Farrells and the O'Loughlins, there's some rugby pedigree there. And top blokes also.
Replied: 9th Mar 2018 at 22:09
couldn't agree more Builderboy & Tuddy
Replied: 10th Mar 2018 at 07:41
mily
Replied: 10th Mar 2018 at 10:09
sorry for the last post. I was about to say I was at St Pats with Margaret Farrell in my class and her oldfer brother John a year ahead of us. Great RL family
Replied: 10th Mar 2018 at 10:15
Did not make much difference to score line. Seems the Irish are top dogs at present.
Replied: 11th Mar 2018 at 21:51
They are top dog, but another Wigan lad, Andrew Farrell, Owen's dad, Is the defence coach for Ireland. And to keep it in the family, as broady mentioned earlier, Andrew is the England and Wigan rugby league captain, Shaun O'Loughlin's brother in law. And also the son in law of former Wigan player Keioron O'Loughlin. This is getting complicated!
Replied: 11th Mar 2018 at 22:24