Tadhg Furlong Biography
Tadhg Furlong was born on 14 November 1992. He is an Irish rugby union player for Leinster in the Pro14 and European Rugby Champions Cup. His preferred position is tight-head prop. Internationally, Furlong has represented Ireland and, in 2017, the British and Irish Lions. Furlong comes from a farming family in the parish of Horeswood in County Wexford. He started his rugby playing underage at New Ross RFC in Co. Wexford
Tadhg Furlong Age
Tadhg Furlong was born on 14 November 1992. He is 25 years old as of 2018.
Tadhg Furlong Net Worth
While both players could easily earn €700k+ across the channel, they would have to sacrifice their international careers, and the 2019 Rugby World Cup. That being said, both ended up with decent contracts off the IRFU.
Tadhg Furlong Height
Tadhg Furlong is 1.85 meters.
Tadhg Furlong Career
Furlong made his senior debut for Leinster Rugby in November 2013 as a replacement against the Dragons. He was part of the Leinster A team which won the 2013–14 British and Irish Cup. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Furlong was promoted from the Leinster Academy to the senior squad.
International
Furlong made his Ireland senior debut on 29 August 2015 against Wales in a warm-up game for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He was named in the Ireland squad for the World Cup on 1 September 2015. In November 2016, Furlong started for Ireland in the Autumn Internationals, including the historical victory over New Zealand on 15 November 2016. He also played for Ireland in the 2017 Six Nations Championship.
Lions
Furlong was selected in Warren Gatland’s squad for the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. He started all three test matches in the drawn series.
Tadhg Furlong Family
Tadhg Furlong is brother to Eoin Furlong and son to Margaret Furlong, his mother and James Furlong, his father.
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Ireland
Six Nations Championship:
- Winner (1): 2018
Grand Slam:
- Winner (1): 2018
Triple Crown:
- Winner (1):2018
Leinster Pro 14 2018 European Champions Cup 2018
Tadhg Furlong Dance
Teammate Jack Conan yesterday uploaded Furlong doing his best “Backpack kid“ dance at camp yesterday, and as he says, the big boy can most certainly move. We couldn’t resist and decided to have a bit of fun with the clip by adding some music. I think it’s safe to say if the rugby ever went south, Furlong’s got a career in dancing ahead of him to look forward do.
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Positive injury news as Tadhg Furlong and Iain Henderson return to full training for Scotland clash
Ireland expect Tadhg Furlong and Iain Henderson to prove their fitness in time to face Scotland in Saturday’s NatWest 6 Nations clash in Dublin.
The British and Irish Lions duo missed Ireland’s 37-27 win over Wales on February 24 and have since been battling to be fit for the Scotland encounter.
Ireland have racked up three straight wins in this year’s tournament and are now closing in on a third title in five years.
Joe Schmidt’s men’s Grand Slam bid would be handed a clear boost by the return of influential prop Furlong and bullish lock Henderson, with both now tipped for a return to full training.
“Tadhg Furlong and Iain Henderson continued their rehab last week and are expected to train fully this week,” read an Irish Rugby Football Union statement.
“Andrew Conway is continuing his return from a knee injury at Munster but is expected to be available for selection next week. Leinster’s Barry Daly joins the squad.
“Rob Herring rejoins the squad having resolved an elbow issue sustained playing for Ulster against Edinburgh.
“Niall Scannell suffered a recurrence of a rib injury playing fur Munster against Glasgow but is expected to be fit next week.
“Ultan Dillane is the only player not currently in camp as he travels back from South Africa following Connacht’s Guinness PRO14 game against the Cheetahs. He will join the group on Wednesday.”
Ireland are already without injured centres Robbie Henshaw and Chris Farrell for Scotland’s Aviva Stadium visit, with fit-again Garry Ringrose the front-runner to start at outside centre.
Ireland were forced to cancel training at Carton House today due to snow on the pitch and will train at the National Sports Campus in Abbottstown instead.
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Tadhg Furlong Potato Addiction
Ireland and Leinster prop Tadhg Furlong is widely regarded as one of the finest in the world. He is dynamite in the scrum and his power and handling skills in the loose have made him one of the first names on the team sheets for club and country. However, he seemingly has one weakness…and it’s potatoes. Indeed, Leinster nutritional coach Daniel Davey says it is verging on an addiction. Dietary plans are a essential part of the modern game with Davey creating plans and analysing the eating habit of some 65 players at Leinster. However he revealed it is Furlong’s insatiable fondness for an Irish delicacy, amongst other things, that keeps him busy.
He told Balls.ie: “Tadhg Furlong loves his potatoes. So he might be having six potatoes or ten potatoes [a day].
“So then, I have to say ‘Tadhg, you’re having too many potatoes’. You can do that the day of a game because potatoes are a good source of energy, but days you’re sitting on the couch you’re not going to need ten spuds.
