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
edit| Kevin O'Loughlin | Keiron O'Loughlin | Carole | Peter Farrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean O'Loughlin | Colleen O'Loughlin | Andy Farrell | Phil Farrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owen Farrell | Liam Farrell | Connor Farrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- 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
edit| Family Member (Life) | Current status | Club Career[a] | International Career (apps) | Coaching Career | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin O'Loughlin (????–2017) | Deceased | Wigan, Swinton, Blackpool |
No caps | None | |
| Keiron O'Loughlin (1953–) | Retired | Wigan (1970–79), Workington (1979–81; 1990), Widnes (1981–85), Salford (1985–88), Leigh (1989) |
 Lancashire rugby league (4)
|
None | [1] [2] [3] |
| Andy Farrell (1975–) |  Ireland rugby union Head Coach
|
Wigan (1991–04) Captain (1996–04) Saracens (2005–09) |
 Great Britain rugby league (34) England rugby league (11) England rugby union (8)
|
 Saracens Head Coach (2010–12) England rugby union Assistant Coach (2011–15) Ireland rugby union Assistant Coach (2016–19); Head Coach (2019–present) British & Irish Lions Defence Coach (2013); Head Coach (2025)
|
[4] [5] [6] |
| Phil Farrell (1980–) | Retired | Wigan (2000) Oldham (2000–04; 2006) Rochdale (2004–06) Batley (2007) |
 Ireland rugby league (1)
|
None | [7] [8] |
| Sean O'Loughlin (1982–) | Wigan Warriors Assistant Coach | Wigan (2002–20) Captain (2006–20) |
Great Britain rugby league (11) England rugby league (25)
|
Wigan Assistant Coach (2020–present) | [9] [10] [11] [12] |
| Liam Farrell (1990–) | Wigan Warriors Captain | Wigan (2010–present) Captain (2022–present) |
England rugby league (11)
|
None | [13] [14] |
| Owen Farrell (1991–) | Racing 92 Player | Saracens (2008–2024) Captain (2020–2024) Racing 92 (2024–present) |
England rugby union (112) British & Irish Lions (6)
|
None | [15] [16] |
| Connor Farrell (1993–) | Retired | Wigan (2013–17) Featherstone (2018) Bradford (2019–20) |
No caps | None | [17] [18] |
Records and statistics
editEngland
editAs 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.[19]
- Owen Farrell has scored the most points for the England national rugby union team with 1206.[20] In addition, he has scored the eighth most point for the British & Irish Lions with 34.[21]
- Sean O'Loughlin is joint ninth highest appearance maker for the England national rugby league team with 28 caps.[22]
- 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.[23]
- Owen Farrell captained the England national rugby union team to the 2020 Six Nations Championship.
Wigan Warriors
editAs of 15 October 2023
- Collectively, the family has made 1,124+ appearances, and scored 338 tries and 4,034 points for Wigan Warriors.[24]
- 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.[24]
- The family has delivered several majoir honours as captain of Wigan Warriors:
Saracens
edit- Owen Farrell captained Saracens F.C. to the 2022–23 Premiership Rugby title.
Hall of Fames
edit- 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.
Notes
edit- ^ Loans not included
References
edit- Inline
- ^ Morris, Graham (2005). Wigan Rugby League Football Club: 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7524-3470-4.
- ^ "Keiron O'Loughlin". rugby.widnes.tv. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Player Summary: Keiron O'Loughlin". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Player Summary: Phil Farrell". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Liam Farrell". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Owen Farrell - Test matches". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Owen Farrell". 7 July 2019.
- ^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/connor-farrell/
- ^ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/connor-farrell/summary.html
- ^ "Rugby League RKC - Team Directory".
- ^ "England Player Records: total points scored (ordered by points)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "ESPN Scrum's Statsguru". Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Rugby League RKC - Team Directory".
- ^ "England Player Records: total matches played as captain (ordered by matches)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/wigan-warriors/players.html?pos=&ord=~appstarts
- Genealogical references