{"id":42444,"date":"2025-03-26T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=42444"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:24:06","slug":"british-and-irish-lions-coaches-confirmed-as-preparation-ramps-up-for-australia-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/british-and-irish-lions-coaches-confirmed-as-preparation-ramps-up-for-australia-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"British And Irish Lions Coaches Confirmed As Preparation Ramps Up For Australia Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Head coach Andy Farrell has named his British and Irish Lions coaches for the upcoming summer tour to Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/england\/\"><strong>England<\/strong><\/a> assistant coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/england-coach-richard-wigglesworth-set-to-join-british-irish-lions-setup-ahead-of-summer-tour-to-australia\/\"><strong>Richard Wigglesworth<\/strong><\/a> and Scotland forwards coach John Dalziel are both part of a group otherwise dominated by Ireland coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Irish head coach Farrell has leant heavily on the Ireland set-up, having left his role there temporarily this year to oversee the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Joining him is Simon Easterby, who filled Farrell&#8217;s position as interim Ireland head coach during the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/six-nations\/\"><strong> Six Nations<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attack coach Andrew Goodman and scrum coach John Fogarty also come from the Ireland coaching team.<\/p>\n<p>Performance manager David Nucifora spent ten years with Ireland before starting a similar role with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/scotland\/\"><strong>Scotland<\/strong><\/a> in 2024, and is also linking up with the Lions this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/ireland\/\"><strong>Ireland<\/strong><\/a> strength and conditioning and analysis staff members Aled Walters and Vinny Hammond had already been confirmed as part of the tour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing our coaches for our Tour of Australia \ud83e\udd81<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeGoBeyond?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeGoBeyond<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lions2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yenNxmPalX\">pic.twitter.com\/yenNxmPalX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; British &amp; Irish Lions (@lionsofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lionsofficial\/status\/1904834481229344942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>British And Irish Lions Schedule For Australia Tour<\/h2>\n<p>On 20 June, the Lions will play a rare home fixture when they face Argentina in Dublin ahead of their trip down under.<\/p>\n<p>The first tour match on Australian soil will be against Western Force on 28 June.<\/p>\n<p>Following several warm-up games against provincial opponents, they will then play the Wallabies in the first test in Brisbane on 19 July.<\/p>\n<p>There will be one further midweek game between the first and second tests, before the final two test matches in Melbourne and Sydney.<\/p>\n<h4>Lions Schedule In Full:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>20 Jun &#8211; <strong>The Lions<\/strong> Vs Argentina (Aviva Stadium, Dublin)<br \/>\n28 Jun &#8211; Western Force Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Optus Stadium, Perth)<br \/>\n02 Jul &#8211; Queensland Reds Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane)<br \/>\n05 Jul &#8211; NSW Waratahs Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Allianz Stadium, Sydney)<br \/>\n09 Jul &#8211; ACT Brumbies Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (GIO Stadium, Canberra)<br \/>\n12 Jul &#8211; Invitational AU &amp; NZ Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Adelaide Oval, Adelaide)<br \/>\n19 Jul &#8211; Wallabies Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane)<br \/>\n22 Jul &#8211; First Nations &amp; Pasifika XV Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne)<br \/>\n26 Jul &#8211;\u00a0 Wallabies Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (MCG, Melbourne)<br \/>\n02 Aug &#8211; Wallabies Vs <strong>The Lions<\/strong> (Accor Stadium, Sydney)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When Is The British And Irish Lions Squad Announced?<\/h2>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/british-irish-lions\/\"><strong>British and Irish Lions<\/strong><\/a> coaches, Andy Farrell and his team will meet up to begin preparations in earnest for the summer tour.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of rugby will be played between now and then, though. 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