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At the end of his first year as captain, following the second-half collapse against Scotland, a debate began over Farrell was overwhelmed by performing the three roles of captain, fly-half an goal kicker. Former England captain and Leadership coach Will Carling, who was brought in by the RFU to work with Farrell.<ref name="TheTimes2019Carling">{{Cite web|url= https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/will-carling-owen-farrell-will-become-world-class-captain-but-he-needs-support-from-senior-england-players-55dj6wkj9 |title = Will Carling: Owen Farrell will become world-class captain but he needs support from senior England players|last=Lowe|first=Alex|date=2 April 2019|website=thetimes.co.uk|language=en|access-date= 16 January 2023}}</ref> Carling noted on social media: “Farrell is a fearsome competitor — a young captain with a real desire to learn, improve.”
Farrell was selected as England's captain for 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, where England would face France, Argentina, Tonga and the United States in Pool C. He also started and captained two of England's four warm-up matches, starting at 12 against Ireland in a record 57–15 victory, and at 10 against Italy in England's first ever match at St James’ Park in Newcastle.
Farrell suffered a sickening blow to head during the match against USA. The high tackle from [[John Quill]] resulted in Farrell taking a shoulder charge to head which removed a chunk of skin on his nose.
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England performed well at the 2019 World Cup, topping their pool with big wins over Argentina, Tonga and the USA (their match against France was cancelled due to a typhoon), and following this up with a record equalling win over Australia in the Quarter-Final. Farrell went on to lead England to victory over New Zealand in the semi final, winning 19–7. Farrell captained England against South Africa in the Final, South Africa upset the favourites for the game and won 32–12.
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