His success with Ireland, guiding them to the Six Nations Grand Slam and to No.1 in the world, tells you all you need to know about how good he is.
I played most of my senior rugby for Orrell, which is in Wigan, so we were literally side-by-side with what was an all-dominant Rugby League team at the time and we worked with them a fair bit.
I trained with Farrell ahead of the World Cup in 1995 and I can tell you one thing, he is a winner.
He is well-grounded, he is a big family man and rugby is in the DNA.
He is a rabble-rouser, but I know Irish rugby and the people in and around that set-up respect him.
Everyone has bought in to his plans and, just as importantly, they are enjoying it.
He has made rugby interesting and entertaining in Ireland. It is not the No.1 sport there, but he is making it that way.
England caused them a few problems in Dublin on Saturday - which you hoped they would in response to their drubbing by France - but boy, Ireland have put together a fair old side.
They were anxious, you could tell that I think Tadhg Furlong made more mistakes than he has ever done in his playing career - but that's what the pressure of playing for a Grand Slam at home on St Patrick's Day weekend does for you.
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