Owen Andrew Farrell was born on 24 September 1991 and is an English professional rugby union player, currently captain of Gallagher Premiership side Saracens.
59 Facts About Owen Farrell
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Owen Farrell's preferred position is fly-half but he often plays at inside centre for England.
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Owen Farrell celebrates every point he scores by linking his index fingers together to make a 'JJ' sign, the Joining Jack salute, Joining Jack, a charity dedicated to the needs of sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Owen Farrell is a patron of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy charity Duchenne UK.
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Owen Farrell's father is Andy Farrell, who played both rugby league and rugby union for England and is the current head coach of Ireland.
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Owen Farrell began playing rugby league in his hometown at the age of eight for Wigan St Patricks.
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Owen Farrell has two younger sisters, Elleshia and Gracie, and one younger brother, Gabriel.
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Owen Farrell married his longtime girlfriend Georgie in July 2018.
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Owen Farrell subsequently was awarded the Top Points Scorer award with 129 points scored in the tournament.
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In 2017, Owen Farrell overtook Glen Jackson as the Saracens' all-time leading points scorer, having scored 1548 points in his career so far.
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In May 2017, Owen Farrell helped Saracens to a second successive European Champions Cup, scoring two conversions and three penalties in the final, and was named European Player of the Year.
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In 2019, Owen Farrell won the European Champions Cup for a third time, scoring 10 points in the final against Leinster at St James' Park in Newcastle.
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Owen Farrell won the Premiership for a fifth time, scoring three conversions and two penalties as Saracens again overcame Exeter.
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Owen Farrell said: 'I'll do it to make it right for you'.
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Owen Farrell is so, so important to this team and he offers so much on and off the field.
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Owen Farrell is the best player I have worked with in every facet of the game.
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Owen Farrell played at inside centre next to his Saracens teammates Brad Barritt and Charlie Hodgson.
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Owen Farrell kicked two penalties and a conversion, but missed two tough penalties from around 50 metres.
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Owen Farrell kicked well in the Ireland game, only missing one conversion.
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Owen Farrell finished the competition with 63 points from five games.
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The 2012 summer tour of South Africa saw Owen Farrell get selected again.
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Owen Farrell played all of the warm-up game against the Barbarians and scored a respectable 17 points in a game that England won comfortably.
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Owen Farrell kicked all four of his penalties but missed a conversion.
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On 1 December 2012, Owen Farrell replaced injured Toby Flood as fly-half for the Autumn series against New Zealand.
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Owen Farrell lined up opposite Dan Carter, then believed to be the world's best fly-half.
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Owen Farrell scored a total of 17 points in helping England to a record-breaking victory; it was their greatest-ever margin of victory over the All Blacks.
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Owen Farrell was nominated for IRB Player of the Year, but lost out to the New Zealand stand-off Dan Carter.
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Owen Farrell started in the Calcutta Cup match against Scotland, only missing one kick in a near-faultless display.
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Owen Farrell set up one try and assisted England to a strong start in their Six Nations campaign.
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Owen Farrell was nominated the RBS Six Nations man of the match for his performance.
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Owen Farrell was ruled out of the entire 2015 Six Nations competition with a serious knee injury.
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However, after recovering from his injury Owen Farrell was picked to train in the England camp ahead of the England 2015 World Cup.
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Owen Farrell was picked by Lancaster as one of two fly-halves in the 31-man World Cup squad.
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Owen Farrell was subbed off for Jonathan Joseph in the 59th minute after missing two of his six kicks.
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In January 2016, after his fine displays for Saracens, Owen Farrell was selected in the first squad of new England head coach Eddie Jones.
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Owen Farrell was selected as one of England's vice-captains for the Six Nations, along with Mike Brown and Billy Vunipola, under Dylan Hartley's captaincy.
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Owen Farrell went on to start at inside centre in all five of England's games during the Six Nations tournament, winning his first major international trophy as part of England's Grand Slam-winning side.
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Owen Farrell finished the tournament as the leading scorer with 69 points, bringing his personal tally for England to 412 and making him the second-highest points scorer in the history of the England national team, with only Jonny Wilkinson having scored more.
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Owen Farrell was initially picked to start at fly-half for the first test he was reverted to inside centre with Ford assuming the No 10 shirt.
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Owen Farrell was nominated for the six-man shortlist for the 2016 World Player of the Year Award for the second time in his career, alongside his Saracens teammates Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje.
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Owen Farrell played all 80 minutes every test in the 2017 Six Nations Championship and helped England retaining the Six Nations title despite missing out the Grand Slam after losing the final game to Ireland.
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Owen Farrell had a huge workload in the 2018 Six Nations Championship and played in every minute of the competition.
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Owen Farrell scored a try against Italy on 4 February 2018 and set one up for first-five George Ford.
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On 10 March 2018, Owen Farrell captained England for the first time in his career when they faced France in Stade de France in Paris.
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Owen Farrell later admitted to media that England's lack of discipline cost them the test.
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Owen Farrell started the match at fly-half, with George Ford dropping to the bench, his first start in the ten jersey for England since June 2016.
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Owen Farrell returned to 12 for the series, with Ford back at 10 for the first two games, which England lost, before Danny Cipriani was installed at 10 for the final game.
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Owen Farrell was retained at 10 and as the sole England Captain during the 2019 Six Nations Championship, with Hartley missing the whole tournament.
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Owen Farrell suffered a sickening blow to head during the match against USA.
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The high tackle from John Quill resulted in Owen Farrell taking a shoulder charge to head which removed a chunk of skin from his nose.
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Owen Farrell finished Autumn Nations Cup as the Tournament's top points scorer as he claimed his first two pieces of silverware as England Captain.
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Owen Farrell came under fire from some sections- but was defended in others- for his captaincy during this match, both in his handling of the referee and generally leadership, marring what was otherwise a solid performance from the England Skipper.
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Owen Farrell contributed eleven tackles, nearly twice as many more than any other back, and had a faultless day from the boot to give England victory.
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England lost their final match away to Ireland in Dublin, with Owen Farrell going off with concussion during the second half.
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In January 2022 Owen Farrell was ruled out of the Six Nations following a freak injury acquired in training.
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Owen Farrell wants to captain England again, he wants to play for England again.
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On reaching his 100th game for England, Owen Farrell was presented with some gifts from his team, including a small, metal golden cap, which is reserved for the elite few who reach 100.
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Owen Farrell played a pivotal role in the series, starting in all three tests against the All Blacks.
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Owen Farrell scored the most points of any player who went on tour with the Lions in 2017, scoring 45 points.