Tadhg Furlong
| Birth name | Tadhg Furlong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 November 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wexford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 122 kg (18 st 10 lb 262 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tadhg Furlong is an Irish rugby union player for Leinster Rugby.His preferred position is tighthead prop. He made his senior debut in November 2013 against the Dragons.[1] In May 2014 it was announced that he would be promoted from the Leinster academy to the senior squad for the season 2014–15.[2]
On 29 August 2015, Furlong made his Ireland senior debut against Wales in a warm-up game for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[3] He was named in the Ireland squad for the World Cup on 1 September 2015.[4][5]
References
- ^ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/team/results/squad_leinster_academy.php?player=100177&includeref=dynamic
- ^ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/news/11911.php#.U2rStFcVeN8
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong named in Ireland's Rugby World Cup squad". Guardian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Confirmed: Joe Schmidt names his 31-man Rugby World Cup squad after 'difficult calls'". Irish Independent. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.