Tadhg Furlong

Tadhg Furlong
Full name Tadhg Furlong
Date of birth (1992-11-14) 14 November 1992
Place of birth Wexford, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 119kg (18st 10lb)
School St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross
Rugby union career
Current status
Position(s) Tight-head Prop
Current team Leinster
Playing career
Position Tight-head Prop
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
New Ross RFC

Clontarf RFC

Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013- Leinster 54 (15)
correct as of 10 Sep 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011-12
2015-		 Ireland u20
Ireland		 12
11
correct as of 26 November 2016.

Tadhg Furlong is an Irish rugby union player for Leinster Rugby. His preferred position is tighthead prop. He comes from a farming family.[1]

He made his senior debut in November 2013 against the Dragons.[2] In May 2014 it was announced that he would be promoted from the Leinster academy to the senior squad for the season 2014–15.[3]

On 29 August 2015, Furlong made his Ireland senior debut against Wales in a warm-up game for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[4] He was named in the Ireland squad for the World Cup on 1 September 2015.[5][6] In November 2016, Furlong started for Ireland in the Autumn Internationals.[7]


References

  1. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/pro12/the-shape-of-things-to-come-tadhg-furlong-made-for-prop-1.1927459
  2. ↑ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/team/results/squad_leinster_academy.php?player=100177&includeref=dynamic
  3. ↑ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/news/11911.php#.U2rStFcVeN8
  4. ↑ "Tadhg Furlong: 'I'd have said you were cracked if you'd told me a year ago I'd be here'". Irish Independent. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong named in Ireland's Rugby World Cup squad". Guardian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Confirmed: Joe Schmidt names his 31-man Rugby World Cup squad after 'difficult calls'". Irish Independent. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Neil Francis: The question has to be asked - just where did Tadhg Furlong come from?". Irish Independent. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

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