O'Loughlin Farrell family explained

The O'Loughlin Farrell family of Wigan, England have produced a number of notable rugby league and rugby union footballers. The majority of those players started their professional careers at their home club, Wigan Warriors, and many have gone on to make a significant impact at club and international level. The family has Irish heritage.

Family Tree

Bold indicates rugby playing members of the family.

Non-notable family members are not included unless they help illustrate the relation between notable family members.

Playing members

Family Member	Life	Current status	Club Career	International Career (apps)	Coaching Career	Ref.
Kevin O'Loughlin	Unknown–2017		Wigan, Swinton, Blackpool
Keiron O'Loughlin	1953–			Lancashire rugby league (4)		^[1] ^[2]
Andy Farrell	1975–	Ireland rugby union Head Coach		Great Britain rugby league (34) England rugby league (11) England rugby union (8)	Saracens Head Coach England rugby union Assistant Coach Ireland rugby union Assistant Coach ; Head Coach British & Irish Lions Defence Coach ; Head Coach	^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Phil Farrell	1980–			Ireland rugby league (1)		^[6]
Sean O'Loughlin	1982–	Wigan Warriors Assistant Coach	Wigan	Great Britain rugby league (11) England rugby league (25)	Wigan Assistant Coach	^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
Liam Farrell	1990–	Wigan Warriors Captain	Wigan	England rugby league (11)		^[11]
Owen Farrell	1991–	Saracens Captain	Saracens	England rugby union (109) British & Irish Lions (6)		^[12] ^[13]
Connor Farrell	1993–					^[14] ^[15]

Records and statistics

England

As of 5 November 2022 for League; As of 15 October 2023 for Union

Points and appearances

• Andy Farrell has scored the seventh most points for the England national rugby league team with 78.^[16]
• Owen Farrell has scored the most points for the England national rugby union team with 1206.^[17] In addition, he has scored the eighth most point for the British & Irish Lions with 34.^[18]
• Sean O'Loughlin is joint ninth highest appearance maker for the England national rugby league team with 28 caps.^[19]

Captaincy

• Andy Farrell and Sean O'Loughlin have both captain the England national rugby league team from 1996–2001 and 2015–2018 respectively.
• Owen Farrell is the second longest serving, and current captain of the England national rugby union team, serving for 46 matches since 2018.^[20]
• Owen Farrell captained the England national rugby union team to the 2020 Six Nations Championship.

Wigan Warriors

As of 15 October 2023

• Collectively, the family has made 1,124+ appearances, and scored 338 tries and 4,034 points for Wigan Warriors.^[21]
• Sean O'Loughlin is Wigan's most capped player of all time with 425 appearance, Andy and Liam Farrell rank forth and fifth on that list with 304 and 293 appearance recectfully.
• The family has delivered several majoir honours as captain of Wigan Warriors:
  • Andy Farrell

• • • Super League II
    • 2002 Challenge Cup
  • Sean O'Loughlin

• • • Super League XV
    • 2011 Challenge Cup
    • 2013 Challenge Cup
    • Super League XVIII
    • Super League XXI
    • 2017 World Club Challenge
    • Super League XXIII
  • Liam Farrell

• • • 2022 Challenge Cup
    • Super League XXVIII

Saracens

• Owen Farrell captained Saracens F.C. to the 2022–23 Premiership Rugby title.

Hall of Fames

• Andy Farrell was inducted into the British Rugby Football League Hall of Fame in 2022.
• Andy Farrell and Sean O’Loughlin were inducted into the Wigan Warriors Hall of Fame in ???? and 2020 respectfully.

References

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Genealogical references

• https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/andy-farrell-finds-a-home-from-home-1.2680391
• https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8131547.farrell-benefits-from-family-connections/
• http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=768
• http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/kevin-o--loughlin--s-/summary.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/feb/26/liam-farrell-world-cup-challenge
• https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/15/andy-and-owen-farrell-rugby-union-father-and-son-duo-the-breakdown
• https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-union/news/11069/11850800/rugby-world-cup-final-owen-farrell-by-his-uncle-sean-oloughlin
• https://www.ruck.co.uk/owen-farrell-wasnt-originally-a-farrell-and-could-play-international-rugby-against-brother/

Notes and References

1. Book: Morris, Graham. Wigan Rugby League Football Club: 100 Greats. 2005. Tempus Publishing. Stroud. 93. 978-0-7524-3470-4.
2. Web site: Keiron O'Loughlin. rugby.widnes.tv. 8 December 2013.
3. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
4. Web site: England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012150/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Farrell&submit=Go&c=England. dead. 24 September 2015. englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
5. Web site: Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012151/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Farrell&submit=Go&c=GB. dead. 24 September 2015. englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
6. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. 1 January 2019.
7. Web site: Profile at loverugbyleague.com. loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
8. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
9. Web site: England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk. englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418225640/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Sean&submit=Go&c=England. 18 April 2018. dmy-all.
10. Web site: Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk. englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053234/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Sean&submit=Go&c=GB. 19 April 2018. dmy-all.
11. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
12. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Owen Farrell - Test matches. ESPN scrum. 26 July 2021.
13. Web site: Owen Farrell. 7 July 2019.
14. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/connor-farrell/
15. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/connor-farrell/summary.html
16. Web site: Rugby League RKC - Team Directory .
17. Web site: England Player Records: total points scored (ordered by points) . ESPN Scrum . 28 November 2020.
18. Web site: ESPN Scrum's Statsguru . 3 July 2017 . 18 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118225925/http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;team=32;template=results;type=player . live .
19. Web site: Rugby League RKC - Team Directory .
20. Web site: England Player Records: total matches played as captain (ordered by matches) . ESPN Scrum . 28 November 2020.
21. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/wigan-warriors/players.html?pos=&ord=~appstarts