Lions tour is massive for me - Racing's Farrell

Owen Farrell says making the British and Irish Lions squad would beryllium "massive" for him, but added that helium is concentrating connected adapting to beingness astatine Racing 92 for the moment.

The 33-year-old moved to the Parisian broadside successful the summer, rendering him ineligible for England selection, but helium could inactive beryllium picked for the Lions' circuit of Australia successful the summer.

"It's a monolithic happening for immoderate British player, but it's a agelong mode away," said Farrell, who was portion of the past 3 Lions tours.

"It's not thing I'm reasoning astir astatine each astatine the moment. I'm engaged trying to settee successful present and bash my champion for Racing."

Ireland caput manager Andy Farrell - Owen's begetter - volition pb the Lions down nether and determination is precedent for players based overseas being picked successful the squad.

Bath and Scotland's Finn Russell toured South Africa successful 2021 erstwhile helium was Racing 92's fly-half, portion Leigh Halfpenny, past of Toulon, was included successful the 2017 travel to New Zealand.

However, England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson turned down a spot connected the 2013 circuit of Australia portion playing his nine rugby astatine Toulon, partially due to the fact that of a calendar clash that could travel into information erstwhile again.

The semi-final and last of France's Top 14 league play volition beryllium staged connected 21 and 28 June respectively.

The Lions play Argentina successful a warm-up lucifer connected 20 June and look Western Force successful Perth connected the aforesaid time arsenic the Top 14's Stade de France showpiece.

Any subordinate progressive successful the last would lone go disposable to the Lions against NSW Waratahs connected 5 July, a fortnight earlier the archetypal Test against the Wallabies, leaving small clip to integrate them into the squad.

Racing fell conscionable abbreviated of the semi-finals past season, and are presently 10th successful the early-season standings aft 3 losses successful their opening 5 games.

Farrell has started each 5 matches, but has allowed scrum-half Nolan Le Garrec to instrumentality galore of the tactical decisions and, successful caller matches, the goal-kicking duties.

"I don't deliberation anybody's going to travel successful to a caller nine and beryllium overpowering, talk excessively much," said Farrell who admitted helium was carrying a "little knock" which had constricted his kicking.

"It's been bully for maine to find my mode and perceive a batch and get to recognize what the nine is about, and French rugby and French culture.

"We've a agelong mode to go, a batch of imaginable and it's astir expanding that arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."

Farrell took a interruption from England work for the duration of past year's Six Nations to "prioritise his and his family's intelligence well-being".

"Not yet, I've lone conscionable got here!" said the 33-year-old, erstwhile asked if helium was missing England.

"I'm enjoying however antithetic it is, the French mode of life, it's nice.

"I've got a agelong mode to spell with the language. I'm enjoying trying to larn it but I inactive request to marque a large effort."

Andy Farrell and his Lions coaching unit volition apt beryllium watching much players than ever successful France this season, with a big of imaginable Lions astatine Top 14 clubs.

England backmost enactment Jack Willis and Scotland backmost Blair Kinghorn ply their commercialized astatine champions Toulouse, portion prop Kyle Sinckler has impressed astatine Toulon since his summertime determination from Bristol.

Scotland scrum-half Ben White is simply a team-mate of Sinckler's astatine Toulon, portion England helping Henry Arundell, similar Farrell, opted for Paris and Racing.