![]() To the people involved with the South East Area in the Shane Horgan Cup where he first tasted representative rugby. To the people of Good Counsel, where he went to school. So it’s great.” The people back home are of course his father, James, mother, Margaret, and his extended family and friends in Campile, Co Wexford.īut the pride will spread well beyond that to the people in New Ross RFC, where he was first introduced to rugby. “I know from people back home, they’ll be very proud etc. I know it’s not captaining your country week-in, week-out, but it’s still class. With team captain Johnny Sexton still nursing an injury from the win against South Africa and likely to miss out on the match day 23 this weekend, Furlong will lead his country in front of a sold out Aviva Stadium. ![]() I never even dreamed of captaining Ireland.” I never even put the idea…you know when you dream as a young fella, you want to play for Ireland, you want to play for Leinster, you want to play for the Lions. Speaking to media today from the Irish base in the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Furlong said, “it’s class, it’s class, it’s not something I ever thought was on my radar. It will be the first time that Furlong will have captained Ireland at senior level. Tadhg Furlong was today confirmed as the Ireland captain for Saturday’s Bank of Ireland Nations Series game against Fiji in Aviva Stadium (KO: 1.00pm).
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