British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has stated his aspect aren’t overconfident regardless of their standing as favourites to win the upcoming Take a look at collection towards Australia.
Farrell has named his workforce for the primary Take a look at in Brisbane on Saturday with Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones beginning within the midfield, whereas the hotly contested again row is made up of Tadhg Beirne, Jack Conan and Tom Curry.
There isn’t any room within the aspect for English stars Owen Farrell or Henry Pollock.
Pollock has stated a 3-0 collection sweep was “undoubtedly on the desk” for the Lions however Farrell insisted there isn’t any danger of overconfidence within the squad main into the collection.
“There is no overconfidence in any respect. It is having an interior confidence inside our group that we’ll go on and execute the plan when it issues,” Farrell stated.
“There is a realisation of what it’s and what it means[to be a Lion] and the way privileged we’re. However that once more would not get in the best way of how we put together to make it possible for we permit ourselves to be the very best model of ourselves.”
Farrell’s star studded squad and Australia’s inconsistent run of type has the Lions as pre-series favourites.
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When requested if he needed his aspect to embrace the tag, Farrell stated: “100% Why would not you? You get requested questions like that however internally you are simply getting on with constructing your individual perception, your individual confidence as a workforce and it goes for either side.
“Speaking to [Australian rugby league legend] Gordon Tallis in the present day, he stated that everybody used to speak about Queensland being underdogs.
“He stated: ‘We by no means ever noticed it that manner,’ and Australia can be precisely the identical. It is about your preparation and the way you get all the way down to performing what actually issues.”
