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Tadhg Furlong's bullocking dart for the line delights the internet
By Ian Cameron
Ireland tighthead Tadhg Furlong is a certified Guinness Six Nations favourite and his first try against Wales delighted the internet.
The 123kg Wexford man squeezed over from short-range, taking a number of Welsh defenders with him, much to the merriment of former teammates and the non-Welsh Twitterati.
As Opta pointed out, Tadhg Furlong has scored four tries for IrishRugby since the beginning of 2019, more than any other prop in Test rugby.
Ireland went into halftime at 12 - 7 up, and Furlong was on hand for a scuffle with some Welsh players as both teams made their way off the pitch.
Furlong made his test debut in Ireland’s 16-10 loss to Wales on 29 August, 2015, replacing Nathan White at tighthead prop.
He started at tight-head prop in four of Ireland's five matches in their Six Nations grand slam-winning
campaign in 2018.
The big prop was selected for the Lions' 2017 tour of New Zealand and started at tight-head in all three tests against the All Blacks.
Jim Hamilton is joined by good friend and England International Freddie Burns to discuss the selection issues England face and Andy Farrell's slip up in a recent press conference.
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To be fair it was nowhere bear the Leinster first team (for which, btw, Leinster copped nothing like the outrage that Jake White did for sending a rotated team to the UK). But it’s fun to watch the Stormers doing their thing. They are attracting big, diverse crowds of young fans, and deservedly so. Great to see.
Go to commentsIt might be legal but he’s sailing pretty close to the wind. Not a lot needs to go wrong for Finau to end up in the bin. Was it late? Not quite, but borderline. High? A couple of CM within the laws, no room for error with that one. Did he wrap the arms? There was a token effort to wrap one arm, the intent was clearly to hit with the shoulder. So yeah, it’s legal, just. But as we all know, a very slight change in the dynamics could easily have him seeing red. Hopefully not when it really matters.
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