“He has a kind of potato addiction. Tadhg is somebody you can have fantastic conversations with, because he is from the country and he appreciates food.
“If you put good food in front of Tadhg, he’ll enjoy it, and not just potatoes. But he’s been in Dublin for a while now, so his palette has expanded!”
Davey has been an integral part of a Blues team in the Champions Cup final and PRO14 play-offs, and is credited with also leading role in the dominance of Dublin’s footballers. Both outfits are renowned for their fitness and physicality levels but there is a lot of work done in the background to make sure these athletes are in optimum shape.
“You’re looking for the players to be as resilient, strong and fit as possible,” Davey said.
“The training they do creates the stimulus; that lights the fire. So the fire is lit, then it’s about putting the right types of energy into the body to facilitate maximum growth within the muscle tissue.
“That means carbohydrate (fruit, bread, rice, pasta) and then you need the right type of protein (meat, dairy) and what you get from supplements is a convenient source of those nutrients.
“The simplest way to put it is: you have Dave Kearney there, who is a completely different athlete to Tadhg Furlong.
“Dave covers more distance, Tadhg covers less distance but gets through a different type of work.
“He is a much bigger man, so he needs less carbohydrates and more protein, to maintain his mass.
“So you’re facilitating that all the time, and you are helping the player understand where to get that day-to-day.”
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Tadhg Furlong’s three-year contract, one of 21 contracts announced by Leinster on Wednesday, puts the 25-year-old in Irish rugby’s high earner bracket. Having featured prominently during the Lions series in New Zealand last summer, the Wexford tighthead prop was able to command a salary of €500,000-plus, which only leaves him behind deals negotiated by Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton in recent seasons.
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The ‘Jukebox’ story came to light in Ireland ahead of the 2017 Six Nations and from a Mike Ruddock interview with The Sunday Times’ David Walsh.
Ruddock, the former Ireland U20 coach, had given his young front-row prospect another nickname but it did not last long. He explained:
“At our video reviews, I would give an award for ‘tackle of the game’. After our first game at the World Cup I called out the winner. ‘The Mayor of Wexford, Tadhg Furlong.’ Next game, it’s the same, the Mayor of Wexford wins the same award.”
“Third game he gets it again. ‘The Mayor of Wexford,’ I announce. And he says, ‘Mike, I don’t like the Mayor of Wexford bit.’
“I had nicknames for a lot of the lads, so I asked, ‘Ok, what should I call you?’”
As soon as the Wexford native uttered his suggested nickname, Ruddock must have had an inkling he was bested. Furlong’s reasoning for the new name would only confirm this suspicion.
“And he said, ‘Call me The Jukebox’.
“I said, ‘Why the Jukebox?’”
“And he said, ‘Because the hits keep coming!’
“He was funny, not boastful, but he knew he could do it. That was the
The legend of Tadhg ‘Jukebox’ Furlong has now well and truly arrived in France.
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Tadhg Furlong And Aine Lacey
They are two darling lovers. Aine and Furlong have been dating for a while and may soon marry.
Tadhg Furlong Clearout V Australia
Ireland’s summer series in Australia will come down to a winner-takes-all finale in Sydney next week after the tourists secured a first away win in Australia in exactly 39 years. With big hitters like Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong back in the starting XV following the 18-9 first Test reversal, Joe Schmidt’s Six Nations champions produced some of their best rugby of the season as they over-powered the Wallabies at the breakdown, where captain Peter O’Mahony was immense.
Both sides will count the cost of this bruising encounter in the coming days after a host of players were forced off injured, but they will have to do it again in seven days’ time and Ireland have the wind in their sails after tries from Andrew Conway and Furlong and a 16-point haul from Sexton saw them home 26-21 in front of an attendance of 29,018. Australia started like an express train in Melbourne and were ahead inside two minutes as Bernard Foley wrong-footed Dan Leavy and sent Kurtley Beale through a big gap. The centre rounded Rob Kearney to touch down under the posts.
Foley nailed the conversion but the momentum shifted back Ireland’s way when winger Marika Koroibete was sent to the sin bin for a dangerous tackle on Kearney. Sexton put the ball in the corner for his forwards to maul and, after an initial shove, Conor Murray exploited the man advantage by floating it wide to Conway who scored in the corner. Sexton levelled with the touchline conversion and added a penalty earned by a dominant scrum effort in front of the posts.
He added another after O’Mahony forced a breakdown infringement and also punished Caleb Timu’s deliberate knock-to make it 16-7. Having promised to fix their own discipline woes after the first Test, though, Ireland conceded three penalties in quick succession to allow Australia back into it. Furlong went off his feet at an attacking ruck, before Devin Toner played an opponent in the air to allow Foley to kick to the corner. Once there, the Wallabies turned the screw and earned a penalty try as Cian Healy was shown a yellow card for his illegal attempts at stopping the maul.
