Andy Farrell: The Making of a World-Class Coach

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

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🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Hask and Payno explore the making of Andy Farrell, a two-time Man of Steel forged in a tough Wigan environment. Sitting down to launch his new book, The Only Way I Know, he discusses how becoming a father to Owen at 16 cemented his focus, recalling the shock: "We were devastated, we felt we'd let our parents down." That early responsibility and drive became the blueprint for his world-class coaching success. Season 6 is Sponsored by Continental Tyres. 00:00 🎥 Show Intro & Welcome: Andy Farrell 02:18 📘 The Farrell Book: From Wigan Debut at 16 to Lions Coach 07:53 🏉 Once A Wiganer Always A Wiganer 09:23 ⚔️ Rugby League: The Ashes, NRL & The War of Attrition 17:26 🎶 Richard Ashcroft & Oasis 29:33 👨‍👦 Becoming a Dad 38:23 🧠 “You Never Let Him Win": Andy on Competing with Owen Farrell 40:29 💪 Grip Strength Challenge: Two-Time Man of Steel on the Leaderboard 52:40 🧭 Coaching Evolution: From Ruthless Standards to Modern Man Management 01:06:53 🏆 Why Andy Moved to Union & What’s Next 🎟️ Tour Tickets: https://myticket.co.uk/artists/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby 🥃 Rémy Martin x Barbarians Live Show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-with-barbarian-legends-x-remy-martin-vsop-tickets-1777685728869 📘 GBR Book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/reloaded-the-good-the-bad-and-the-rugby/james-haskell/mike-tindall/9780008786373 🏉Rugby League Ashes: https://tinyurl.com/p322anfw #rugby #podcast #tindall #haskell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	16 you were, you made your Wigan senior debut, 20 you were captain of Wigan, 21 you were captain of Great Britain. So where's home? Well, Dublin's home. And where's the heart? Well, once a Wigan, I always a Wiganer. When I first met you around 2007. One of the worst days in my life, by the way. Yeah. That environment, that doggy dog type of environment, stands with me 100% to the state.
0:22.6	Owen said you never let him win.
0:24.6	Who wins now?
0:25.6	Ping-pong.
0:26.6	Me? Fitness, running golf.
0:28.6	French press?
0:29.6	Definitely me.
0:30.6	You've mentioned Owen, having Owen at 16 a couple of times.
0:32.6	Was that the scariest conversation you've ever had to have?
0:34.6	It certainly was when I was telling Colleen's dad, yeah?
0:42.2	It is such a special time as more to life than just rugby like.
0:44.9	Alex Payne trying to keep the side going forward.
0:47.9	Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat.
0:52.1	And there's Tyndall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories. A dominant display by the good, the bad and the rugby.
0:56.3	Hello, Dream Team. Welcome along to episode three of season six of the good, the bad and the
1:01.0	rugby. We have had big interviews so far. Would you believe we've had Peter Omaney and Mike
1:06.0	Brown alongside, Johnny May last week? We have got another massive guest for you this week.
1:30.2	Thank you to our sponsor that allows all of this to happen. Continental Tires are the official tire partner to England rugby. Engineered for victory. The award winning tires are built to perform no matter the conditions. And it is all part of our biggest season yet of the good, the bad and the rugby. Would you believe we have had over half a million longform views and listeners? Should you say half a million? Half a million. I don't believe it. Which is astonishing for the opening two shows. So if you haven't already, please do make sure you are subscribed, wherever it is that you're doing, you're watching and you're listening. Thank you to everyone who's dialed in so far. Yes, and if you want to watch us and listen to us in the flesh, you'd be a Muppet not to, then we are on tour at the end of this month.
1:45.4	The lock-in live is hitting cities. watch us and listen to us in the flesh, you'd be a Muppet not to, then we are on tour at the
1:44.5	end of this month.
1:45.5	The lock-in live is hitting cities across the UK.
1:49.6	We've got Warwick, Cardiff, Birmingham, Oxford, Reading and Guilford.
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