WARREN Gatland has left the door open for Ireland head coach Andy Farrell to join the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa this summer if his international commitments allow.
Lions’ boss Gatland was desperate for Farrell to travel after working with him on the trips to Australia in 2013 and New Zealand in 2017 when the Englishman helped beat the Wallabies and draw with the All Blacks.
But Farrell took over from Joe Schmidt in Ireland’s top job after the last World Cup and felt he would be needed on Ireland’s mooted summer tour to the Pacific Islands.
Plans for that have not been ...