Ireland survived their 10 minutes without Healy and might have even extended their lead if Furlong had spotted Garry Ringrose on his shoulder after making an impressive break, but they had to be content with a 16-14 lead at the interval. A physical game saw both coaches go to their replacements early but Ireland handled the disruption better and went on the attack, with Keith Earls scything through the defence from a superb Sexton pass.
Jack McGrath and Earls were denied tries by marginal decisions, but both times play came back for Irish penalties and after Sexton kicked to the corner, they finally got their reward as Furlong powered through Nick Phipps’ tackle to score. Sexton converted but Ireland were made to sweat for their win as McGrath saw yellow and Taniela Tupou forced his way over from close range. Foley converted to make it a five-point game with less than two minutes remaining but despite finishing with a makeshift team, the visitors held on.
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Tadhg Furlong Contract
Tadhg Furlong, the 25-year-old tighthead prop from County Wexford, has signed a three-year IRFU contract to remain at Leinster up to June 2021.
Tadhg Furlong made his Ireland debut against Wales during the 2015 GUINNESS Summer Series before being named in the squad for that year’s Rugby World Cup in England. The Campile native featured against Romania at RWC 2015 and went on to make his Six Nations debut the following spring, featuring off the bench against Wales. He replaced Mike Ross to help Ireland secure a famous victory over the Springboks in Cape Town in June 2016 and later that year would start in Chicago as Ireland recorded their first ever win over New Zealand.
He started every game of the 2017 Six Nations Championship and has gone on to win 19 caps for his country to date. Selected for the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour, Furlong was the starting tighthead for all three Test matches against New Zealand. The 25-year-old front rower made his debut for his native Leinster against the Newport Gwent Dragons in November 2013 and has won 73 caps for the province so far, scoring four tries.
IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora commented: “As a young prop still learning his trade, Tadhg has shown enormous growth over the past 18 months. He learned a lot from his experience at RWC 2015 and has kicked on since that tournament to produce consistently impressive performances for Ireland, Leinster and the Lions.”
Tadhg Furlong said: “I am delighted to have signed a contract with the IRFU to continue to play with Leinster. I got a number of opportunities over the past few seasons that have helped me to develop as a player and I want to continue to develop and be successful with both Leinster and Ireland.” Mick Dawson, CEO of Leinster Rugby, added: “This is great news for Leinster and Ireland. Tadhg is a product of the Leinster Youths system and has come through New Ross, into our age-grade system, into our senior team and now to the highest honours with Ireland and the Lions.
“His signature is a huge boost as we continue to build for the coming seasons. Securing homegrown and young talent like Tadhg is a key part of the Leinster way.”
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Tadhg Furlong, Robbie Henshaw injuries take shine off Ireland win Injuries to Robbie Henshaw and Tadhg Furlong took the shine off Ireland’s comprehensive 56-19 victory over Italy in the Six Nations. Furlong left the field inside four minutes and Henshaw followed him after half-time, leaving the field with his arm in a sling and in discomfort having suffered an injury in scoring his second try. In a very one-sided first-half, Ireland created a huge number of chances, converting four, while not letting their opponents within a sniff of their line as Conor O’Shea had a nightmare return in his first game in charge of Italy in Ireland.
Tadhg Furlong, who limped off inside four minutes with a suspected hamstring injury, but there was no stopping the march of the Irish. After Conor Murray was held short 10 minutes in, he created the space to send Robbie Henshaw over for the first try, and before the end of the first quarter one became three. Brilliant link up play saw Murray stroll over four minutes later, with Jacob Stockdale and Jack Conan combining to set up the Munster scrum-half to score in the left corner. There was no let up, as Furlong’s replacement Andrew Porter surged forward before sending Bundee Aki clear for the third.
And just before the break, Keith Earls had stolen in for the bonus point. Aki became provider, scything through Luca Bigi and Tommaso Boni and Earls waltzed in for a 28-0 half-time lead. If the first-half was a clinical display from Joe Schmidt’s men the second was less so. Having seen Henshaw intercept a pass and run in for a fifth try, Schmidt looked on in dismay as his centre got back up off the ground with what looked like a serious injury to his arm. Captain Rory Best added the seventh, but then Ireland’s defence seemed to go to sleep. Tammaso Allan got Italy on the scoresheet with 25 minutes remaining after a break from centre Tommaso Castello.
Stockdale replied when Ireland’s pack got the shove on and Joey Carbery — on for Johnny Sexton — pass put the youngster in for his first. It was he who was on the charge again after Italy struck back with captain Sergio Parisse sending Edoardo Gori in down the left flank. In a superb individual effort, Stockdale ran in from halfway, to score his sixth try in as many international appearances. Schmidt was left frustrated when Matteo Minozzi got in for a third try of the game for Italy.